Kathavarayan (2008 film)

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Kathavarayan
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Directed by Salangai Durai
Written bySalangai Durai
Produced byV. Ramachandran,
R. Sadiq,
S. Diwan
Starring Karan
Vidisha
Vadivelu
CinematographyA. Karthik Raja
Edited byPeter Babiya
Music by Srikanth Deva
Production
company
Silver Jubilee Films
Release date
  • 30 May 2008 (2008-05-30)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kathavarayan is a 2008 Tamil language action comedy-drama film written and directed by Salangai Durai starring Karan, Vidisha, and Vadivelu. [1] The music was composed by Srikanth Deva with cinematography by A. Karthik Raja and editing by Peter Babiya. The film released on 30 May 2008.

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Plot

The film revolves around Kathavarayan, who sells illicit arrack in Hogenakkal. Though he is involved in arrack trade, he is honorable. Malti, a student, arrives in the village as part of her NSS project. She vows to end the arrack menace in the village and takes efforts to arrest Kathavarayan. Thanks to her efforts, Kathavarayan is arrested and imprisoned in Chennai.

Parallel narration is the comedy track of Karuppu.

Call it fate, Malti is arrested for no fault of her own in Chennai. Her efforts to expose drug peddlers in Chennai backfires. The peddlers hatch a conspiracy, and Malti falls a prey to it. She is arrested for possessing drugs and is imprisoned. Kathavarayan leaves jail to retaliate against Malti, but he learns her real intentions and dire situation. He masterminds and joins the drug-peddling gang and eventually exposes them to save Malti.

Cast

Production

The film was initially offered to Sibiraj, though his refusal meant that Karan was chosen to play the lead role. [3] [4]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva and lyrics were written by Snehan. [5]

No.SongSingersLyrics
1"Aasaiye Alaipole" Malathy, Srikanth Deva Snehan
2"Kathavaraya" Anuradha Sriram
3"Kathavaraya Swamy"Ramani Ammal, Karan
4"Oru Haiku" Tippu, Suchitra
5"Oru Kaalai"Kalyani
6"Ponguppa Ponguppa"Naveen Madhav, Saindhavi

Reception

The movie received mixed to negative reviews from critics.

Sify wrote, "Karan's performance is loud and boorish, at times irritating with his Kovai Tamil. Radha definitely has a future as a glam girl while heroine Vidisha is earnest, but a poorly written role mars her chances. Ilavarasu, Kadhal Dhandapani are also there along with a sick comedy track of Vadivelu as an idiot moneylender who gets beaten up by all and sundry. There is nothing to hum about the music of Dheena." [6]

Behindwoods wrote, "Kathavarayan is a small film made with good intentions and commercial compulsions. Its theme, being alien to urban audiences, may put the film out of favor with the A center audiences. But it does stand a chance in the smaller centers. The laughs provided by Vadivelu who keeps appearing in little doses throughout the movie is another positive and there are others like Ilavarasu and Muthukalai who do not create much of an impact. Kadhal Dandapaani does another stereotypical, loud mouthing baddie, nothing unexpected here. Debutant director Salangai Durai may not have made a dream debut but this start is not disappointing." [1]

Indiaglitz wrote, "Karan has come up with a matured performance. He is good in dance and stunt sequence. His diction of the Kovai Tamil also deserve a special mention. Debutant Vidisha does a decent job. She plays her part well. Vadivelu plays a money-lender who lands in trouble for no fault of his. Salangai Durai deserve a pat for coming out with a strong message. But had he cut down on preaching, the movie would have been different." [7]

Awards

Vadivelu won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian for the film. [8]

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