Kurukshetram (2006 film)

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Kurukshetram
Kurukshetram 2006 poster.jpg
Poster
Directed by Jayabharathi
Written byJayabharathi
Produced byK. M. Rajendra
Starring Sathyaraj
Roja
Vadivelu
K. M. Rajendra
CinematographyA. Karuppaya
Edited by Suresh Urs
Music by Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
Production
company
Rajendra Movies
Release date
  • 11 August 2006 (2006-08-11)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kurukshetram is a 2006 Indian Tamil language film directed by director Jayabharathi, starring Sathyaraj, Roja, Vadivelu, and K. M. Rajendra. The music for this film was scored by Isaac Thomas Kottukapally. The film is produced by K. M. Rajendra under the banner Rajendra Movies. The cinematography and editing for this film were done by A. Karuppaya and Suresh Urs respectively. Kurukshetram is Sathyaraj's 170th film. The film released on 11 August 2006.

Contents

The comedy sequences in which Vadivelu instructs how to make an uttapam became viral upon release. [1]

Plot

Bharath (Sathyaraj) and his wife Vaishnavi (Roja) live in Western America with their children Subash and Sindu. Riots break out in the part of America where Bharath and his family live, during which their daughter Sindu dies in a bomb blast. After Sindu's death, Vaishnavi falls ill, so Bharath decides to shift to Chennai along with his family. Even after going to Chennai, Bharath and his family are not living happily because Bharath's friend Jack (K. M. Rajendra) is torturing Bharath's family by blackmailing Vaishnavi. The flashback in the movie reveals why Jack threatens Vaishnavi.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Isaac Thomas Kottukapally. [2]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Kathadicha" 
2."Kattipudi Kattipudi" 
3."Maname" 
4."Panipookkam" 
5."Priya Priyathamma" 

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "In an effort to appease the masses and the minuscule class that craves for meaningful cinema, Jayabharathy's film ends up being neither here nor there". [3] Chennai Online wrote, "The story begins in an interesting manner but then deteriorates". [4] BizHat wrote, "Director could have concentrated on the story more. He has tried to highlight the terrorism, and world peace on the screen but, he hasn't achieved it due to the unreal screenplay". [5]

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