London (2005 Indian film)

Last updated

London
London (2005 Indian film).jpg
DVD Cover
Directed by Sundar C
Written by Badri (dialogues)
Screenplay bySundar C
Story by Priyadarshan
Based on Kakkakuyil
Produced bySubha Sandeep
Starring Prashanth
Pandiarajan
Vadivelu
Ankitha
Mumtaj
CinematographyK. S. Shiva
Edited by P. Sai Suresh
Music by Vidyasagar
Production
companies
Inspired Movies
Spice Team Entertainments
Release date
  • 11 March 2005 (2005-03-11)(India)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

London is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Sundar C. It is a remake of the 2001 Malayalam film Kakkakuyil . The film stars Prashanth and Pandiarajan, while Vadivelu, Ankitha, Mumtaj, Vijaykumar and Srividya play supporting roles. Vidyasagar composed the film's music. This was the last Tamil film of Srividya, just a year before her death.

Contents

London released on 11 March 2005 and became a commercial hit.

Plot

Shiva Raman, an easy-going young man from Chennai, comes to London in search of a job, but he loses all of his certificates. He finds Kathiravan wandering in London aimlessly without a job. Now, they both need job and money. Kathir persuades Shiva to join a bank robbery planned by Bhaskharan. His stammering brother Natrajan and Aishwarya, who is Bhaskaran's lover, are in on the job. After the robbery, Aishwarya informs the police about the robbery and that the entire plan was hatched by Bhaskaran. Bhaskaran hides the money before getting arrested, and the hiding place is known only to his lawyer Vedimuthu. Aishwarya pretends to be in love with Vedimuthu to find where the money is hidden.

Meanwhile, to find a safe cover, Shiva and Kathir plan to imitate Saravanan, the grandson of a rich elderly couple: Rajasekar and his wife Parvathi. They have not seen their grandchild since his birth. Shiva and Kathir end up feigning to be Kadhir's body and Shiva's voice to make up for Saravanan in front of the blind couple. Ganesh, who knows Kathir before, makes several attempts to expose the truth to the couple, but all fail, due to Shiva and Kadhir's luck. All of a sudden, Anjali arrives pretending to be Saravanan's lover. She calls on all the relatives of Rajasekar and Parvathi. The relatives arrive in Shiva's absence. Finding no way out, Kathir pretends to have fainted, and he is admitted to the hospital. Shiva comes to his rescue, and says that he is Dr. Karthikeyan, a friend of Saravanan from America.

Amidst their drama, Kathir tries to steal the Lord Muruga statue, for which he plays a trick to injure Parvathi, which keeps all others out of the house for sometime. Shiva engages in a fight with Kathir when he tries to leave with the statue that he had stolen. Rajasekar accuses his relatives for his wife's accident and asks all of his relatives to leave at once. Shiva and Kathir get separated and part ways. A drunk Ganesh finally manages to reveal the truth to Rajasekar about Saravan's death in an accident following which Anjali reveals the truth to him that she is actually Saravanan's secretary and had come to explain about Saravanan's death in an accident in America. She also explains that Siva and Kathir were acting/posing as Saravanan & that she took part in the drama not wanting to ruin their happiness. After revealing all this, she gives them money and asks them to get out of the house. Shiva, realizing his mistake, refuses to take the money and asks Kathir not to take the money. Kathir leaves Shiva in anger, taking the money with him. Shiva returns to Rajasekar and confesses all of his mistakes. Rajasekar asks them to continue the drama for the sake of his wife, who loves her grandson more than her life. Parvathy comes and calls Saravanan but gets no replies. She finally gets hold of the arms of Kathir, who has returned in remorse. Hence, the movie happily ends with the marriage of Shiva and Anjali, who by now have fallen in love with each other.

Cast

Production

Prashanth and Sundar C had previously worked together in the successful 2003 action film Winner , and chose to work again in a film titled London in mid 2004. Meera Jasmine was the team's initial choice for the lead actress, but she later opted out citing date issues. [1] Ankitha, previously seen in Telugu films, was added to the cast in October 2004 to play the lead female role. [2] Mumtaj, Vadivelu, Manivannan and Pandiarajan were added to the cast and the film was described to be an "out and out comedy". The film was announced to be the first Tamil film production of Spice Team Entertainment, a wing of Inspired Movies in the UK and also signed up to distribute the film. [3] [4]

In late 2004, the team shot scenes for 25 days across London and due to the early sunset, ended up having early starts to make use of the daylight hours. [5] Scenes were filmed primarily in studios in Chennai, though outdoor scenes were shot near Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly Circus amongst other locations. [6] The film was completed and ready for release in February 2005 and Prashanth opted to release London before his other completed film, Adaikalam . [7]

Music

The soundtrack consists of six songs composed by Vidyasagar, and was released on 24 February 2005 at Spenzer Plaza. [8] [9]

SongSinger(s)Lyrics
"Atho Atho" Pop Shalini, Udit Narayan, Premji Amaran P. Vijay
"Adimithu Adi"Kamaal Khan, Benny Dayal P. Vijay
"Azhagiya Vizhigalil" Sadhana Sargam, Madhu Balakrishnan Yugabharathi
"Kee Mu Kee Pee" Karthik, Praveen Mani, Tippu Na. Muthukumar
"Badavaa" Sujatha, Vijay Yesudas P. Vijay
"Yaaro Oruthi"KarthikYugabharathi

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu revealed "London comically stresses on the importance of wealth in this mercenary world and in the bargain logic, credulity and spontaneity go for a toss." [10] Sify gave the film a positive review noting that "Please leave your logical mind at home when you watch a Sundar.C film. The trio of Prashanth-Sundar.C-Vadivelu has a “Winner” in London". [11]

IndiaGlitz noted, "If you forget a thing called logic, this is indeed a hilarious roller-coaster ride." The critic added that "Prashanth, as Sivaraman and Saravanan, does not complicate things. He sticks to a neat and simple path. Ankitha has nothing much to do, except simpler and look good. And she does look ravishing." [12] BizHat wrote, "on the whole Sundar.C has given a colorful movie which people could sit through, laugh, smile and relax for two and half hours." [13] Visual Dasan of Kalki gave a sarcastic review on the film in the form of headlines. [14]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prashanth</span> Indian actor

Prashanth Thiagarajan, known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor, businessman, playback singer and film producer known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. At the peak of his career in the late 1990s, Prashanth was one of the popular actors in South India. He has won a Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in the Tamil film Vaigasi Poranthachu (1990) and went on to feature in other films including Balu Mahendra's Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992), R. K. Selvamani's Chembaruthi (1992), K. Rushendra Reddy's Tholi Muddhu (1993), and Mani Ratnam's action-comedy Thiruda Thiruda (1993). Prashanth rose to stardom with Shankar's romantic comedy Jeans (1998) in which he played a dual role alongside Aishwarya Rai. The success of Jeans saw him garner opportunities to work in bigger film projects and in the late 1990s, he featured in a series of breakthrough films such as Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998), Kaadhal Kavithai (1998), Jodi (1999) and Parthen Rasithen (2000).

<i>Winner</i> (2003 film) 2003 Indian film

Winner is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Sundar C. The film stars Prashanth and Kiran Rathod in the lead roles, while Vadivelu, Vijayakumar, M. N. Nambiar and Riyaz Khan play important supporting roles. The film, which has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and camera work handled by Prasad Murella, released on 27 September 2003 and became a commercial hit. This film is best known for Vadivelu's comedy.

<i>Perarasu</i> (film) 2006 Indian film

Perarasu is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed by Udhayan. The film stars Vijayakanth in a dual role with Debina Bonnerjee, Prakash Raj, Sarath Babu, Anandaraj and Pandiarajan. The music is composed by Pravin Mani. The film follows the pattern of southern masala movie with good-cop-versus-bad-guy story. This film became an average grosser.

<i>Chocklet</i> 2001 Tamil film by A. Venkatesh

Chocklet is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by A. Venkatesh with the story being penned by and produced by R. Madhesh. Starring Prashanth and debutant Jaya Re, the film also has Livingston, Suhasini, Mumtaj and Nagendra Prasad in supporting roles, while the score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. The film opened on 7 September 2001 to a positive response and was successful at the box office.

<i>Giri</i> (film) 2004 Indian film

Giri is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed and co-written by Sundar C, starring Arjun Sarja, Ramya and Reema Sen, with Devayani, Vadivelu, and Prakash Raj among others enacting supporting roles. The film was released on 1 October 2004 and become a profitable venture at the box office and was remade in Kannada in 2020 as Shivarjuna starring his nephew Chiranjeevi Sarja. This film is also noted to be actress Khushbu's productional debut in her production company house Avni Cinemax. The film was dubbed into Telugu under the same name.

<i>Engal Anna</i> 2004 Indian film

Engal Anna is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Siddique. The film stars Vijayakanth in the main lead role with Prabhu Deva, Pandiarajan, Vadivelu, Namitha, Swarnamalya, and Indraja in other roles, while Lal, Manivannan, and Anandaraj playing supporting roles. It is the Tamil remake of the 2003 Malayalam film Chronic Bachelor. The film was released on 14 January 2004 and became a commercial success.

Maanada Mayilada is an Indian dance competition show airing from 2007 till 2015 on Kalaignar TV. The show was conceived, produced and directed by noted choreographer Kala Master. She is also one of the judges and the only constant judge throughout the show. Other judges have been Brinda, Khushbu, Rambha, Namitha, Simran, Mumtaj, Sudha Chandran, Meena. Prashanth and Srikanth. Sanjeev and Kiki Vijay have been the hosts for all seasons.

<i>Chanakya</i> (2005 film) 2005 Indian film

Chanakya is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by A. Venkatesh and produced by Vishwas Sundar. It stars R. Sarathkumar, Namitha and Laya. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva with cinematography by Madhu Ambat and editing by V. T. Vijayan. The film was released on 23 September 2005.

<i>Boss Engira Bhaskaran</i> 2010 Indian film

Boss Engira Bhaskaran is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh who earlier directed Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009). Starring Arya, Nayantara and Santhanam in lead roles, the film is produced by K. S. Sreenivasan and features music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Sakthi Saravanan.

<i>Kadhal Kirukkan</i> 2003 Indian film

Kadhal Kirukkan is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film, written and directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, starring Parthiban, Richa Pallod and Vineeth. The film is a remake of the 2002 Hindi film Deewangee.

<i>Kalakalappu</i> 2012 Indian film

Kalakalappu (transl. Humour) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Sundar C. and produced by his wife Khushbu. It stars Vimal, Shiva, Oviya, Anjali and Santhanam, with music composed by Vijay Ebenezer. It was originally titled Masala Cafe, but was later renamed to Kalakalappu. The film released on 11 May 2012 to positive reviews, and became a commercial success. The film is 25th directorial venture for Sundar. The film was remade in Telugu as Jump Jilani. In 2018, the film had a spiritual successor Kalakalappu 2. The film is loosely based on the 2009 German film Soul Kitchen.

Ankita Jhaveri is an Indian actress, who has worked primarily in Telugu cinema along with some Tamil and Kannada films.

<i>Kalakalappu 2</i> 2018 film by Sundar C

Kalakalappu 2 is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed and co-written by Sundar C. and produced by Khushbu. It is a spiritual successor to the 2012 film Kalakalappu. The film stars Jiiva, Jai, Shiva, Nikki Galrani and Catherine Tresa.

<i>Pattathu Yaanai</i> 2013 Indian film

Pattathu Yaanai is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Boopathy Pandian and produced by Michael Rayappan.

Thathi Thavadhu Manasu is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Azhagu Rajasundaram. The film stars Sona, Urvasi Patel and Sindhuri, while Mumtaj, Vadivelu and Kalabhavan Mani also appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 19 December 2003.

<i>Sathya</i> (Tamil TV series) Indian television soap opera

Sathya is an Indian Tamil television soap opera, starring Ayesha Zeenath and Vishnu. The series airs on Zee Tamil and is also streamed on the digital platform ZEE5. The series premiered on 4 March 2019. It is an official remake of the Odia series Sindura Bindu. The story of Sathya, a tomboy, who looks after all the responsibilities of a head of the family. Later, with some major twists and turns of events, she marries Prabhu, a rich man with a big family.

Poranthalum Ambalaiya Porakka Koodathu is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written, directed and filmed by N. K. Viswanathan. The film stars Pandiarajan and Aishwarya. It was released on 25 September 1993.

<i>Anbe Vaa</i> (2020 TV series) Indian Tamil-language soap opera

Anbe Vaa is a 2020 Indian Tamil language soap opera on Sun TV. It was premiered on 2 November 2020 from Monday to Sunday and ended on 28 April 2024 and has been successfully running for 4 years. The show stars Delna Davis, Viraat and Shreegopika Neelanath It is also available on the digital platform Sun NXT. This series was launched along with Kannana Kanne.

<i>Coffee with Kadhal</i> 2022 film by Sundar C.

Coffee with Kadhal is an 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy drama film directed and co-written by Sundar C. and produced by Khushbu, A. C. S. Arun Kumar and A. C. Shanmugam under the banner of Avni Cinemax and Benzz Media (P) Ltd. The film stars Jiiva, Jai, Srikanth, Malvika Sharma, Amritha Aiyer, Raiza Wilson, Aishwarya Dutta, Samyuktha and Dhivyadharshini. The film's music is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with cinematography handled by E. Krishnasamy and editing by Fenny Oliver. This was the posthumous film of noted actor-director Pratap Pothen, who died on 15 July 2022 from natural causes.

References

  1. ↑ "Hands full, but cupboard empty". IndiaGlitz. 16 November 2004. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rasna girl stirring things up". IndiaGlitz.com. 8 October 2004. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "A dream factory from London". The Hindu . 5 March 2005. Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Prabhu Deva, hot hot!". Rediff.com . 2 March 2005. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "London as the backdrop". The Hindu . 29 January 2005. Archived from the original on 29 January 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "London". diyamirza.beepworld.de. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Prashanth - 24x7". Sify . 22 February 2005. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Cassette Release function with a difference". Cinesouth. 24 February 2005. Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "London (2005)". Raaga.com . Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (4 May 2005). "London". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 4 May 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "London". Sify . Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "London - Laughathon". IndiaGlitz. 12 March 2005. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
  13. ↑ "London". BizHat.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  14. ↑ தாசன், விஷுவல் (3 April 2005). "லண்டன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 24. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024– via Internet Archive.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.