Kuththu
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Directed by | A. Venkatesh |
Produced by |
K. C. N. Chandrasekar S. Durairaj |
Written by | V. Prabhakar (dialogues) |
Story by | V. V. Vinayak |
Starring |
Silambarasan Divya Spandana Ramya Krishnan Livingston Kalabhavan Mani Karunas Kota Srinivasa Rao Vijayakumar |
Music by | Srikanth Deva |
Cinematography | A. Venkatesh |
Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
Distributed by | Deivanai Movie Makers |
Release date |
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Running time | 156 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Kuthu (English: Punch) is an Indian 2004 Tamil language masala film directed by A. Venkatesh.It starring Silambarasan and Divya Spandana in the lead roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film Dil starring Nitin and Neha Bamb.The music was composed by Srikanth Deva.It was released on 2 April,2004.
Plot
The movie is about Gurumoorthy "Guru" (Silambarasan), who falls in love with Anjali (Divya Spandana) and incurs the wrath of her father Veerabahu (Kalabhavan Mani). Whether Guru succeeds in marrying Anjali, with the help of his college mates, forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Silambarasan as Gurumoorthy "Guru"
- Ramya as Anjali
- Kalabhavan Mani as Veerabahu, Anjali's father
- Vijayakumar as Guru's father
- Aishwarya as Anjali's mother
- Karunas as Guru's friend
- Livingston as College Principal
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Anjali's grandfather
- Manorama as Anjali's grandmother
- Suman Setty
- Ramya Krishnan (special appearance in the song "Pottu Thaakku")
- Robert (special appearance in the song "Pottu Thaakku")
- Mumtaj (special appearance in the song "Otha Viral Kattuna")
- Ashok Raja (special appearance in the song "Otha Viral Kattuna")
Production
After Dhum which was a remake of Kannada film Appu. Venkatesh and Simbhu decided to collaborate for second time with Kuthu being the remake of successful Telugu film Dil. Kannada actress Divya Spandana made her debut in Tamil with this film under the name "Ramya".[1]
A song was picturised with lead pair in studios with an erected set costing Rs 10 lakhs while another song was shot at Thirumayam Kottai near karaikudi with Ramya Krishnan which took three days to complete. The fight scene was shot at SRM College Grounds for 10 days.[2]
Soundtrack
Srikanth Deva's tunes (he is music director Deva's son) are catchy and familiar. The re-recording especially in stunt sequences is jarring. Lyrics written by Vaali, Pazhani Bharathi, Kalaikumar, Thamarai, Snehan and P. Vijay.
There are eight songs composed by Srikanth Deva.
- "Asaanaa Asaanaa" - Mahalakshmi Iyer, Subeen Khan
- "En Nilavu" - Prasanna Rao
- "Ennai Theendi Vittai" - Chinmayi, Prasanna Rao
- "Otha Viral Kattuna" - Shankar Mahadevan
- "Nibuna Nibuna" - Sadhana Sargam
- "Pachaikkili Pachaikkili" - Kunal, Srikanthdeva, Srilekha Parthasarathy
- "Pottu Thaakku" - Roshini, Simbu
- "Sapida Vaada" - Malathi, Udit Narayan