Kalakkura Chandru

Kalakkura Chandru is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by the duo Ravi-Raja. The movie stars Karthik, Radha Ravi and Pandiarajan, It was a remake of Malayalam film One Man Show (2001) but failed to repeat the success at the box office.

Kalakkura Chandru
VCD cover
Directed by	Ravi-Raja
Written by	Rafi-Mecartin
Produced by	B. Sampoornam
Starring	Karthik Radha Ravi Pandiarajan
Edited by	A. Joseph
Music by	Sunil Xavier
Production company	Sri Ashtalakshmi Films
Release date	3 January 2007 (2007-01-03)
Running time	148 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Karthik as Chandru
• Radha Ravi as Ravi Verma
• Pandiarajan as Singampuli
• Bhuvana as Shweta
• Urvashi as Host
• Mohan Raman as Advocate
• Singamuthu as Muthu
• Balu Anand as Police inspector
• Bayilvan Ranganathan as Veera Verma
• Alex as Doctor

Production

Ravi and Raja who earlier directed low-budget devotional films like Subramaniaswamy and Aarumugaswamy announced in 2005 that their next directorial is titled as Adhirshtham. The film is a remake of Malayalam blockbuster One Man Show directed by Shafi and starred Jayaram.^[1] Karthik appeared in this film thus making his comeback, he claimed that he selected this film because he wanted his comeback to be different.^[2][3]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Sunil Lyrics written by tamilamudhan ^[4]

• "Echampai"
• "Macham Konda"
• "Nagakannil"
• "Sollava Naan Sollava"

Release and reception

The film was released on 3 January 2007.^[5]

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "For fans of Karthik it will be a let down. For neither the actor nor the film works at any level".^[6] S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote "Anything well begun raises expectations. A film that starts with an interesting scene makes the viewers sit up for a fairly sumptuous fare. Thus when `Kalakkarae Chandru' opens with a scene a la the famous `Kaun Banega Crorepati' one's curiosity is aroused. But as the film progresses one realises with dismay that it is about the one and only gripping segment. It is again a case of the director unable to make use of a good theme".^[7]

References

1. "Karthik in Malayalam remake". IndiaGlitz. 9 August 2005. Archived from the original on 5 December 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
2. Kumar, S. R. Ashok (30 September 2005). "Fun and frolic in the garden". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
3. "An interesting theme". IndiaGlitz. 1 October 2005. Archived from the original on 13 December 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
4. "Kalakkura Chandru". JioSaavn. 3 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
5. "கலக்குற சந்துரு / Kalakkura Chandru (2007)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
6. Mannath, Malini (23 January 2007). "Kalakkara Chandru". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
7. Kumar, S. R. Ashok (26 January 2007). "Treatment goes awry -- Kalakkarae Chandru". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

External links

• Kalakkura Chandru at IMDb