''Azhagu Kutti Chellam'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language

children's film A children's film, or family film, is a film genre that contains children or relates to them in the context of home and family. Children's films are made specifically for children and not necessarily for a general audience, while family films ar ...

written and directed by Charles. The film stars child actors Krisha Kurup, Chanakyaa, Yazhini, Rajesh, and Ken Karunas.

Akhil Akhil (in Devanagari: अखिल {{IAST, akhilā) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle ...

and

Riythvika Riythvika Panneerselvam also well known as Riythvika, is an Indian actress who appears in supporting roles in Tamil films. In 2018, she won the Tamil reality television show, '' Bigg Boss Tamil season 2'', and became the first and only woman to ...

play supporting roles while

Ved Shankar Vedshanker is an Indian music composer. A former student of A. R. Rahman's school. he made his debut in the Tamil film ''Paalai'' (2010) and then made a breakthrough with his work in ''Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom'' (2012). Career Ved Shank ...

composes the film's music. Having been in the making since 2013, the film released on 1 January 2016 to highly positive reviews.

Cast

* Krisha Kurup as Nila *Chanakyaa as Jayan "Jai" *Yazhini as Jennifer "Jenni" *Rajesh Gunasekar as Dileepan *Ken Karunas as Murugu Subramani *

as Saravanan *

as Saravanan's wife *

Karunas Karunas (born 21 February 1970 as Karunanidhi Sethu) is an Indian actor, politician and comedian in the Tamil film industry. Appearing mostly in supporting roles, he has also played lead roles in films including ''Dindigul Sarathy'' (2008) an ...

as Auto Driver *

Suresh Suresh is an Indian masculine given name originating in the Sanskrit word ' (compound of ' and '). Its meaning is "Ruler of Gods" and it has been used an epithet for the Hindu gods Indra, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. People named Suresh include: * Su ...

as Church Father *

John Vijay John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor who plays supporting roles in Tamil films. He has also worked in a few Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. Career John Vijay did his M.Sc. in Visual Communication from Loyola College ...

as Callsheet Kumar *

Thambi Ramaiah Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, ''Manu Needhi'' (2000), '' Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and '' Mani ...

as Orphanage owner *

Aadukalam Naren Narayanan (better known as Aadukalam Naren) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and few Telugu films, mainly in supporting roles. He made his début in 1997 film ''Raman Abdullah'' but he got noticed for his role in the 2011 film, ''Aa ...

as Jayan's father and businessman *

Vinodhini Vinodhini is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and Tamil serials. Beginning her acting career as a child artist, she went on to play lead and supporting roles before acting in television series as well. ...

as Anandhi, a School Teacher * Meera Krishnan as Brahmin lady *

Kaajal Pasupathi Kaajal Pasupathi is an Indian actress of the Tamil film industry. She had roles in the films '' Ko'' (2011), ''Mouna Guru'' (2011) and ''Katham Katham'' (2015). Career She began her career in entertainment as a video jockey with the Sun Musi ...

* Chetan as Anandhi's husband *

George Vishnu George Vishnu is an Indian actor who has worked on Tamil-language films and in television dramas. Career George Vishnu, the son of Malaysian Tamil actor Ravichandran and Malayalam actress Sheela, was chosen by producer Bhaskar to debut in a fi ...

as a brahmin * Narayan as Jennifer's uncle *Mathan Thivagaran *

Jeeva Ravi Jeeva Ravi is an Indian actor, casting director and television actor who has worked in Tamil-language films and television. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in '' 3'' (2012) and '' Jeeva'' (2014), with the latter film bei ...

as Akila's father *Tejaswini *Agila *Neha Babu Priya *Nila *Krisha *Simba *Srisha *Metro Priya *V. M. S. Subagunarajan *M. S. Bharani

Production

Produced by Anthony, best known for directing the television chat show ''Neeya Naana'', the team began work on the film in mid 2013. A teaser trailer was revealed on 1 January 2014 and the film's first official poster released on 14 April 2014 coinciding with

Tamil New Year Puthandu (), also known as Puthuvarudam, and the Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar, traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamil Hindus. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu cal ...

s Day. After a further delay, the team began promoting the film for a January 2016 release, with actor

Sivakarthikeyan Sivakarthikeyan (born 17 February 1985), also referred to as SK, is an Indian actor, singer, film producer, lyricist, and television presenter, who works predominantly in Tamil films. He has also won a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, four Edison ...

, a friend of Anthony, unveiling a new trailer during late December 2015.

Soundtrack

The Music Was composed by

and Released on

Think Music India Think Music is an Indian music label headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that specialises in South Indian film soundtracks. Overview Think Music India was started in 2007 and sold its first 46 titles including ''Vel'' (2007) and ''Paiyaa'' ...

Release

The film opened to positive reviews at the box office on 1 January 2016. The satellite rights of the film were sold to

STAR Vijay Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay change ...

Reception

Behindwoods.com labelled it "a genuine attempt made honestly on a very humble budget, and having the right emotions", and added "this low-key effort deserves some support from the audience". The

Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest se ...

wrote, "using a multi-strand narrative, debutant director Charles weaves a heart-warming tale with ''Azhagu Kutti Chellam''". Kollytalk.com rated the film 3/5 and wrote "Azhagu Kutti Chellam, in a nutshell, is a sensitive portrayal of the manner in which kids are treated by the society."

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 4312730 2016 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s children's drama films Indian children's drama films Films scored by Ved Shankar