''Jerry'' is a 2006
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romantic comedy
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film directed by
S. B. Khanthan, produced by V. Vishwanathan, and written by
Crazy Mohan
Mohan Rangachari (16 October 1952 – 10 June 2019) known professionally as Crazy Mohan, was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright. An engineer by profession, Mohan started writing plays and established his own drama troupe calle ...
. The film stars
Jithan Ramesh
Ramesh Choudary also known by his stage name Jithan Ramesh, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Tamil cinema, Tamil cinema. He is the third son of film producer R. B. Choudary and elder brother of actor Jiiva. He made his breakthr ...
as the titular character, while
Shruthi Raj
Shruthi Raj is an Indian film and television actress. She has acted in a few Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films before moving on to act in Tamil TV serials. She is known for her leading roles in the popular Tamil TV serials ''Thendral ...
,
Mumtaj
Mumtaz, also credited as Mumtaj, (born Nagma Khan) is an Indian actress and a former item number known primarily for her work in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, She has also appeared in Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu films. She entered ...
, and
Meera Vasudevan
Meera Vasudevan (born 29 January 1982) is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in films and TV soap's in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 2005 and the Kerala Sta ...
play the female leads. The music was composed by
Ramesh Vinayagam
Ramesh Vinayakam (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian composer, arranger, singer, songwriter, music producer.
Early life
Ramesh Vinayakam was born Ramasubramaniam (AKA Ramsubbu) to Tamil parents Vinayakam and Valli. He went to A. M. Jain College a ...
with editing done by Krishnakumar. The film released on 19 May 2006.
Plot
Jayaram alias Jerry (
Jithan Ramesh
Ramesh Choudary also known by his stage name Jithan Ramesh, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Tamil cinema, Tamil cinema. He is the third son of film producer R. B. Choudary and elder brother of actor Jiiva. He made his breakthr ...
) is a man who takes risks and hates love. He is challenged by his friends to make three women love him. He makes his classmate Janaki (
Shruthi Raj
Shruthi Raj is an Indian film and television actress. She has acted in a few Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films before moving on to act in Tamil TV serials. She is known for her leading roles in the popular Tamil TV serials ''Thendral ...
), an actress Janani (
Mumtaj
Mumtaz, also credited as Mumtaj, (born Nagma Khan) is an Indian actress and a former item number known primarily for her work in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, She has also appeared in Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu films. She entered ...
), and a police officer Jeeva (
Meera Vasudevan
Meera Vasudevan (born 29 January 1982) is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in films and TV soap's in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 2005 and the Kerala Sta ...
) fall in love with him. Whether the three girls find out and whom he unites with forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*
Jithan Ramesh
Ramesh Choudary also known by his stage name Jithan Ramesh, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Tamil cinema, Tamil cinema. He is the third son of film producer R. B. Choudary and elder brother of actor Jiiva. He made his breakthr ...
as Jayaram alias Jerry
*
Shruthi Raj
Shruthi Raj is an Indian film and television actress. She has acted in a few Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films before moving on to act in Tamil TV serials. She is known for her leading roles in the popular Tamil TV serials ''Thendral ...
as Janaki
*
Mumtaj
Mumtaz, also credited as Mumtaj, (born Nagma Khan) is an Indian actress and a former item number known primarily for her work in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, She has also appeared in Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu films. She entered ...
as Janani
*
Meera Vasudevan
Meera Vasudevan (born 29 January 1982) is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in films and TV soap's in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language. She received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 2005 and the Kerala Sta ...
as Jeeva
*
Santhana Bharathi as Jerry's father
*
Madhan Bob
S. Krishnamoorthy (born 19 October 1953) professionally known as Madhan Bob, is an Indian actor and comedian, appearing in many Tamil films in supporting roles. Madhan Babu is known for his amusing facial expressions, laughter and protruding ey ...
as Janaki's father
*
Raaghav
Venkataraghavan Ranganathan, better known as Raaghav on screen, is an Indian actor and television personality in Tamil Nadu. Before his break into films, he appeared in season 1 of ''Jodi Number One''.
Career
He first appeared in supportin ...
as Gausik
*
Crazy Mohan
Mohan Rangachari (16 October 1952 – 10 June 2019) known professionally as Crazy Mohan, was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright. An engineer by profession, Mohan started writing plays and established his own drama troupe calle ...
as Rukku
*
Maadhu Balaji
Maadhu Balaji, born as Balaji, is an Indian actor and comedian known for his roles in Tamil theatre plays and Tamil television serials.
Balaji has acted in a number of stage plays and films. He is the brother of the late ace humorist and playwr ...
as Master Maadhu
*
Cheenu Mohan
Cheenu Mohan (17 May 1956 – 27 December 2018) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language films. He acted in films including ''Thalapathi'' (1991) and '' Iraivi'' (2016).
Career
Mohan began his career as a stage actor in the late 1970 ...
as Film Director
*
Sachu
Saraswathi Sundaresan Iyer, professionally known as Kumari Sachu (born 7 January 1948) is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 films in five different languages and a few television serials. She is a character actress/comedienne who ...
as College Principal
*
Neelu
R. Neelakantan (20 July 1936 – 10 May 2018), best known by his stage name Neelu, was an Indian actor known for his comedy and supporting role performances in Tamil cinema, television and theatre. He has acted in over 7,000 plays and 160 fil ...
as Jerry's grandfather
*
Chaams as Dhandapani
*
Sathish
Sathish Muthukrishnan (born 23 May 1987) is an Indian actor and comedian working in the Tamil film industry. He made a breakthrough portraying a role alongside Sivakarthikeyan in '' Ethir Neechal'' (2013). He won Edison Award for Best Comedian ...
as Farooque
Production
The film's script was written by Crazy Mohan and he described the film as his "pet project" as he wanted to do create similar to ''
Kadhalikka Neramillai
''Kadhalikka Neramillai'' () is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film produced and directed by C. V. Sridhar, who also conceived and co-wrote its script with Chitralaya Gopu. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Balaia ...
'' (1964). The film was earlier titled ''Idhuthan Kadhal Enbathaa''.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by
Ramesh Vinayagam
Ramesh Vinayakam (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian composer, arranger, singer, songwriter, music producer.
Early life
Ramesh Vinayakam was born Ramasubramaniam (AKA Ramsubbu) to Tamil parents Vinayakam and Valli. He went to A. M. Jain College a ...
.
*"Hollywood" - Sharreth, Subiksha
*"Kanava" - Sujatha
*"En Swasathil" -
Madhu Balakrishnan
Madhu Balakrishnan is an Indian playback singer who sings in different languages Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada.
Personal life
Madhu Balakrishnan was born on 24 June 1974 to Balakrishnan and Leelavathy at Paravur, Eranakulam. His earlier ...
,
Kalyani Nair
Kalyani Nair is a singer from Chennai, India (born in thirupur, Kerala). She is active in the Tamil cinema industry, Kollywood. As a schoolgirl, Kalyani first appeared on Television in an episode of ''Symphony'' on Kairali TV. One of her popular s ...
*"Kapildevda" - David Bhaskar
*"Naan Pudicha" - Ramesh Vinayagam, Vidya
Critical reception
''Indiaglitz'' wrote "Director S B Kanthan deserves a pat for getting the best from his artistes. Though the movie seems to be an extension of Crazy Mohan's stage plays, the hilarious sequence makes it engrossing". Balaji B. wrote "Jery is simply a big-screen version of one of 'Crazy' Mohan's stage dramas. It is clean and harmless but unfortunately it is also mostly laughless".
References
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2006 films
Indian romantic comedy films
2000s Tamil-language films
Indian films based on plays
Films scored by Ramesh Vinayakam
Films with screenplays by Crazy Mohan
2006 directorial debut films
2006 romantic comedy films
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