Kalakkura Chandru is a 2007 Indian

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-language comedy drama film directed by the duo Ravi-Raja. The movie stars Karthik,

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and

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, It was a remake of Malayalam film ''

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'' (2001) but failed to repeat the success at the box office.

Cast

* Karthik as Chandru *

as Ravi Verma *

as Singampuli * Bhuvana as Shweta *

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as Host *

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as Advocate *

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as Muthu *

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as Police inspector * Bayilvan Ranganathan as Veera Verma

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 ''

'' directed by

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and starred

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. Karthik appeared in this film thus making his comeback, he claimed that he selected this film because he wanted his comeback to be different.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Sunil Xavier. * "Echampai" * "Macham Konda" * "Nagakannil" * "Sollava Naan Sollava"

Release

After two years of making, the film was finally released on 14 January 2007 on the eve of Pongal with low publicity.

References

Tamil remakes of Malayalam films 2007 films 2000s Tamil-language films {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub