''Keratam'' is a 2011 Indian Telugu film directed by Gautham Patnaik and produced by S. V. Babu. The film was simultaneously made in Tamil as ''Yuvan'' by director R. N. Saran. The film stars Siddharth Rajkumar,

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and

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in the lead roles. A remake of the Kannada film ''

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'' (2009), the films featured music composed by

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and were released in August 2011. The bilingual version had Rakul making her Tamil & Telugu language debuts respectively.

Cast

Production

A remake of the Kannada film ''

'' (2009), the bilingual Telugu and Tamil project was launched by Kannada producer S. V. Babu. It marked the acting debut of Siddharth Rajkumar, a nephew of actor

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and a cousin of

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. The film also marked the debut of actresses

and

in the Tamil and Telugu film industries, and it became the first project the actresses had signed in either language. The Telugu version of the film was directed by Gautham Patnaik, the brother of renowned music composer

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. The Telugu version has been shot in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Goa. Production for the Telugu film was completed by June 2011. The director of the original Kannada film, Shivamani, was approached to make the Tamil version but his refusal meant that newcomer R. N. Saran worked on the project. A song for the Tamil version of the film was shot in August 2011 in a secluded area of Goa, where the team of ''

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'' (1981) had earlier shot.

Soundtrack

Songs composed by Joshua Sridhar. ;''Keratam'' *"Sometimes Nelapaina" - Vijay Prakash, Suvi, Vijay Narayan, Rita *"Saadhyamena" - Karthik, Shweta Mohan *"Hey! Oka Merupai" - Benny Dayal *"Vayase Nidura" - Naresh Iyer, Padmapriya *"Nidure Chedire" - Karthik *"Fashion Show" - Vijay Narayan, Rita *"Nee Navvula" - Deepu, Gayathri ;''Yuvan'' *"Thear Ival Eval Kattumum" - Benny Dayal *"Vanmegam Enn Vazhili" - Karthik, Shweta Menon *"Nilave Naanum" - Naresh Iyer, Padmapriya *"Fashion Show" - Vijay Narayan, Rita *"Nizhalum Tholaivil" - Karthik *"Sollu Petchu Ketka".

Release

Regarding the Telugu version, a reviewer from ''The Hindu'' noting that "The film has been handled well but is very formulaic." Regarding the Tamil version, a critic from ''Dinamalar'' praised the film's intent while calling the film's comedy scenes a minus point.

References

{{reflist 2011 films 2010s Telugu-language films 2010s Tamil-language films Indian coming-of-age films Indian multilingual films Films scored by Joshua Sridhar Tamil remakes of Kannada films Telugu remakes of Kannada films 2011 multilingual films 2010s coming-of-age films