''Chennai Kadhal'' ( ''Chennai Love'') is a 2006 Indian

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film written and directed by

Vikraman Vikraman is an Indian film director primarily working in Tamil cinema. Career 1990–1994 He worked as an assistant to actor and director R. Parthiban in '' Puthiya Pathai'' (1989), which was the latter's debut film as a director and an act ...

. The film stars Bharath and

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. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Joshua Sridhar. The film was released on 8 December 2006. It received negative reviews and became a flop.

Plot

Gautham, a college dropout and good-for-nothing guy, falls in love with Narmada, the daughter of a local don Sakthivel. She lives in a hostel after learning that her father is a criminal who now wants her to marry his partner Sardar's brother. So the two lovers elope to Mumbai, and they are soon tracked and separated. Finally, Gautham, along with his friends, fights against all odds to win back Narmada.

Cast

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Joshua Sridhar and lyrics were written by

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, Na. Muthukumar and

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. *"Enjoy Idhu" — Ranjith *"Angel Angel" — Karthik,

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*"Silusilukkum" — Naresh Iyer, Kalpana Raghavendar *"Thimre Thimire" —

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, Sweta Mohan *"Salladai" — Karthik, Swetha Mohan

Critical reception

The film received negative reviews from critics. ''Indiaglitz'' wrote "Laudable performances, a racy screenplay and the light-hearted comic sequences make Chennai Kadhal a definite winner". ''Sify'' wrote "Director Vikraman has made a deliberate attempt to deviate from his usual formula and it has succeeded to a certain extent though the story, presentation and even dialogues are so predictable. The main problem lies with its script which has nothing new to offer and the love between the lead pair is so artificial has no life in it". ''Rediff'' wrote "The movie is director Vikraman's supposed attempt to make something different. It is surely not one of his usual slow paced dramas, but that alone is not enough to make it 'different,' by any standards. He has chosen a plot older than a heavily worn out doormat".

References

External links

* {{Vikraman 2006 films 2000s Tamil-language films Films directed by Vikraman Indian romantic comedy filmsv Films scored by Joshua Sridhar 2006 romantic comedy films