''Knock Knock, I'm Looking to Marry'' is a 2003 Indian English-language

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by Anita Udeep and starring Rathi and Suhaas Ahuja. The film is about the dilemma faced by the newer generation about whether to love someone first or to marry them first and love them afterwards.

Plot

24-year-old Nithya, a Tamil Brahmin software engineer working for a MNC, is pressured by her parents to get married in the next two months. Her parents try to find her a groom through arranged marriage. Meanwhile, 26-year-old Sandeep, a Punjabi software engineer also working for a MNC, is confident to find a girl for himself. Nithya and Sandeep meet in an acting class and become friends. Eventually, Nithya and Sandeep realised that they are in love.

Cast

* Rathi as Nithya * Suhaas Ahuja as Sandeep * A. C. Murali Mohan as Nithya's father *Geetha Ravishankar as Nithya's mother *Bagiarathy Narayanan

Production

Anita Udeep made her directorial debut through this film, which shows the difference between parents and their children's way of thinking. This film marked the film debut of Suhaas Ahuja after his other two films during that time did not release. This film marked the independent debut of Preetha Jayaraman, the daughter of

P. C. Sreeram P. C. Sreeram (born 26 January 1956) is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works in Indian films. He is also the president of Qube Cinemas, a digital cinema technology company. He is an alumnus of the Madras Film Institute. Apart ...

. The film was shot in Bangalore and Chennai.

Soundtrack

The music features seven tracks by

Mahesh Shankar Mahesh Shankar is an Indian music director who primarily works in Telugu cinema and is known for his associations with Raj & DK. Personal life and career Mahesh Shankar did his bachelor's of engineering degree at Sri Venkateswara College of ...

that were shortened into one-minute bit songs. The songs were promoted on

SS Music SS Music, or Southern Spice Music, was a satellite television channel based in Chennai, India. The multilingual music channel broadcast film songs from Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industry. The music channel also aired mainstream i ...

Release and reception

The film was released in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad (in three prints including Prasads Multiplex) on 26 December 2003. Suresh Krishnamoorthy of ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...

'' wrote that "The film has good and pleasant, racy music that would appeal to the youth by Mahesh Shankar" and added that "Special mention is required for the cinematography by Preetha Jeyaraman ..A majority of the indoor scenes reveal the liberal use of cross-lighting, which has a natural look. The use of very little make-up for the artistes has helped retain the originality of the character".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0382784 English-language Indian films Indian romantic drama films 2003 directorial debut films