Kathavarayan (2008 film)

Kathavarayan is a 2008 Tamil action comedy-drama film directed by Salangai Durai starring Karan, Vidisha and Vadivelu.[1]

For 1958 Tamil film, see Kathavarayan (1958 film).
Kathavarayan
Directed bySalangai Durai
Produced byV. Ramachandran,
R. Sadiq,
S. Diwan
Written bySalangai Durai
StarringKaran
Vidisha
Vadivelu
Music bySrikanth Deva
CinematographyA. Karthik Raja
Edited byPeter Babiya
Production
company
Silver Jubilee Films
Release date
  • 30 May 2008 (2008-05-30)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

The film revolves around Kathavarayan (Karan), who sells illicit arrack in Hogenakkal. Though he is involved in arrack trade, he is a man with golden heart. Malti (Vidisha), a student, comes to the village as part of her NSS project. She vows to end the arrack menace in the village and takes efforts to arrest Kathavarayan. Thanks to her efforts, Kathavarayan gets arrested and lodged in prison in Chennai.

Parallel narration is the comedy track of Karuppu (Vaigai Puyal Vadivelu).

Call it fate, Malti is arrested for no fault of her in Chennai. Her efforts to expose drug-pedlers in Chennai backfires. They hatch a conspiracy and Malti falls a prey to it. She gets arrested for possessing drugs and lands in prison.

Kathavarayan comes out of jail to avenge Malti. But comes to know her real intentions and the trouble she is facing. He masterminds a plan and joins the gang selling drugs and eventually exposes them only to save Malti.

Cast

Production

The film was initially offered to Sibiraj, though his refusal meant that Karan was chosen to play the lead role.[2]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva and lyrics were written by Snehan.[3]

No.SongSingersLyrics
1"Aasaiye Alaipole"Malathy, Srikanth DevaSnehan
2"Kathavaraya"Anuradha Sriram
3"Kathavaraya Swamy"Ramani Ammal, Karan
4"Oru Haiku"Tippu, Suchitra
5"Oru Kaalai"Kalyani
6"Ponguppa Ponguppa"Naveen Madhav, Saindhavi

Reception

The movie received mixed to negative reviews from critics

Sify wrote, "Karan's performance is loud and boorish, at times irritating with his Kovai Tamil. Radha definitely has a future as a glam girl while heroine Vidisha is earnest, but a poorly written role mars her chances. Ilavarasu, Kadhal Dhandapani are also there along with a sick comedy track of Vadivelu as a idiot moneylender who gets beaten up by all and sundry. There is nothing to hum about the music of Dheena."[4]

Behindwoods wrote, "Kathavarayan is a small film made with good intentions and commercial compulsions. Its theme, being alien to urban audiences, may put the film out of favor with the A center audiences. But it does stand a chance in the smaller centers. The laughs provided by Vadivelu who keeps appearing in little doses throughout the movie is another positive and there are others like Ilavarasu and Muthukalai who do not create much of an impact. Kadhal Dandapaani does another stereotypical, loud mouthing baddie, nothing unexpected here. Debutant director Salangai Durai may not have made a dream debut but this start is not disappointing."[1]

Indiaglitz wrote, "Karan has come up with a matured performance. He is good in dance and stunt sequence. His diction of the Kovai Tamil also deserve a special mention. Debutant Vidisha does a decent job. She plays her part well. Vadivelu plays a money-lender who lands in trouble for no fault of his. Salangai Durai deserve a pat for coming out with a strong message. But had he cut down on preaching, the movie would have been different."[5]

Awards

Vadivelu won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian for the film.[6]

References
  1. "KATHAVARAYAN - MOVIE REVIEW CAST Karan Vidisha Vadivelu Kadhal Dhandapani Direction Salangai Durai Music Srikanth Deva Producer Silver Jublee Films stills picture image gallery". www.behindwoods.com.
  2. "SIBI sibi sathyaraj lee Lakshana siva siva behindwoods tamil movie siva siva images tamil picture gallery images". www.behindwoods.com.
  3. "404 Error! Page Not Found! - StarMusiQ". www.starmusiq.top. Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. "Kathavarayan review". Sify.
  5. "Kathavarayan". Indiaglitz.
  6. "Rajini, Kamal win best actor awards". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

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