Katham Katham

Katham Katham is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by newcomer Babu Thooyavan, son of veteran writer Thooyavan.[1][2] The film features Nandha, Natarajan Subramaniam, Sanam Shetty, Sharika in the lead and was produced by Appu Movies.[3] The supporting cast includes Nizhalgal Ravi, Crane Manohar, Singamuthu, and Pandu.

Katham Katham
Poster
Directed byBabu Thooyavan
Produced byG Kartik
A Mushthari
Written byBabu Thooyavan
G Radhakrishnan (dialogues)
StarringNandha
Natarajan Subramaniam
Sanam Shetty
Sharika
Music byTaj Noor
CinematographyU. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byMuthulakshmi Varadhan
Production
company
Appu Movies
Distributed byAppu Movies
Release date
13 March 2015
Running time
143 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Nandha (Nandha Durairaj) is an upright sub-inspector of police who has been transferred 15 times in three years. He is then transferred in a police station based in Pollachi. There, Police Inspector Pandian (Natarajan Subramaniam) is in the pay of Minister Periyannan (Rajagopalan), who runs in own government in the place. Nandha is shocked to note that Pandian and the entire police department are corrupt. Thereafter, Nandha tries hard to enforce the order. Soon, both policemen clash. Pandian becomes an honest policeman after Periyannan's men attempt to kill him, and he is revived with blood transfusions from the public. However, Nandha does not believe that he has truly changed. After a fellow honest sub-inspector gets killed by Periyannan's men, Nandha blames Pandian, and through short routes, becomes inspector himself. He arranges for Periyannan and his men to clash with Pandian, but in the ensuing fight, Pandian kills them all, while Nandha walks away.

Cast
  • Nandha Durairaj as Sub-Inspector Nandha
  • Natarajan Subramaniam as Inspector Pandian
  • Sanam Shetty as Madhu
  • Sharika as Priya
  • Nizhalgal Ravi as SP Ravichandran
  • Singamuthu as Constable Kumar
  • Crane Manohar as Constable Swami Doss
  • Pandu as Madhu's father
  • Kaajal Pasupathi as Padmini
  • Rajagopalan as Minister Periyannan
  • Vinod as Sub-Inspector Kannan
  • Harish as Sakthi, Periyannan's son
  • K. R. Selvaraj as Nandha's father
  • Soundar as Constable Soundar
  • Seshu as Constable Unnikrishnan
  • Mona Petra as ACP Deepthi Nair
  • Sindhu as Manimekalai
  • Maruthu Pandi
  • Nisha Dass
  • Aarannan R as Registar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Taj Noor.[4]

Katham Katham
Soundtrack album by
Taj Noor
Released2015
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length18:57
LanguageTamil
ProducerTaj Noor
Taj Noor chronology
Gnana Kirukkan
(2014)		 Katham Katham
(2015)		 Strawberry
(2015)
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Idhu Enna"Saindhavi & Yazin Nizar03:56
2."Macham Parka"Priya Himesh & Nimcy Vincent03:50
3."Paakku Vetti"Prabhu, Surmukhi Raman & N. M. Akthar03:54
4."Poda Poda"Velmurugan, Deepak, Surmukhi Raman03:28
5."Vada Pooche"Remya Nambeesan & N. M. Akthar03:49
Total length:18:57

Critical reception

The movie opened to mixed reviews from critics.[5] The Times of India gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "This is pucca masala material and Babu Thooyavan does a fairly good job with it until the interval point. But the film fails to pick up steam...the script just fizzles out. There are no thrilling cat-and-mouse games and in their place all we get are predictable situations, a mood-killing love track...and a tame climax that is utterly disappointing".[6] The Hindu wrote, "If the director had avoided the temptation of including ‘necessary commercial elements’, Katham Katham would have been a quality film".[7] Rediff gave it 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "There are a few well-written dialogues, but a cliché ridden script, and ordinary execution by the debutant director makes Katham Katham a total waste of time".[8] Sify called it "undoubtedly one of the worst films of the year in terms of story and production values"[9]

gollark: I could probably do it easily enough if I just accept that it'll run terribly and don't do all the very hard work of the SC people.
gollark: Time to set up a popular server using the amazing 4GB of RAM and 8Mbps upload of my... server?
gollark: Anyway, I give permission in advance for any computer running potatOS to be uploaded publicly to something or other since I *essentially* own those anyway.
gollark: I don't think I've ever actually named a variable that.
gollark: I'm SURE that's all of them!

References
  1. Indiaglitz. "Nandha and Natty to act as cops in Katham Katham". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/shotcuts-red-is-ready/article5247768.ece
  3. Subramaniam, Anupama (26 September 2013). "'Even 'out of work' heroes demand '40 lakhs'". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. "Katham Katham Songs". Masstamilan. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. http://www.tamilstudios.com/movie/katham-katham-2015/
  6. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/Katham-Katham/movie-review/46557216.cms
  7. http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/katham-katham-movie-review-a-bad-good-film/article6991164.ece
  8. http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-katham-katham-is-a-total-waste-of-time/20150313.htm
  9. http://www.sify.com/movies/katham-katham-review-tamil-pdnqJ0ibjabcj.html
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.