Kurumbu

Kurumbu (transl.Naughty) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Vishnuvardhan, making his directorial debut. The film, a remake of the 2002 Telugu film Allari, stars Naresh, who also starred in the original version, which marked his acting debut, along with Diya and Nikita Thukral.[1] The film released on 21 November 2003 to poor reviews, failing to repeat the success of the original version and hence, ending up as a box-office bomb, being considered as the only commercially unsuccessful film of director Vishnuvardhan. Although there is the Telugu original, it was dubbed in Telugu also as Naa Allari.

Kurumbu
DVD cover
Directed byVishnuvardhan
Screenplay byVishnuvardhan
Story byNivas
Produced byAkkineni Indira Anand
StarringNaresh
Diya
Nikita Thukral
CinematographyRa. Krishnaa
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Indira Innovations
Release date
21 November 2003
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

It deals with a love triangle between three teenagers. The story portrays how the hero finds his true love.

Cast

Soundtrack

Kurumbu
Soundtrack album by
Released
7 August 2003 (India)
Recorded2003
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelSa Re Ga Ma
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Thennavan
(2003)
Kurumbu
(2003)
Pudhukottayilirundhu Saravanan
(2003)

The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up with newcomer Vishnuvardhan, who since then has worked together with him and scored the music in all his films. The soundtrack was released on 7 August 2003, featuring 8 tracks, including one remixed song, which is the first ever remix of a Tamil film song to feature in another Tamil film, starting off a new trend and the era of remixes in the Tamil film industry.[2][3] The lyrics were penned by Pa. Vijay.

TrackSongSinger(s)DurationNotes
1"Kingini Mingini"Yuvan Shankar Raja, Shalini Singh, Prashanthi3:57
2"Oviya"P. S. Balram4:11
3"Adichchi Pudichchi"Devan, Sunitha Sarathy4:07
4"Kurumbu"Instrumental
5"Theme Music"Instrumental
6"Aasai Nooru Vagai"Malaysia Vasudevan, Devan4:04Remixed from the Tamil film Adutha Varisu, composed by Ilaiyaraaja, featuring the original voice of singer Malyasia Vasudevan with lyrics by 'Kavignar' Vaali
7"Adichchi Pudichchi — II"Afroze, Gopika Poornima
8"Vaa Masakaatre"Srinivas, Harish Raghavendra, Srilekha Parthasarathy, Subiksha4:49

Release

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu opined that "After all the hype and pre-release publicity of the film you expected much more. But leave alone making you laugh, this Kurumbu does not even tickle".[4] Another critic gave the film a rating of 1.5/5.[5][6][7]

References

  1. "Pranks in the making". The Hindu. 18 November 2003.
  2. "Mix and match". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  3. "Remix culture — delighting or sickening??". kollywoodtoday.com. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  4. ""Kurumbu"". The Hindu. 28 November 2003.
  5. http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/2004/kurumbu.html
  6. "Archived copy". movies.bizhat.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". www.chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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