Koodal Nagar

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Directed bySeenu Ramasamy
Written bySeenu Ramasamy
Produced bySenthil Kumar
P. S. Ganesh
Koodal Nagar
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Directed bySeenu Ramasamy
Written bySeenu Ramasamy
Produced bySenthil Kumar
P. S. Ganesh
StarringBharath
Bhavana
Sandhya
CinematographyM. S. Prabhu
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music bySabesh–Murali
Production
company
Annamalai Films
Release date
  • 5 April 2007 (2007-04-05)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Koodal Nagar is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by first-timer Seenu Ramasamy. The film stars Bharath in dual lead roles with Bhavana and Sandhya.[1] The film opened in 5 April 2007 and performed below average at the box office.[2] It is the only film where Bharath played a dual role in his career.

The story is set in a suburb of Madurai. Suriyan and Chandran are twins. Suriyan, the elder of the two, is a soft-spoken guy who works at a local lending library and falls in love with Manimekalai, the daughter of Namasivayam, a local politician-don and MLA. Chandran, the younger one, works as a mortuary assistant in a local government hospital, and he is one of Namasivayam's men who are in charge of his election campaign. Chandran is romantically linked to a local girl named Tamizhselvi. Namasivayam learns of his daughter's love affair with Suriyan and orders his men to kill Suriyan. However, they accidentally attack Chandran, who escapes from them. Later, Chandran visits Manimekalai and requests that she forget his brother. Nevertheless, she plans to elope with Suriyan. They go away and wait for the bus. Once the bus arrives, Suryan approaches it, only to be struck by a knife to the head by Namasivayam's goons, who have learned about the plan and have come to kill Suriyan. They take Manimekalai and leave. Chandran is later shocked to learn that the dead body, which came into the mortuary for preparation for burial, is none other than his own brother. Enraged by this, he cycles to Namasivayam's house to kill him. But their gardener prevents him from doing anything brash. Chandran later goes to an out-of-town lodge where Namasivayam stays. His goons check Chandran thoroughly and let him go up to meet Namasivayam. He cries in front of Namasivayam, saying their political opponents have killed his brother, mistaken as him. Namasivayam pretends to call the police and a judge to sort things out. Chandran then leaves, and the next day, Manimekalai commits suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in her bedroom. Namasivayam goes to the mortuary to pay respect to Suriyan's body. Once he is paying respect, the body, that was actually Chandran, gets up and kills Namasivayam and two of his goons, thereby avenging Suriyan's and Manimekalai's deaths. Tamizhselvi helps him to complete his revenge by closing the doors of the mortuary and not letting the other goons in. All the women who flocked to the scene hit the other goons and chase them away. Later, Chandran and Tamizhselvi are arrested by the police.

Cast

Production

Production work for the film began in late 2004, with Sandhya signed up to portray a role even before the release of her first film, Kadhal (2004).[3] The first schedule was held at Madurai then shifted to Dindigul where a fight scene was picturised and a set resembling village was built there. The filming was also held at Karaikudi and Kodaikanal.[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Sabesh–Murali.[5] The audio was launched at Radha Park Inn.[6] Saraswathy Srinivasa of Rediff.com wrote, "Overall, the album just doles out routine fare".[7]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Tamil Selvi Tamil Selvi"Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 
2."Vaarrar Ayya Vaarraru"Thulasidhas 
3."Yaarathu Yaarathu"Haricharan, Swetha 
4."Yakka Nillukka"Karthik 
5."Aayiram Thalaiyapaathu"Tippu 
6."Kaalgal Munnalae"Chandre 

Critical reception

References

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