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Kaakha Kaakha
Directed by	Gautham Menon
Produced by	Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Written by	Gautham Menon
Starring	Surya, Jeevan, Jyothika, Ramya Krishnan, Daniel Balaji
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Editing by	Anthony
Release date(s)	1 August 2003
Running time	146 mins
Language	Tamil
Budget	3 crores[1]

Kaakha Kaakha (Tamil: காக்க காக்க) is a Tamil Action movie starring Surya, Jeevan in lead roles and Jyothika opposite Surya and music composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film is directed by Gautham Menon. It was Gautam Menon's second movie after Minnale. It was one of the top 5 movies of 2003 based on collection figures from theatres, distributors and producers, and the ranking, on return on investment ^[2]. And a comeback film for producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu^[3]. It was Jyothika's and Surya's third film together. This was a major milestone in Surya's acting career, establishing a firm fan base and carving a niche for him in the Tamil film industry.^{[citation needed]} This film also gave a major boost to its director Gautam Menon.it is the most stylish film ever made with a different screenplay in Tamil cinema at that time.

[edit] Plot

Anbuchelvan (Surya) is part of a group of four police officers who work battling organized crime in Chennai. Violent and laconic, he finds little patience for a personal life, until he turns hero in the eyes of schoolteacher Maya (Jyothika), and embarks on a little romance. Meanwhile, his squad kills the brother of a reckless criminal Pandya (Jeevan), but fails to wipe off the entire gang. Pandya's hoodlums then take the battle into the homes of the officers, going after their family members one by one. It all ends with the demise of Pandya and his gang in the hands of Anbuchelvan.

An epilogue shows that Anbuchelvan, after the death of Maya, continues his job as an IPS officer some weeks later. An alternate ending was shot and placed in the DVD version with a running commentary by Gautham Menon, in which he explained why the idea of this ending was dropped.

[edit] Main Characters

Surya As Anbuselvan IPS

Surya As Anbuselvan IPS

This was the first blockbuster movie with Surya (Sivakumar's Son) as the protagonist. He plays a role of an honest cop who even goes to the extent of killing criminals through encounter. He believes family would be a hindrance to perform his duties without fear and he likes being single.He plays the role of the police officer.

Jeevan as Pandya

Jeevan plays the villain role in Kaakha Kaakha. His raw portrayal of a gangster is what made people notice him. Pandya is someone who doesn't care about what is right and what is wrong. His only motive is to take avenge for his brother's death and he would go to any level to inflict pain and fear to his enemies. Director Gautham Menon dubbed for Jeevan.

Jyothika as Maya

The character of Maya was portrayed as a beautiful young girl, who is initially frightened by Surya's character. Later she gets to know him, and falls for him. A complete opposite of Anbuselvan's character Maya is shown as a school teacher who is very intelligent, outspoken and bold.

[edit] Box Office

• The film grossed $3 million at the box office.^[4]

[edit] Cast

Daniel Balaji as Shrikanth, Surya as Anbuchelvan, Vivek Anand as Arul and Yog Japi as Ilamaran.

[edit] Crew

Gautham Menon and Surya on the sets in Sri Lanka

• Director: Gautham Menon
• Producer: Kalaipuli S. Thanu
• Executive Producer: Photon Factory
• Music: Harris Jayaraj
• Cinematography: R.D. Rajasekhar
• Lyrics: Thamarai
• Art Direction:Rajeevan
• Editing: Anthony
• Stunt choreographer: Peter Hayne
• Dance choreographer: Brinda
• Costume Designer: Nalini Sriram
• Make-up: Nellai V. Shanmugam
• Production Designer: A. Parthipan
• Sound Effects: M.J. Raju
• Special Visual Effects: Iris Interactive, Oysterr
• Digital Mixing: M. Ravi
• Associate Directors: Rashmi Ruth Devadas, Morgan Antony
• Assistant Directors: P. Kannan, N. Manikandan, K. Bagavathi Perumal, Neeraj Menon, R. Revathi
• Production Executives: K. Chinna Durai, Bangalore A. Sundar, M. Jaishankar, Kannan
• Associate Cameramen: Dhanushkodi Ramesh, Dinesh, Gunasekaran

[edit] 2004 Filmfare Awards South

• Won - Filmfare Best Villain Award - Jeevan
• Won - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Harris Jayaraj
• Nominated - Filmfare Best Film Award
• Nominated - Filmfare Best Actor Award - Surya Sivakumar
• Nominated - Filmfare Best Actress Award - Jyothika

[edit] Soundtrack

Music was composed by Harris Jeyaraj.

• Ennai Konjam - Shalini Singh, Timmy, Tippu
• Ondra Renda - Bombay Jayashri
• Oru Ooril - Karthik
• Thoodhu Varuma - Febi Mani, Sunitha Sarathy
• Uyirin Uyirae - Kay Kay, Suchitra

[edit] Trivia

• The film was a huge hit and was first major hit for both the lead pairs in their career.
• The film was remade into Telugu as Gharshana.

[edit] External links

• Kaakha Kaakha at the Internet Movie Database
• Listen Songs Online
• V Creations' Kaakha Kaakha

[edit] References