''Kurumbu'' () is a 2003 Indian

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-language romantic comedy film directed by Vishnuvardhan, making his directorial debut. The film, a remake of the 2002

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film '' Allari'', stars Naresh, who also starred in the original version, which marked his acting debut, along with

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and

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. 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

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

Cast

* Naresh as Ravi * Nikita as Aparna *

as Ruchi *

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as Ravi's father *

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as Kalyani, Ravi's mother * Apsara as Ravi's sister *

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as Aparna's mother * Nassar as Ruchi's father *

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as Ruchi's mother *

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as Arokyam, a lift man in the apartment * Bava Lakshmanan *

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in a

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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, teaming up with newcomer Vishnuvardhan, who since then has worked together with him and scored the music in all his films until ''Shershaah''. 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

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. The lyrics were penned by Pa. Vijay.

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". A critic from ''Deccan Herald'' wrote that "''Kurumbu'', directed by debutant Vishnuvardhan is clearly targetted at the youth". Another critic gave the film a rating of 1.5/5.

References

External links

* {{Vishnuvardhan (director) 2003 films Films directed by Vishnuvardhan (director) Tamil remakes of Telugu films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja Indian romantic comedy films 2003 directorial debut films 2003 romantic comedy films