''Krishna Krishna'' is a 2001 Indian

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directed by

S. Ve. Shekher Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekher (born 26 December 1950) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, politician and a playwright of Tamil-language plays. In 2006, he was elected as an MLA for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIA ...

, making his directorial debut. The film stars

and Sukanya, with

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, Thyagu,

Ramesh Khanna Ramesh Khanna (also spelt as Ramesh Kanna) is an Indian actor and film director who has worked in Tamil cinema. He has acted in a number of supporting and comedian roles. Early life Khanna was born on 12 June 1954 in Chennai and third child to ...

, Manorama, and

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playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by

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and was released on 8 June 2001. The film was adapted from S. Ve. Shekher's stage drama ''Adhirshtakaran''.

Plot

Gopalakrishnan, a perfect gentleman, wants to get married as soon as possible. His mother 'Bullet' Pushpa only wants an extremely wealthy daughter-in-law so she rejects every marriage proposal. While Bama hates the kind of rich grooms her father brings for her who's only qualification is that they are rich. One day, Bama, having decided to get married to the first bachelor she sees, sees Gopalakrishnan at the bus stop and she falls in

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with him. Finally, after much effort from her end they fall in love with each other and get married in a police station without their parents' permission. After the marriage, 'Bullet' Pushpa and Bama often quarrel for small matters. Bama hates lies, if the same person lied to her four times, she will not bear the person. Soon, Bama suspects the innocent Gopalakrishnan for having bad habits based on circumstantial evidences. She decides to divorce him. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Gopalakrishnan * Sukanya as Bhamadevi/Bhama *

as Duck Dhakshinamoorthy/Vathumadaiyan (Bhama's father) *

as Balakrishnan *

as Krishnamani Raja * Thyagu *

as Sivaramakrishnan * Manorama as 'Bullet' Pushpa *

as Kaveri *

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as Rukmani *

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as Unnikrishnan *

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as Marriage Broker *

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as Kalpana *

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*Vijisha *Vaishali *Vandhana * M. R. Krishnamurthy *

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*G.K. *

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as Advocate Viswanathan (guest appearance)

Production

''Krishna Krishna'' is adapted from

's play ''Adhirshtakaran''.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 2001, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Piraisoodan, Kalidasan, Krithaya, Kovi Kovan and the director

References

{{reflist 2001 films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian comedy films Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar Indian films based on plays Films about marriage 2001 directorial debut films