''Sakkarakatti'' () is a 2008 Indian

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film written and directed by Kala Prabhu and produced by his father, Kalaipuli S. Dhanu. It featured debutant

Shanthanu Bhagyaraj Shanthanu Bhagyaraj (born 24 August 1986) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language films. The son of actors K. Bhagyaraj and Poornima Bhagyaraj, Shanthanu appeared as a child artist in his father's ''Vettiya Madichu K ...

, son of veteran actor

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, in the lead role while

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and

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played significant roles. It featured a soundtrack composed by

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. ''Sakkarakatti'' released on 26 September 2008.

Plot

Chennai-bred Yuvraj (Shanthanu Bhagyaraj) has had four close friends from childhood. He meets and falls in love with his only girl, only friend, only cousin, only niece, only sister, only daughter, only girlfriend, Deepali (Ishita Sharma). However, his only girl, only friend, only cousin, only niece, only sister, only daughter, only girlfriend, Reema (Vedhika) is in love with him. After Deepali sees Yuvraj with Reema, she becomes jealous and ignores Yuvraj when he follows her. Then, Yuvraj and Deepali get back together. Later, she sees Yuvraj and Reema together, but it was an accident. Deepali starts ignoring him again. Yuvraj wants to prove that he was not with Reema, so his friends decide to throw a birthday party to mend the trio's fractured relationship. Deepali and Yuvraj finally unite.

Cast

as Yuvaraj *

as Deepali *

as Reema *

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as Yuvaraj's father * Lokesh Baskaran as Yuvaraj's friend * Amit as Vikram * Yugesh Kumar as Gokul **Sachin as young Gokul * Chitti Babu as Shop owner *

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as Librarian * Shobi (special appearance in the song "Taxi Taxi Nanba") *

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(special appearance in the song "Taxi Taxi Nanba")

Production

The producer Kalaipuli S. Dhanu began launched the film, ''Sakkarakatti'', at AVM Studios on 30 April 2007 with

, Vijay and

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all attending. The film featured Dhanu's son, Kalaprabhu, in his debut as director whilst

Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj Shanthanu Bhagyaraj (born 24 August 1986) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language films. The son of actors K. Bhagyaraj and Poornima Bhagyaraj, Shanthanu appeared as a child artist in his father's ''Vettiya Madichu Kat ...

, son of noted actor

, was selected to portray the lead role. The film was initially described as a "candy floss love story with a city subject" and was set to feature

and Sivi in other lead roles, although Sivi was later replaced by

. During the making of ''Sakkarakatti'', cinematographer Andrew left the project as his dates clashed with a prior commitment with a Hindi film and was duly replaced by cinematographer Raja. A song with graphics arranged by

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was shot in May 2008 at a cost of 35 lakh rupees, with the producer then exclaiming that "the song will be the talk of the town" when released. The song "Taxi Taxi" was reshot following the enormous response from the audience after the audio release.

Release

''Sakkarakatti'' opened alongside

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' ''

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'' at the box office on 26 September 2008 with the media hyping that it was a battle of two films with debutants and successful soundtracks.

Critical reception

Behindwoods cited : "Shanthanu has to play a thinly sketched hero, but he puts energy and charm into everything he does. He is more than promising- he's star material, and he’ll survive this wreck. The debuting heroine, Ishita Sharma, is unimpressive. The second heroine,

, dances well and at least has some screen presence. ", while Sify said: "Shantanoo has that star quality to him which is so rare to find these days. But he is wasted in a role in which he just romance his heroines and dances", Nowrunning said: "Shanthanoo is fairly convincing as a cool college dude who metro audiences would love. He has not much to do beyond hanging out with his friends and cuddling the two heroines. Though the young hero seems bubbly, Prabhu is not able to tap his potential.

steals the show with her excellent performance as a jealous "morai penn' out to defeat the other girl. Her face-off with the hero in the climax deserves a big hand. ".

Soundtrack

The score and soundtrack was composed by

and the album was released on 12 July 2008. Initially Rahman was reluctant to compose the music for ''Sakkarakatti'' citing he was busy with other projects, but the director asked if Rahman could recycle songs from his Hindi films and he agreed. Rahman reused " Chinnamma Chilakkamma" and " Yeh Rishta" from '' Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities'' as "Chinnamma Chilakamma" and "Naan Eppodhu." Haza happens to be the alter-ego of singer

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as per her blog. A reviewer from Indiaglitz.com stated that "''Sakkarakatti'' is truly as sweet as sugar candy" in regard to the soundtrack.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0848638, Sakkarakatti
Sakkarakatti Movie
2008 films Indian romantic comedy films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by A. R. Rahman 2008 romantic comedy films