''Summa Nachunu Irukku'' ( ''It is Just Amazing'') is a 2013 Tamil-language

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by A. Venkatesh, who also starred in the film. The film stars

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, Vibha Natarajan and Archana Vishwanath along with an ensemble cast including

Thambi Ramaiah Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, '' Manu Needhi'' (2000), '' Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and '' Mani ...

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Appukutty Sivabalan, better known as Appukutty, is an Indian actor and comedian, who mainly appears in Tamil films. He became recognized following his performance in '' Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu''. His role as Azhagarsami in '' Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai'' was pr ...

, and

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. The film, produced by B. Vimal, had musical score by

Achu Rajamani Arun R often credited as Achu Rajamani, is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has scored music for several Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. He made his music direction debut in the Telugu film '' Nenu Meeku Telusa?' ...

and was released on 30 August 2013. The story of the film was inspired by the 1997 Malayalam film ''Chandralekha''.

Plot

Kannan (

), who has a lot of debt, comes from his village to find a job in

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. There, he becomes an auto driver. He then saves Anjali (Vibha Natarajan), the daughter of Gautham ( A. Venkatesh). Gautham, also known as Dato, is a wealthy man in

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. Kannan takes Anjali to a hospital and is mistaken by the doctors to be her husband. Most of the relatives and Gautham also mistake him for the husband. In the meantime, Anjali falls into a coma. Kannan cannot tell the truth because of his family's debt. Kannan, his friend Gunaseelan (

), and his boss Chinniah (

) take off to Malaysia along with Anjali's family. Appukutty (

), Gautham's cook, becomes suspicious of Kannan's identity. In addition to this enters Anjali's sister Ranjini (Archana Vishwanath). What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Kannan *Vibha Natarajan as Anjali / Gayathri *Archana Vishwanath as Ranjini *

as Chinniah *

as Gunaseelan *

as Ashok Rajendran and Rajendran *

as Appukutty * A. Venkatesh as Gautham ( Dato) *

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as Bank Manager *

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as Chidambaram *

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as Chithra *

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as Kavitha *

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*Boys Rajan as Gautam's manager

Production

A. Venkatesh, who has been an action film director all along, discussed a comic storyline with director Sneha Britto as he has not done a comedy movie until now. B. Vimal, Sneha Britto's father, accepted to produce the film. A. Venkatesh spotted

in ''

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''. Thereafter, Thaman Kumar was signed to appear in the lead role with Vibha Natarajan and newcomer Archana Vishwanath.

and Erode Mahesh were also part of the cast, while Srinivasan signed on to play the comedic villain.

signed to score the music. V. T. Vijayan and N. Ganeshkumar handled the editing department, respectively, while C. J. Rajkumar was selected as the cinematographer and Erode Mahesh has written the dialogues. The film was mainly shot in Malaysia. A. Venkatesh said : "Summa Nachunu Irukku is an out and out comedy. We have just made this film to make every one laugh for 2 and a half hours".

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

(except Kannan Indru and Dian Dian by LockUp Nathan from Malaysia). The soundtrack features 5 tracks with lyrics written by

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and Vimala Britto. The audio launch took place on 24 April 2013. G. V. Prakash Kumar,

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, Abirami Ramanathan, T. Rajendar, Thambi Ramaiah, Nakul, Hari Kumar,

Gautham Karthik Gautham Ram Karthik (born 12 September 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil language, Tamil-language films. He made his acting debut in Mani Ratnam's ''Kadal (2013 film), Kadal'' (2013). He is a recipient of one Filmfare Award South, a T ...

and Sneha Britto attended the function. Behindwoods.com said : "A fair commercial effort from Achu" and gave it 2 out of 5 stars.

Reception

Behindwoods.com gave it 1.5 out of 5 stars and said: "On the whole ''Summa Nachunu Irukku'' is a movie that lacks clarity on the genre it wants to fall under". M. Suganth from ''

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'' gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and stated that "The only thing it lacks is the pizzaz to make it genuinely funny".

References

External links

{{A. Venkatesh (director) 2013 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films 2013 comedy films Indian slapstick comedy films Films scored by Achu Rajamani Films shot in Malaysia Tamil remakes of Malayalam films Films directed by A. Venkatesh (director)