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Kusthi

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kusthi
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]]
| producer = M. Gnanasundari
| writer = [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]]
| starring = [[Prabhu Ganesan|Prabhu]] [[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]] [[Vadivelu]] [[Manya (actress)|Manya]] [[Flora (actress)|Flora]] [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] [[Radha Ravi]]
| music = [[D. Imman]]
| cinematography = B. Balamurugan
| editing = G. B. Venkatesh
| studio = Sundari Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|06|23}}
| runtime = 151 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}
'''''Kusthi''''' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]], starring [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] and [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] , while [[Vadivelu]], [[Manya (actress)|Manya]], [[Flora (actress)|Flora]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] and [[Radha Ravi]] play supporting roles. The music is composed by [[D. Imman]].<ref>https://www.starmusiq.fun/movies/kusthi-2006-tamil-movie-songs-1722-starmusiq-download.html</ref> The film was an average hit at the box office.<ref>http://www.sify.com/movies/kusthi-review-tamil-pclvXdddideid.html</ref>

==Plot==

The movie begins with Jeeva ([[Prabhu Ganesan|Prabhu]]), running away from his village to Chennai fearing a possible marriage with the daughter of a local chieftain ([[Radha Ravi]]), arranged by his father. He joins his old-friend Velu ([[Vadivelu]]), who runs an eatery in the city. Meanwhile, he saves a youth ([[Mahanadi Shankar]]), a henchman of a local goon Singam ([[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]]) from some gangsters. Thus he gets the acquaintance of Singam. Meanwhile, Singam come across Abi ([[Flora (actress)|Flora]]), a research scholar and Jeeva meets Divya ([[Manya (actress)|Manya]]). Both fall in love with them. Enters another goon ([[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]]), who leaves his stolen money with Singam. He runs behind Singam to get the money back.

Meanwhile, Radharavi and his men come down to Chennai in search of Jeeva. Following a mishap, Jeeva admits Singam and an old woman Lakshmi ([[Latha (actress)|Latha]]) in a hospital. Mistaking Jeeva to be their missing grandson, father of Latha ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]) and his relatives take him to Kodaikanal. Fearing the Nattamai, Jeeva decides to go to Kodaikanal and acts as their grandson.

Comes Singam with a plan to murder Vijayakumar. However he manages to win the heart of the family members and they arrange for Jeeva and Singam's wedding with Vijayakumar's grand daughters Abi and Divya. Raj Kapoor and Radharavi enter the scene and all confusion begins. The rest is all but how both Jeeva and Singam succeed in walking away with Abi and Divya.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Prabhu Ganesan|Prabhu]] as Jeeva
* [[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]] as Singam
* [[Vadivelu]] as Velu
* [[Manya (actress)|Manya]] as Divya
* [[Flora (actress)|Flora]] as Abi
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Abi & Divya's grandfather
* [[Radha Ravi]] as Aruval Rathnam Nattamai Chieftain
* [[Y. G. Mahendran]] as Vayram
* [[Ilavarasu]] as Abi's father
* [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]]
* [[Chithra Lakshmanan]]
* [[Manobala]]
* [[T. P. Gajendran]]
* [[Madhan Bob]]
* [[Chitti Babu (actor)|Chitti Babu]]
* [[Balu Anand]]
* [[Latha (actress)|Latha]]
* [[Sabitha Anand]]
* [[Aarthi (actress)|Aarthi]] as Sulukku Sundari (Nattamai daughter)
* [[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]]
* [[Besant Ravi]]
* [[Mahanadi Shankar]]
* [[Thalapathi Dinesh]]
* [[Crane Manohar]]
* [[R. S. Shivaji]]
}}

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album
| name = Kusthi
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[D. Imman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2006
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label =
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Kalinga (film)|Kalinga]]
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = [[Vathiyar]]
| next_year = 2006
}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Singer(s)
| headline = Track listing
| total_length = 21:29
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music = [[D. Imman]].<ref>http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_listen_download.asp?MovieId=1722</ref>

| title1 = Kalavani Kalavanipayale
| lyrics1 = [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]]
| extra1 = [[Anuradha Sriram]], [[D. Imman]]
| length1 = 04:01

| title2 = Kokkarakko
| lyrics2 = Pazhani Bharathi
| extra2 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
| length2 = 04:23

| title3 = Masala Maharani
| lyrics3 = [[P. Vijay]]
| extra3 = [[Priyadarshini (singer)|Priyadarshini]], [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]]
| length3 = 04:17

| title4 =Roottu Pudichom
| lyrics4 = [[P. Vijay]]
| extra4 = [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]]
| length4 = 04:13

| title5 = Thakadheem
| lyrics5 = [[Snehan]]
| extra5 = [[Harish Raghavendra]], Lavanya
| length5 = 04:35

}}

==Critical reception==
''Indiaglitz'' wrote ""The movie unfortunately lacks coherence. Almost all the characters speak lengthy dialogues. Imman's music is a big letdown. Had the movie been released almost an year ago, it could have made some difference".<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/kusthi-tamil-movie-review-7244.html</ref> Balaji B. wrote "Some directors can effortlessly move from one genre to another and deliver entertaining films in both. Unfortunately, director Rajkapoor does not belong to that list. The director, who usually directs action film, has tried his hand at comedy with Kusthi and not been very successful. The film, which brings together Prabhu and Karthik after a long gap, is weak on logic and weaker on laughs".<ref>http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=593&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english</ref> ''Sify'' wrote "The weakest link in Kusthi is its story which has been ripped off a Malayalam film in the first half and a Telugu film in the latter half! It is nothing but a mish-mash of mistaken identities, slapstick comedy, a bit of glamour, a comic villain, loving grandfather, mother sentiments and lots of crass jokes."<ref>http://www.sify.com/movies/kusthi-review-tamil-pclvXdddideid.html</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]

ABCD film

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{{About||the 2013 Hindi film|ABCD: Any Body Can Dance|the sequel of the 2013 film|ABCD 2}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = ABCD
| image = ABCD Tamil.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Saravana Subbiah]]
| writer = Saravana Subbiah
| starring = [[Shaam (actor)|Shaam]] [[Nandana (actress)|Nandana Kumar]] [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] [[Aparna Pillai|Aparna]]
| producer = R Saravanan
| cinematography = Raajaratnam
| editing = [[V. T. Vijayan]]
| music = [[D Imman]]
| distributor = OST Films Pte Ltd
| released = 12 August 2005
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''ABCD''''' is a 2005 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romance film]] directed by [[Saravana Subbiah]]. The film starred [[Shaam (actor)|Shaam]], [[Nandana (actress)|Nandana Kumar]], [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]], and [[Aparna Pillai|Aparna]].

==Plot==
Anand ([[Shaam (actor)|Shaam]]), an MBA-chartered accountant, runs in search of a job. He stays in the house of an old Brahmin whose daughter Chandra ([[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]]) returns home following the death of her husband ([[Saravana Subbiah]]), who had been torturing her since their wedding. She slowly gets attracted towards Anand, for he shows love and affection towards her. Meanwhile, Anand comes across Bharathy ([[Nandana (actress)|Nandana Kumar]]) in a bus who misplaces his academic certificates. Bharathy is a woman with revolutionary ideas and looks after her whole family. A sequence of events brings them close, leading to Bharathy developing love towards him. Meanwhile, Anand comes across Divya Daisy ([[Aparna Pillai|Aparna]]), an orphan brought up by a church who goes to find a job herself and settles in life all out of her own efforts. Anand rescues her from an accident and rushes her to a hospital. Over a period of time, they become very close friends, eventually leading to Divya opening her heart to Anand. Who Anand decides to marry forms the rest of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Shaam (actor)|Shaam]] as Anand
*[[Nandana (actress)|Nandana Kumar]] as Bharathy
*[[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] as Chandra
*[[Aparna Pillai|Aparna]] as Divya Daisy
*[[Vadivelu]] as Muthukumar, the bus conductor
*[[Saravana Subbiah]] as Chandra's husband
*[[Aravind Akash]] as Christopher
*[[Madhan Bob]] as Anand's uncle
*Swetha Bharathi as Nandana's sister
*[[Singamuthu]] as a bus passenger
*[[Sriranjini (Tamil actress)|Sriranjini]] as Church mother
*[[Crane Manohar]] as a priest
*[[Bonda Mani]] as a snake charmer
* Bava Lakshmanan as a train passenger
* [[Halwa Vasu]] as a man whose wife eloped with another man
*Vengal Rao as a dead passenger
{{colend}}

==Production==
Saravana Subbiah announced that his next film would be titled ''ABCDE'', starring Shaam. The "E" stood for Eashwari, but the character was later removed and the title was shortened to ''ABCD''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shaam-strikes-back/articleshow/3612367.cms|title=Shaam strikes back|work=Times of India|first=P.|last=Sangeetha|date=19 October 2008|accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref> The letters stand for the main characters of the film. ''ABCD'' continues the trend of casting three heroines opposite the hero that started with ''[[Autograph (2004 film)|Autograph]]'' and will continue with ''[[Vallavan]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2005/nov/21abcd.htm|title=First look: Subbiah's ABCD|website=Rediff}}</ref> Shaam plays a mature man in the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/nov/30shaam.htm#:~:text=When+he+was+a+model,big+thing+in+Tamil+cinema|title=The ABCD of Shaam's life!|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack was composed by [[D. Imman]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_free_download.asp?movieid=406 | title=ABCD Tamil movie songs — Starmusiq.com | publisher=StarMusiq | accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref>
{{Infobox album
| name = ABCD
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[D. Imman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 25 May 2005
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label =
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Chinna (2005 film)|Chinna]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = [[Anbe Vaa (2005 film)|Anbe Vaa]]
| next_year = 2005
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Anandin Arimugam" || rowspan=4|[[D. Imman]] || rowspan=4|[[P. Vijay]]
|-
| 2 || "Bharathiyin Arimugam"
|-
| 3 || "Chandravin Arimugam"
|-
| 4 || "Divyavin Arimugam"
|-
| 5 || "Dhavam Ondru" || [[Nithyasree Mahadevan]], Balram || [[Thamarai]]
|-
| 6 || "Kadhal Illai" || [[D. Imman]] || rowspan=3|[[Saravana Subbiah]]
|-
| 7 || "Manjal Mugame" || [[Saindhavi]]
|-
| 8 || "Yengo Yengo" || [[Mahathi]], [[Haricharan]]
|-
| 9 || "Yaar Potta Kolam" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]] || [[Na. Muthukumar]]
|}

==Release and reception==
The film released shortly after the successful ''[[Ullam Ketkumae]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/shaam-is-all-smiles/article28172633.ece|title=Shaam is all smiles!|date=30 June 2005|work=The Hindu}}</ref> ''Sify'' wrote: "If you like a mixture of romance, mush and melodrama then ''ABCD'' is on your priority list."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/abcd-review-tamil-pclvNKafaihbi.html | title=Review: ABCD | publisher=Sify | accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> ''Behindwoods'' wrote: "The film leaves you with a feeling of being overwhelmed by issues. The director attempts to tackle too many problems which was the mistake he did in his previous movie, ''[[Citizen (film)|Citizen]]''. Yet, he must be congratulated for beating a different path in an industry which seems preoccupied with action and empty melodrama."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Reviews/reviews1/ABCD/tamil-movie-review-abcd.html | title=Tamil movie review: ABCD | publisher=Behindwoods | accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> ''Indiaglitz'' wrote: "An interesting story with some good performance make it engrossing."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/abcd-tamil-movie-review-7635.html | title=ABCD Tamil movie review — Indiaglitz | publisher=Indiaglitz | accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:2005 action drama films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]