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{{short description|Indian romantic drama film}}
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{{Infobox film
| image          = Knock Knock, I'm Looking to Marry.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = DVD cover
| native_name    = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} -->
| director       = [[Anita Udeep]]
| writer         = Anita Udeep
| screenplay     = 
| story          = 
| based_on       = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} -->
| producer       = Anita Udeep
| starring       = [[Rathi Arumugam|Rathi]]<br />Suhaas Ahuja
| narrator       = 
| cinematography = [[Preetha Jayaraman]]
| editing        = Sundeep V Menon
| music          = [[Mahesh Shankar]]
| studio         = N-Viz Entertainment<br />[[Pentamedia Graphics|Pentamedia]]
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2003|12|26}}
| runtime        = 150 minutes
| country        = India
| language       = English
| budget         = ₹80-85 [[lakh]]<ref name="I">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/showcase/knockknock.html|title=Idlebrain.com's Showcase: Knock Knock I am looking to marry! by Anita Udeep|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=13 November 2024|archive-date=12 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112190622/https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/showcase/knockknock.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = ₹3.5 lakh<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1778|title=Knock Knock I'm Looking To Marry|date=26 December 2003|work=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref>
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'''''Knock Knock, I'm Looking to Marry''''' is a 2003 Indian English-language [[romance film]] directed by [[Anita Udeep]] and starring [[Rathi Arumugam|Rathi]] and Suhaas Ahuja.

The film is about the dilemma faced by the newer generation about whether to love someone first or to marry them first and love them afterwards.<ref name="I"/><ref name="H">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/film-forays/article28460107.ece|title=Film forays|date=30 December 2003|first=Suresh|last=Krishnamoorthy|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419131051/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/film-forays/article28460107.ece|archive-date=19 April 2023|access-date=13 November 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== Plot ==
24-year-old Nithya, a Tamil Brahmin software engineer working for a [[Multinational corporation|MNC]], is pressured by her parents to get married in the next two months. Her parents try to find her a groom through arranged marriage. Meanwhile, 26-year-old Sandeep, a Punjabi software engineer also working for a MNC, is confident to find a girl for himself. Nithya and Sandeep meet in an acting class and become friends. Eventually, Nithya and Sandeep realised that they are in love.<ref name="I"/>

== Cast ==
*[[Rathi Arumugam|Rathi]] as Nithya
*Suhaas Ahuja as Sandeep
*[[A. C. Murali Mohan]] as Nithya's father
*Geetha Ravishankar as Nithya's mother
*Bagiarathy Narayanan

==Production==
[[Anita Udeep]] made her directorial debut through this film, which shows the difference between parents and their children's way of thinking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/aneeta-enters-films-with-knock-knock-/articleshow/385069.cms|title=Aneeta enters films with Knock-Knock...|date=26 December 2003|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=13 November 2024|location=Chennai}}</ref><ref name="I"/> This film marked the film debut of Suhaas Ahuja after his other two films during that time did not release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.minority-review.com/suhaas-ahuja-the-stories-about-aamir-khan-being-a-tyrant-are-exaggerated/|title=Suhaas Ahuja – ‘The stories about Aamir Khan being a tyrant are exaggerated’|first=Sailesh|last=Ghelani|work=Minority Review|access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref> This film marked the independent debut of [[Preetha Jayaraman]], the daughter of [[P. C. Sreeram]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-preetha-it-was-a-new-experience-shooting-a-food-film/20140610.htm|title=Preetha: It was a new experience shooting a food film|date=10 June 2014|first=Shoba|last=Warrier|author-link=Shoba Warrier|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=13 November 2024|archive-date=2 July 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702103754/https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-preetha-it-was-a-new-experience-shooting-a-food-film/20140610.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was shot in Bangalore and Chennai.<ref name="I"/>

== Soundtrack ==
The music features seven tracks by [[Mahesh Shankar]] that were shortened into one-minute bit songs.<ref name="I"/> The songs were promoted on [[SS Music]].<ref name="I"/>

== Release and reception ==
The film was released in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad (in three prints including [[Prasads Multiplex]]) on 26 December 2003.<ref name="I"/>

Suresh Krishnamoorthy of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that "The film has good and pleasant, racy music that would appeal to the youth by Mahesh Shankar" and added that "Special mention is required for the cinematography by Preetha Jeyaraman [...] A majority of the indoor scenes reveal the liberal use of cross-lighting, which has a natural look. The use of very little make-up for the artistes has helped retain the originality of the character".<ref name="H"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0382784}}

[[Category:English-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]
[[Category:2003 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Anita Udeep]]
[[Category:2003 Indian films]]
[[Category:2003 English-language films]]
[[Category:2003 romance films]]
[[Category:English-language romance films]]