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{{Short description|Indian thriller film by Jothimurugan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kabadam
| image = Kabadam poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = 
| director = Jothimurugan
| writer = M. K. Mani (dialogues)
| screenplay = Jothimurugan
| story = Jothimuguran
| based_on = 
| producer = Chozha S. Ponnuragam
| starring = Sachin<br />[[Angana Roy]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = K. Thirunavukkarasu
| editing = K. Balasubramaniam
| music = Sazzy
| studio = Chozha Creations
| distributor = Mountain Movie Makers
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|8|22|ref1=<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Fury – August 22 |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-august-22-news-tamil-oiwljtieibhje.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823020423/http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-august-22-news-tamil-oiwljtieibhje.html |archive-date=23 August 2014 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Kabadam''''' ({{translation|Hypocrisy}}) is a 2014 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language thriller film directed by Jothimurugan and starring Sachin and [[Angana Roy]]. The films is the third Tamil remake of ''[[Across the Hall]]'' (2009) after ''[[Unnodu Oru Naal]]'' (2013) and ''[[Ner Ethir]]'' (2014) and was released to negative reviews.

== Cast ==
* Sachin as Vichu
* Adithya as Shiva
* [[Angana Roy]] as Padmini
* Ranika as Kavitha
* Kadhal Saravanan as Kalyanam, hotel room boy
* Jagadish Dharmaraj as Padmini's father
* Hema as Padmini's mother
* Ashwin as Ashwin

== Production ==
Jothimurugan previously worked as an assistant director to [[Chimbudevan]], [[Radha Mohan]] and [[Selvaraghavan]]. Sachin, who worked as a sound engineer to [[A. R. Rahman]] and acted in ''[[Yaathumagi]]'' (2010), returned to films after a hiatus. [[Angana Roy]] played a role with negative shades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angana Walks the Road to Success |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Angana-Walks-the-Road-to-Success/2014/09/24/article2446065.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002213015/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Angana-Walks-the-Road-to-Success/2014/09/24/article2446065.ece |archive-date=2 October 2014 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> The film was given an [[Central_Board_of_Film_Certification#Certificates_and_guidelines|A certificate]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2014 |title=Sachin and Angana Roy pair up for Kabadam |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140811/entertainment-kollywood/article/sachin-and-angana-roy-pair-kabadam |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> The film was reportedly dubbed in Sinhalese in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 November 2012 |title=Tamil film dubbed in Sinhalese |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/tamil-film-dubbed-in-sinhalese/articleshow/17305859.cms |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by Sazzy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=Kabadam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/kabadam-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/870397137 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Na. Muthukumar]].
| title1 = Aan Pen
| extra1 = Sachin
| length1 = 4:30
| title2 = Unnale Naan Maarinen
| extra2 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], Sachin
| length2 = 5:25
| title3 = Hey Pulla
| extra3 = [[Sunitha Sarathy]], Sachin
| length3 = 4:45
| title4 = Sandaali
| extra4 = Sachin, Shan Sadesh
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = Edhai Thedi
| extra5 = Mahesh Vinayagam
| length5 = 3:42
| title6 = Padmini
| extra6 = Sachin
| length6 = 2:02
| total_length = 24:18
}}

== Reception ==
Malini Mannath of ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' wrote that "Not surprisingly the cast end up with some very uninspiring performances. Kabadam is the worst of the three 'remakes'".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=24 August 2014 |title=Third Tamil Rip-Off Worst of All Remakes |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2014/Aug/24/third-tamil-rip-off-worst-of-all-remakes-651817.html |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Dinamalar]]'' concluded that the film was a counterfeit film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 September 2014 |title=கபடம் |url=https://m.dinamalar.com/vimar-detail.php?id=929 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930134546/https://m.dinamalar.com/vimar-detail.php?id=929 |archive-date=30 September 2018 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Dina Thanthi|iFlicks]]'' wrote that "Director Jyothi Murugan has repeated a good old story and there is nothing new about the screenplay. The first half is a bit boring but the second half maintains a good pace".<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2014 |title=Kabadam |url=http://www.iflicks.in/Review/2014/08/23140703/Kabadam.vpf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921065150/http://www.iflicks.in/Review/2014/08/23140703/Kabadam.vpf |archive-date=21 September 2014 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=[[Dina Thanthi|iFlicks]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|8256308}}

[[Category:2014 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]

Kabadam - Revision history

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