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{{short description|2004 film by A. Venkatesh}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Kuthu.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[A. Venkatesh]]
| writer = V. Prabhakar (dialogues)
| screenplay = A. Venkatesh
| story = [[V. V. Vinayak]]
| producer = K. C. N. Chandrasekar<br /> Amudha Durairaj
| starring = [[Silambarasan]]<br />[[Ramya (actress)|Ramya]]<br />[[Kalabhavan Mani]]
| cinematography = [[Venkatesh Anguraj]]
| editing = [[V. T. Vijayan]]
| music = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| studio = Deivanai Movies
| released = {{film date|df=y|2004|4|14}}
| runtime = 146 minutes<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuthu |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/kuthu-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mdy3nzc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250104163254/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/kuthu-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mdy3nzc |archive-date=4 January 2025 |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Kuthu''''' ({{translation|Punch}}) is a 2004 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Action comedy|action comedy film]] directed by [[A. Venkatesh]], starring [[Silambarasan]], [[Ramya (actress)|Ramya]] and [[Kalabhavan Mani]]. It is a remake of the 2003 [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Dil (2003 film)|Dil]]''. The music was composed by [[Srikanth Deva]], with cinematography by [[Venkatesh Anguraj]] and editing by [[V. T. Vijayan]].

''Kuthu'' was released on 14 April 2004 Tamil New Year <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuthu / குத்து |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/kuthu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250127112340/https://screen4screen.com/movies/kuthu |archive-date=27 January 2025 |access-date=27 January 2025 |website=Screen4Screen}}</ref> and became a commercial success. Ramya was credited in later Tamil films by her birth name Divya Spandana because she disliked the nickname "Kuthu Ramya" that emerged after the release of this film.<ref name="timesnownews">{{Cite web |last=Nasreen |first=Raisa |date=29 November 2023 |title=DYK Divya Spandana Did NOT Like Being Called 'Kuthu Ramya' By Fans. Here's Why |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/tamil/dyk-divya-spandana-did-not-like-being-called-kuthu-ramya-by-fans-heres-why-article-105600449 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207191449/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/tamil/dyk-divya-spandana-did-not-like-being-called-kuthu-ramya-by-fans-heres-why-article-105600449 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=[[Times Now]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Gurumoorthy "Guru" is a sociable boy from a middle-class family. He lives with his parents- a doting mother and a strict but well-meaning father- and a playful maternal uncle, Senthil. He enrolls at the VOC College of Arts and Sciences, and falls in love with Anjali, a fellow student, who doesn't reciprocate his affections.

Anjali's father is the rich and powerful gangster Veerabahu, who is extremely protective of his daughter to the point that he brutally beats up a boy at a temple for brushing past her by accident. A misunderstanding results in Guru being beaten up by Veerabahu's men, who suspect that he and Anjali are lovers. After this, he vows to win Anjali's love for real. In due course, she falls in love with him too. How the lovers stand strong in the face of Veerabahu's increasingly desperate attempts to separate them forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Silambarasan]] as Gurumoorthy (Guru)
*[[Ramya (actress)|Ramya]] as Anjali
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Guru's father
*[[J. Livingston|Livingston]] as Adhi Kesav, College Principal
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Annamalai, Anjali's grandfather
*[[Kalabhavan Mani]] as Veerabahu, Anjali's father
*[[Ilavarasu]] as Arunachalam
*[[Besant Ravi]] as Veerabahu's henchman
*[[Suman Setty]] as Ramanathan Jr. (Raja Ramanathan Bahadur's Grandson and a Board Member)
*[[Karunas]] as Senthil, Guru's uncle
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Anjali's grandmother
*[[Ramya Krishnan]] ([[item number]] in the song "Pottu Thaakku")
*[[Mumtaj]] ([[item number]] in the song "Otha Viral Kattuna")
*[[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]] as Guru's mother
*[[Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran|Aishwarya]] as Meenakshi, Anjali's mother
;Uncredited
*[[Cool Suresh]] as College Rowdy
*Ruthu as Anjali's friend
*Kannan Ponnaiya as Veerabahu's henchman
*[[Robert (choreographer)|Robert]] as himself ([[cameo appearance]] in the song "Pottu Thaakku")
*Ashok Raja as himself ([[cameo appearance]] in the song "Otha Viral Kattuna")
}}

== Production ==
The film was announced in September 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2003 |title=Simbu's next film 'Kutthu'! |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/12092003-17.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212014056/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/12092003-17.shtml |archive-date=12 December 2003 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref> Kannada actress Divya Spandana made her debut in Tamil with this film under the name "Ramya".<ref name="timesnownews" /> A song was picturised with the lead pair in studios with an erected set costing {{INRConvert|10|l|year=2004}} while another song was shot at Thirumayam Kottai near [[Karaikudi]] with Ramya Krishnan which took three days to complete. The fight scene was shot at SRM College Grounds for 10 days.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=18 February 2004 |title=Kuthu |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/location/kuthu.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040614234705/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/kuthu.asp |archive-date=14 June 2004 |access-date=2 April 2013 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> The songs were shot in Lebanon and [[Phuket]], Thailand.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 March 2004 |title=Kuthu |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kuthu-review-tamil-pclv1kbicejcf.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128064246/http://www.sify.com/movies/kuthu-review-tamil-pclv1kbicejcf.html |archive-date=28 January 2017 |access-date=29 September 2019 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sify.com/entertainment/movies/kannada/fullstory.php?id=13696357|title=Ramya undergoes plastic surgery?|date=18 March 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406201306/http://sify.com/entertainment/movies/kannada/fullstory.php?id=13696357|archive-date=6 April 2005|access-date=23 March 2026|website=[[Sify]]|author=Moviebuzz}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
Soundtrack was composed by [[Srikanth Deva]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2004 |title=Kuthu |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/kuthu/Bga6lNIvOiA_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926171358/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/kuthu/Bga6lNIvOiA_ |archive-date=26 September 2024 |access-date=29 September 2019 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuthu - Settai Tamil Film Audio CD |url=https://mossymart.com/product/kuthu-settai-tamil-film-audio-cd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116030350/https://mossymart.com/product/kuthu-settai-tamil-film-audio-cd/ |archive-date=16 January 2025 |access-date=16 January 2025 |website=Mossymart |language=en-US}}</ref> It marked the debut of Assamese singer [[Zubeen Garg]] as a playback singer for this Tamil film as well as his first South Indian film.

{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 35:04
| title1 = Otha Viral Kattuna
| lyrics1 = [[Pa. Vijay]]
| extra1 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| length1 = 5:31
| title2 = Nibuna Nibuna
| lyrics2 = Kalaikumar
| extra2 = [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| length2 = 5:39
| title3 = Sappida Vada
| lyrics3 = Kalaikumar
| extra3 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[Malathy Lakshman]]
| length3 = 5:33
| title4 = Pottu Thakku
| lyrics4 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| extra4 = [[Silambarasan]], [[Roshini (singer)|Roshini]]
| length4 = 5:08
| title5 = Pachai Kili
| lyrics5 = [[Palani Bharathi]]
| extra5 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]], [[Srilekha Parthasarathy]]
| length5 = 4:48
| title6 = Assana Assana
| lyrics6 = [[Snehan]]
| extra6 = [[Zubeen Garg]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]
| length6 = 4:58
| title7 = Ennai Theendi Vittai
| lyrics7 = [[Thamarai]]
| extra7 = Prasanna Rao, [[Chinmayi Sripada|Chinmayi]]
| length7 = 3:27
}}

== Critical reception ==
Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "A spirited youth falling in love with a local don's daughter and the hurdles he crosses... This subject has been hacked to death in quite a few films recently. That 'Kuthu' comes from the Telugu hit 'Dhil' is no excuse to push it down the throat of the viewers again!".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=9 April 2004 |title=Kuthu |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/moviereviews/tammov339.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016075135/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/moviereviews/tammov339.asp |archive-date=16 October 2006 |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> ''Cinesouth'' wrote, "Director VEnkatesh has whipped up a formula for commercial success. 'Kuthu' sticks to it".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuthu |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/kuthu.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804043759/http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/kuthu.shtml |archive-date=4 August 2004 |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref> ''[[Sify]]'' wrote, "For city slickers it is an ordeal to watch ''Kuthu'' meant strictly for the frontbenchers".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuthu |url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=13446373&ctid=5&cid=2429 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603053035/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=13446373&ctid=5&cid=2429 |archive-date=3 June 2004 |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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ShondaLemos at 20:29, 7 April 2026