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Soodhu Kavvum (Tamil: , English: Evil Engulfs) is a 2013 Indian Tamil comedy thriller film directed by debutant Nalan Kumarasamy of Naalaya Iyakunar fame.[1] It features Vijay Sethupathi and Sanchita Shetty in the lead roles. The film was released on May 1 and received very high positive reviews.[2]

Soodhu Kavvuum

Contents
1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Soundtrack 4 Release 4.1 Critical Reception 5 Box office 6 References 7 External links

Directed by Produced by Screenplay by

Nalan Kumarasamy C. V. Kumar Nalan Kumarasamy Nalan Kumarasamy Srinivasa Kavineyam Vijay Sethupathi Sanchita Shetty Santhosh Narayanan Dinesh Krishnan Leo John Paul Thirukumaran Entertainment Studio Green

Plot
The Movie is about small time Kidnapper Das (Vijay Sethupathi), and four other youths. Kesavan and Sekar are room mates,who live in Chennai. Kesavan is an IT professional where as Sekar is unemployed. Pagalavan (Bobby Simha), Kesavan's friend, comes to visit Kesavan from Trichy, after being chased away by the people there- for building a small temple for actress Nayanthara. Pagalavan has no idea on what next to do, so he starts to booze with Sekar.

Story by Starring Music by Cinematography Editing by Studio Distributed by

They meet Das, a middle aged guy with an imaginary Release date(s) 1 May 2013 girlfriend, Shalu (Sanchita Shetty) who does small 138 Mins kidnappings for ransom. They also team up with him and Running time indulge in kidnappings. Once they later kidnap a small Country India boy, and get a ransom from his father Nambikkai Language Tamil Kannan, who is the brother of the contractor who was arrested by minister Gnanodayam(M. S. Bhaskar),who is very disciplined and honest in his work. Nambikkai Kannan, who is impressed with Das' quick work and his honesty, asks a favour from him, for which he promises to pay upto 2 crores. Das hesitates at first, but eventually agrees after being convinced by Kesavan, Sekar and Pagalavan as they request him to break the rule this time. The favour is, Das has to kidnap the Minister's Son Arumai Pragasam, just to take revenge on the Minister, for having arrested his brother. Das and his group prepare for the mission and start to follow Arumai to watch his daily activities. The next day,they plan to kidnap him.But,on the same day another group kidnaps him. After that, again

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Das's group witnesses the place where he was kidnapped and sent the other day. They kidnap him , but it's later revealed that the first kidnap was a plan of Arumai Pragasam for himself. However , after that incident they start to work as a team. The group demands two crores from the minister. After the stupendous effort,they manage to grab the ransom money. Eventually a fight arises between Arumai and the rest, and the van in which they travel loses control and falls from a bridge, injuring all and killing Shalu. Das cries over Shalu's apparent death. They find that Arumai has ran away with all the money. So the four decide to get back Arumai and get their share back. In the meantime, the Minister appoints an Encounter Specialist Bramma, a brutal, merciless cop. Bramma is given a 48 hour time to catch the kidnappers. Arumai Pragasam gets back to his house, and hides the money in his room, and dreams about a lavish life. Das, with the help of his elder brother, a Rowdy/Doctor, gets to know about Bramma and warns them to stay safe. Das devices a plan that, to get back the money, they should kidnap Arumai Pragasam again. coincidentally they are trapped by Brahma. somehow, they manage to escape from him. They accidentally meet him and succesfully kidnap him again. But Das lets Arumai go free, after making him promise that he should not tell anything about them to the Police. Arumai also promises to give their share of ransom money back to Das. Bramma finds out about the failed kidnapping plan set by Arumai, and warns him that he should tell the truth about the people who kidnapped him later. Das and Co become approvers and they surrender in the court and reveal to the media that they won't escape from the cops' custody, and that if they're shot dead, it's Bramma's fault. But Arumai tells in the court that Das and Co did not kidnap him. So the court lets them free. But Bramma who is very angry on them takes them to a remote location and brutally beats them plans to kill them. But they are saved by a rusty gun, that misfires into Bramma's arse. Das & Co escape from there with the Rowdy Doctor's help. Meanwhile Arumai's father finds out that Arumai has been hiding the money in his room, and beats him. Arumai locks his room and quickly transfers the money to some other bag and replaces them with old newspapers. Arumai's father just breaks in and takes the bag with the newspaper to the Chief Minister, who actually arranged the ransom money, as the Minister is very honest and did not have that much money, and also to stop the bad name that his party will get, if they fail to save their Minister's son from kidnappers. But The Minister is shocked to find out that the money is gone again, when he opens the bag . Now Arumai gives Das and Co's share to them. The Chief Minister calls Arumai Pragasam to his office, and offers him a chance to participate in the upcoming elections in place of his father, who never earned big money to the party by means of bribe etc. The CM says that Arumai is a clever guy and believes that, he can earn a lot for the Party. Arumai wins the upcoming elections and takes Sekar and Kesavan as his Personal Advisers. Pagalavan begins to act in a movie directed by The Rowdy/Doctor, which is a B- film. And Das once again begins his kidnapping lessons to a new set of youth. They look out to kidnap someone and they end up kidnapping a girl, who looks like Shalu exactly. It is later revealed that girl is Shalini Gupta, the daughter of a Central Minister, which indicates that Das has once again broken his first rule, and is all set for another adventurous journey with a good ending.

Cast
Vijay Sethupathi as Das Sanchita Shetty as Shalu Radha Ravi as The Chief Minister M. S. Bhaskar as Gnanodayam Ashok Selvan as Kesavan ''RJ Ramesh Thilak'' as Sekhar Bobby Simha as Pagalavan Karuna Karan as Arumai Pragasam Yog Japee as Bramma

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Aruldass as Rowdy Doctor/Das's brother Sivakumar as Nambikkai Kannan "Boys" Rajan as AC Manikandan Radha as Arumai Pragasam's Mother Kannayiram Gaana Bala in the song 'Kaasu Panam' Karthik Subbaraj as cameo

Soundtrack
The soundtrack album and background music was scored by Santhosh Narayanan. Milliblog wrote:"With Soodhu Kavvum, Santhosh proves that his unconventional style is here to stay".[3] Tracklist[4] No. Title 1. "Come Na Come" 2. "Mama Douser" 3. "Ellam Kadanthu Pogumada" 4. "Sudden Light" 5. "Sa Ga" 6. "Kaasu Panam" Singer(s) Length Ganesh Kumar 03:56 B, Chinna Andrea Jeremiah 03:21 Koavai Jaleel 02:42 Rob Mass Divya Ramani Gaana Bala, Andony Dasan 02:34 01:44 02:27

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Soundtrack album to Soodhu Kavvum by Santhosh Narayanan Recorded Genre Language Label 2013 Feature film soundtrack Tamil Think Music Santhosh Narayanan chronology
Pizza (2012 film) (2012) Soodhu Kavvum Pizza 2: The Villa (2013) (2013)

Release
Soodhu Kavvum was released on 1 May 2013 alongside Ethir Neechal and Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal.[5] Satellite rights has been bagged by Zee Tamil.

Critical Reception
Soodhu kavvum opened to highly positive reviews.Baradwaj Rangan from The Hindu stated "Nalan Kumarasamys Soodhu Kavvum is a demonstration of whats possible when movies are made for the sheer joy of making movies. There isnt a single calculated moment, something cynically aimed to satisfy this segment of the audience or that one. Everything is organic, the events rooted in a nutty story and sprouting through a brilliant screenplay".[6] Indiandragon of news.indiandragon.in gave 4 dragons and said "Soodhu Kavvum is another example of comprehended movie making without compromising entertainment or logic".[7] S. Saraswathi from Rediff gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "Soodhu Kavvum is an engaging film, with ingenious characters and entertaining situations" and called it a "must-watch".[8] N Venkateswaran from The Times of India wrote "Nalan Kumarasamy establishes himself as a director to watch out for in this laugh riot of a debut movie. Carrying off a dark comedy is no mean task, but Nalan hits the target right in his first attempt. His writing is crisp, the lines are down to earth and funny, the characters well-etched and the screenplay has no dull moments".[9] Sify wrote "Soodhu Kavvum works big time due to smart writing and perfect characterisation. Final verdict on Soodhu Kavvum is that it is a gutsy great film. It is one of the best films to have emerged out of Kollywood in a long, long time".[10] Malini Mannath from The New Indian Express wrote "Engaging screenplay, deft narration, well-etched characters and twists and humour generated

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at unexpected moments, make Soodhu Kavvum a wacky jolly fun ride".[11] Behindwoods gave 3 stars out of 5 and said "Soodhu Kavvums scoring area is definitely its characterizations as Nalan Kumarasamy offers each of the central characters a back story thats unique and more importantly contributing to the characters present circumstance".[12] Haricharan Pudipeddi gave 3 stars out of 5 and stated "Soodhu Kavvum an entertaining watch".[13] Vivek Ramz from in.com rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote "Soodhu Kavvum is a total laugh riot![14] Indiaglitz states that Soodhu Kavvum - Captive audience. Nirmalraj AK of Just for Movie Freaks gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote " Soodhu Kavum is highly engaging movie with nifty, clever characters and highly entertaining situations.[15]

Box office
Soodhu kavvum grossed {{INRConvert|8|c} worldwide on its first day itself.The film failed to do well in the overseas box office due to lack of big stars.It collected 15.7 lakh (US$27,000) at the overseas box office.Soodhu kavvum has completed a 25- day successful run at the box office.It completed a successful 50th Day at many centres on 19 June 2013.Producer C.V.Kumar announced that soodhu kavvum has grossed more than 45 crore (US$7.6 million)in Tamil Nadu alone.

References
1. ^ "Sanchita Shetty in Soodhu Kavvum" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-22/news-interviews /35302012_1_sanchita-shetty-dream-girl-film). Times Of India. Retrieved 27 November 2012. 2. ^ "Shot Cuts: The wait continues" (http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/shot-cuts-the-wait-continues /article4123363.ece). The Hindu. Retrieved 27 November 2012. 3. ^ http://itwofs.com/milliblog/2013/03/27/soodhu-kavvum-music-review-tamil-santhosh-narayanan/ 4. ^ "Soodhu Kavvum songs from flipkart.com" (http://www.flipkart.com/soodhu-kavvum /p/itmdjezm2bdrg6ce?pid=AVMDJEVKYANZQ2YG&ref=ed81d50f-ccc6-449a-b662-d0e692353cc7& srno=t_1&otracker=from-search&query=soodhu%20kavvum). Retrieved April 7, 2013. 5. ^ "May Day releases!" (http://www.sify.com/movies/may-day-releases-news-tamil-ne4qwlgdehd.html). Sify.com. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 6. ^ baradwaj rangan (2013-05-04). "Soodhu Kavvum: Crime does pay!" (http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema /cinema-reviews/soodhu-kavvum-crime-does-pay/article4683453.ece). The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 7. ^ "Review:Soodhu Kavvum : No spoiler Review. comprehended movie making" (http://news.indiandragon.in /2013/05/01/soodhu-kavvum-movie-review/). Retrieved 1 May 2013. 8. ^ "Review: Soodhu Kavvum is a class apart - Rediff.com Movies" (http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/southreview-soodhu-kavvum/20130503.htm). Rediff.com. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 9. ^ The Critic has posted comments on this Movie. "Soodhu Kavvum movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India" (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/soodhu-kavvum/movie-review /19877225.cms). Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 10. ^ "Movie Review : Soodhu Kavvum" (http://www.sify.com/movies/soodhu-kavvuum-review-tamil15027789.html). Sify.com. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 11. ^ Mannath, Malini (2013-05-04). "Soodhu Kavvum (Tamil)" (http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment /reviews/Soodhu-Kavvum-Tamil/2013/05/04/article1573682.ece). The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 12. ^ "Soodhu Kavvum Movie Review Soodhu Kavvum, Vijay Sethupathi" (http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies /soodhu-kavvum/soodhu-kavvum-review.html). Behindwoods.com. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 13. ^ ${FullName} (2013-05-03). "Soodhu Kavvum Review - Tamil Movie Review by Haricharan Pudipeddi" (http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/12473/tamil/soodhu-kavvum/4216/review.htm). Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 14. ^ "Tamil movie review: Soodhu Kavvum is a total laugh riot!" (http://www.in.com/news/entertainment/tamilmovie-review-soodhu-kavvum-is-a-total-laugh-riot-50210219-in-1.html). In.com. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 15. ^ http://zonewifi.weebly.com/12/post/2013/05/soodhu-kavum-review.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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