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Keratam
Film poster
Directed byGautham Patnaik
R. N. Saran
Produced byS. V. Babu
StarringSiddharth Rajkumar
Aishwarya Devan
Rakul Preet Singh
CinematographyA. Venkatesh
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byJoshua Sridhar
Varshan
Production
company
SV Productions
Release date
  • 26 August 2011 (2011-08-26)
CountryIndia
LanguagesTelugu
Tamil

Keratam is a 2011 Indian

coming-of-age drama film directed by Gautham Patnaik and produced by S. V. Babu. The film was simultaneously made in Tamil as Yuvan by director R. N. Saran. The film stars Siddharth Rajkumar, Aishwarya Devan and Rakul Preet Singh in the lead roles.[1] A remake of the Kannada film Josh (2009), the films featured music composed by Joshua Sridhar and were released in August 2011. The bilingual version had Rakul making her Tamil & Telugu language debuts respectively.[2][3]

Plot

Siddhartha "Siddu" is the son of an honest government employee, who has seven friends and lives a happy life. Siddu and his friends complete their PUC and join the college. As they grew up, Siddhu develops feelings towards Gita. Siddhu clashes with a senior student called "Robo" due to Robo teasing and harassing Gita. During a fight with Robo, Gita and Siddu's parents learn about their feelings.

The friends warn Siddhu to forget his love and concentrate on career, but Siddhu ignores it. They desert him and Gita also listens to her parents and decides to concentrate on studies and becomes a doctor. At this juncture, Siddhu's father retires and agrees to shed the money as bribe to get a government job to Siddhu. However, Siddhu fails to turn up to the interview and loses the job. Siddhu harshly behaves with his father, which leads Siddu to be thrown out of the house.

Siddu falls in love with Sangeetha and proposes to her, but Sangeetha rejects him and Siddu realizes his mistake for abandoning his career as his love is infatuation. Siddu learns that his friends have became best achievers and are invited to their college function. Siddu arrives at the stage and tells the speech about not to become like him and also promises his parents that he will take care of them. The friends reconciles with Siddu and encourages him to achieve something in life.

Cast

Cast (Telugu) Cast (Tamil) Role (Telugu) Role (Tamil)
Siddharth Rajkumar Siddharth "Siddhu" Bala
Aishwarya Devan Geetha Meena
Rakul Preet Singh Sangeetha Meera
Yamuna Siddhu's mother Bala's mother
Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao Siddhu's father Bala's father
Srinath Geetha's father Meena's father
Kavitha Geetha's mother Meena's mother
Suman Ravishankar
Venu Madhav Lollu Sabha Jeeva PT Teacher
Pandu Bikshapati Avudaiyappan
Livingston Mohan Rao Jeevanantham
All Ok Student

Production

A remake of the Kannada film

Prabhas.[4] The film also marked the debut of actresses Rakul Preet Singh and Aishwarya Devan in the Tamil and Telugu film industries, and it became the first project the actresses had signed in either language.[5][6]

The Telugu version of the film was directed by Gautham Patnaik, the brother of renowned music composer R. P. Patnaik. The Telugu version has been shot in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Goa.[7] Production for the Telugu film was completed by June 2011.[8]

The director of the original Kannada film, Shivamani, was approached to make the Tamil version but his refusal meant that newcomer R. N. Saran worked on the project.[9] A song for the Tamil version of the film was shot in August 2011 in a secluded area of Goa, where the team of Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981) had earlier shot.[10]

Soundtrack

Songs composed by Joshua Sridhar.

Keratam[11]
Yuvan[12]

Lyrics by Viveka and Kabilan.

  • "Thear Ival Eval Kattumum" - Benny Dayal
  • "Vanmegam Enn Vazhili" - Karthik, Shweta Menon
  • "Nilave Naanum" - Naresh Iyer, Padmapriya
  • "Fashion Show" - Vijay Narayan, Rita
  • "Nizhalum Tholaivil" - Karthik
  • "Sollu Petchu Ketka" - Vijay Prakash, Rita, Vijay Narayan

Release

Regarding the Telugu version, a reviewer from The Hindu noting that "The film has been handled well but is very formulaic."[13] Regarding the Tamil version, a critic from Dinamalar praised the film's intent while calling the film's comedy scenes a minus point.[14]

References

  1. ^ Raghavan, Nikhil (6 August 2011). "Itsy Bitsy". The Hindu.
  2. ^ "Interview with Keratam hero Siddharth Rajkumar >> Tollywood Star Interviews". www.ragalahari.com.
  3. ^ "Yuvan (2011) Yuvan Tamil Movie". NOWRUNNING. 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Big debut for Prabhas's cousin". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Meet Rakul Preet Singh". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Miss India finalist Rakul debuts in Tollywood". Bollywood Life. 3 June 2011.
  7. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (28 May 2011). "Entertainer with a message". The Hindu.
  8. ^ "Keratam, Siddharth Rajkumar's next". Sify. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Shivamani to reprise Bell Bottom role in Tamil". Bangalore Mirror.
  10. ^ "Yuvan Connects With Ek Duje Ke Liye - Yuvan - Ek Duje Ke Liye - Saran - Saran - Prabhas - - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com". www.behindwoods.com.
  11. ^ https://www.raaga.com/tamil-ta/album/Keratam-songs-A0002789 [bare URL]
  12. ^ https://mio.to/album/Yuvan+%282011%29 [bare URL]
  13. ^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (27 August 2011). "A teenager's angst". The Hindu.
  14. ^ "யுவன் - விமர்சனம்". Dinamalar.
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