Kedi (2006 film)
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| Kedi | |
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| Directed by | Jyothi Krishna |
| Written by | Jyothi Krishna |
| Produced by | A. M. Rathnam |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | A. T. Karun |
| Edited by | Kola Bhaskar |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
Production company | Sri Surya Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Kedi (/keɪdi/ transl. Cunning)[a] is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic crime thriller film written and directed by Jyothi Krishna. Starring Ravi Krishna, Ileana D'Cruz and Tamannaah Bhatia. The film marks the Tamil debut of Ileana and Tamannaah, where the latter plays a character with negative shades and the former plays love interest of Ravi Krishna whilst Ramesh Khanna, Atul Kulkarni, Adithya, M. S. Baskar and Suman Setty played supporting roles in the film. The film was released on 24 September 2006 and was a commercial success.
Plot[edit]
Raghu is a happy-go-lucky young man who is not serious about studies or life. He has a great time in college playing pranks with fellow students. His father dotes on him and so do his close friends. A new girl Priyanka joins his class, and she is the sister of Pughazhenthy, a powerful gangster-turned-minister. Priyanka lives a privileged life, and the college gets a facelift as her classroom is fitted with an AC, and the canteen gets a hip look.
Priyanka even manages to change the principal using her brother's influence, and she dislikes Raghu. Aarthi, a maid's daughter, studies in the same class, and she has a secret admiration towards Raghu. Seeing the way in which Priyanka treats him, Aarthi gives moral support and motivates Raghu to come above Priyanka, who is an all-rounder and best student in the university. This infuriates Priyanka who slowly wants him at any cost. Aarthi is blackmailed by a boy who takes her vulgar photos and he saves her from it. Priyanka decides to separate them, and creates photos with him.
Priyanka finally realises Raghu's love towards Aarthi, and she tries everything possible to separate them but Pughazhenthy wants Raghu to marry his sister. He angers Aarthi by kidnapping and electrifying her, yet she turns normal on seeing Raghu, but worsens when she sees him getting shot. In the end, Aarthi goes mental, which enrages Raghu, who vows revenge on Priyanka. He pretends to accept the marriage and marries Aarthi at the last minute. Raghu discovers that Priyanka even murdered her brother in order to live with Raghu. The film ends with Priyanka killing herself and Raghu burying Aarthi's chain at Priyanka's grave.
Cast[edit]
- Ravi Krishna as Raghu
- Ileana D'Cruz as Aarthi (voice dubbed by Savitha Reddy)
- Tamannaah Bhatia as Priyanka (voice dubbed by Suchitra)
- Atul Kulkarni as Pughazhenthy
- Suman Setty as Raghu's friend
- M. S. Bhaskar as Raghu's father
- Adithya as Aadhi
- Ramesh Khanna as Shop Assistant
- Chitti Babu as Politician
- Sudha as Aarthi's mother
- Madhan Bob as College Principal Madan Bob
- Manikiran as College Rowdy
- Hari Kiran as Priyanka's friend
- Srinivasu as Aarthi's friend
- Archana as Aarthi's friend
- Sheela as Aarthi's friend
- Rupa as Aarthi's friend
- Shara as Aarthi's friend
- Uncredited
- Venu Yeldandi as Raghu's friend[2]: 12:23
- L. B. Sriram as Professor Vinayagam[2]: 20:27
- Jenny as College Principal[2]: 44:30
- Lollu Sabha Easter as Suicidal man[2]: 16:44
Production[edit]
The film was planned to be bilingual, simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu, titled KD and Jadoo, respectively.[3][4] A press meet for the Telugu version was held on 14 May 2006.[5]
Music[edit]
After working with A. R. Rahman in his previous project Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Jyothi Krishna decided to work together with Yuvan Shankar Raja in this film. The soundtrack, released on 9 June 2006, consists of 8 tracks with lyrics written by Pa. Vijay, whilst director Perarasu and Kabilan wrote lyrics for each one song.[6] Deva's brother Sabesh had sung one of the songs. Yuvan Shankar Raja would go on to reuse some of the background music in his next venture Billa and Vallavan.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aadhivasi Naane" | Pa. Vijay | Ranjith, Shreya Ghoshal | 3:02 |
| 2. | "Kunguma Poove" | Pa. Vijay | Ranjith, Chinmayi | 5:00 |
| 3. | "KD Paiya" | Pa. Vijay | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:43 |
| 4. | "Kungumam Kalainthathe" | Pa. Vijay | Unni Krishnan | 1:20 |
| 5. | "College Life Da" | Pa. Vijay | Sabesh | 3:42 |
| 6. | "Chumma Chumma" | Pa. Vijay | Sunitha Sarathy | 4:10 |
| 7. | "Antha Vannam Pola" | Kabilan | Karthik, Chinmayi | 4:14 |
| 8. | "Unna Petha Aatha" | Perarasu | Jassie Gift, Suchitra | 4:16 |
| Total length: | 30:27 | |||
Reception[edit]
A critic from Indiaglitz wrote "Jothikrishna has tried to stay away from run-of-the-mill action stuff. Has caught the pulse of youngsters well in rendering a youthful entertainer. A few scenes in the second half would attract womenfolk".[7] A critic from Bizhat wrote "Jyothi Krishna and Ravi Krishna’s ambitious project Kedi starts off promisingly with some rapid fire editing. [..] But sadly the second half is too lengthy and lacks entertainment with an over-the-top 25 minutes climax that leaves you exhausted. Jyothi fails to accelerate the sluggish narrative, as the violent love story meanders on for nearly three hours".[8] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "The director shows a marked improvement, and a firmer grip on the medium this time, the narration smoother here. If only he hadn't let himself be confused and lose focus in the second half!"[9] Shyam Balasubramanian of Rediff.com wrote, "The most prominent reasons to watch Kedi are Tamanna and Ileana. See it for them, if for nothing else".[10]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The term is derived from the British Raj-era initialism KD which stands for "Known Delinquents".[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (22 August 2014). "Word play in namma Madras". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d Kedi (motion picture) (in Tamil). Sri Surya Movies. 2006.
- ^ "Kedi". Indiaglitz. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "KD – Ileana, Tamanna and the '80' highlights!!". Behindwoods. 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Jadoo audio in June". Idlebrain.com. 15 May 2006. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Kedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2006)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Kedi Movie Review – Love triangle". Indiaglitz. 26 September 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Kedi". BizHat.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (2 October 2006). "K D". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 1 December 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Balasubramanian, Shyam (26 September 2006). "Watch Kedi for Tamanna and Ileana". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
