Chennai 600028

Chennai 600028

Enga Area Ulla Varathey
Directed by Venkat Prabhu
Produced by S. P. B. Charan
J. K. Saravana
Written by Venkat Prabhu
Starring Jai
Shiva
Vijayalakshmi
Nithin Sathya
Aravind Akash
Premji Amaren
Vijay Vasanth
Ajay Raj
Prasanna
Ranjith
Karthik
Arun
Kristine Zedek
Inigo Prabhakaran
Sampath Kumar
Ilavarasu
Narrated by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Premji Amaran
Cinematography Sakthi Saravanan
Edited by B. Lenin
Praveen K. L.
N. B. Srikanth
Production
company
Capital Film Works
Tantra films
Release dates
 27 April 2007
Running time
 141 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget ₹ 1.65 crore [1]
Box office ₹12 crore

Chennai 600028 is a 2007 Tamil sports comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, in his directorial debut. The film stars Jai, Shiva, Premji Amaran, Aravind Akash, Nithin Sathya and newcomers Ajay Raj, Ranjith, Vijay Vasanth, Prasanna, Inigo, Karthik and Arun in the lead along with Vijayalakshmi, daughter of National Film Award-winning director Agathiyan, and Kristine Zedek, making their acting debut as well.[2] The film was produced by S. P. B. Charan along with J. K. Saravana, a Singapore-based award-winning producer.[3] The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Premji Amaran and Yuvan Shankar Raja, respectively.

The film is based on street cricket played in India, focussing on various themes as friendship, love and rivalry in a suburban area.[4] Following its theatrical release on 27 April 2007, it received critical acclaim and emerged a surprise sleeper hit,[4][5] going on to achieve cult status in the subsequent years and is often cited as one of the first independent Tamil films.[6] The film's title is derived from the pincode for Mandaveli, a suburb of Chennai, where the story takes place. The success of the film gained the relatively unknown actors — Jai, Shiva, Premji Amaren and Nithin Sathya, newcomers Vijayalakshmi, Vijay Vasanth and the director Venkat Prabhu popularity. Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu and released as Kodithe Kottalira.[7] This film was also remade in Sri Lanka as Super Six and it is the highest budgeted film made so far in the Cinema of Sri Lanka. The film was also remade in Kannada as Bangalore 560023.

Plot

The story revolves around two local cricket league teams that compete against each other in local matches and consider each other as sworn enemies. Royapuram Rockers are on top of the chain and keep bashing Sharks year after year. The heroes of the movie are the Sharks team.

The story begins when Raghu's parents move from Royapuram to Visalakshi Thottam, Chennai 600 028. Raghu, (member of the Royapuram Rockers Cricket team) and a college student living with his parents has no choice but to move with them although he detests the area. He is not very excited at the prospect of living in the same area as his sworn enemies. Raghu is faithful to his old team Rockers but his team mates ignore him because of the distance. Angered at being replaced by a new guy in the team in one of the matches, Raghu estranges himself from cricket and Rockers.

Raghu informs of Pazhani's sister Selvi's love for Karthick to him. This incident initiates the Raghu's friendship with a few Sharks team players and eventually gets induced into the team. Raghu practices with Sharks to play against Rockers in the upcoming Radio Mirchi trophy. Pazhani, who soon comes to know of his sister's and Karthick's love affair is disappointed and then there is a tiff amongst the friends. The team splits up for a while. But Karthick apologises to Pazhani and they make up. The team is united again and they start practicing for the trophy once again. Unfortunately, Karthick gets stabbed by his brother's enemies and is rendered unfit to play the match. Pazhani replaces Karthick as the captain and the team heads for the match.

Under tight pressure and with a nail biting finish Sharks finally defeat Rockers in the semi-finals of the tournament. In the finals they meet their nemesis, a bunch of school kids named Bad Boys-II who practice by bunking school to play cricket on the beach. The kids are really good and the Sharks know it because they have lost to them once before and that too very badly...the movie ends with the team really struggling to keep it up in the game.

Cast

Production

Venkat Prabhu had initially titled the film as Enga Area Ulla Varaadha, but lyricist Vaali was critical of the idea and felt that the title was "negative" sounding. The film was subsequently renamed as Chennai 600028, with the idea of including the area's postcode taken from the title of the American drama series, Beverly Hills, 90210.[8]

Soundtrack

Chennai 600028
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released
22 February 2007 (India)
25 February 2007 (Singapore / Malaysia)
Recorded 2006
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Five Star Audio
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Deepavali
(2007)		 Chennai 600028
(2007)		 Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule
(2007)

The film's score was composed by Venkat Prabhu's brother, Premji Amaran, while his cousin, Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the soundtrack, which also featured two tracks that were rearranged by Premji. The soundtrack album, featuring 9 tracks in all, was released on 22 February 2007 in India and three days later in Singapore and Malaysia.[9] The audio was launched at the radio station Radio Mirchi, broadcasting all the songs live, which was said to be the first time in India.[9] The lyrics were written by 'Kavignar' Vaali and Gangai Amaran, father of Venkat Prabhu. Also, composer Yuvan Shankar Raja penned the lyrics for the song "Natpukullae", besides singing it. 19 singers had rendered their voice for the songs, including Yogi B, DJ Funky Sathiya and SilveStar, two Singaporean rappers, actor Karunas, director Venkat Prabhu and producer S. P. B. Charan.[2]

The album was both critically acclaimed and gained immense popularity upon its release, being described as, "excellent", a "rocking album"[10] and one of the "aesthetic highlights" of the film.[11] The songs were said to be a big hit as reportedly 25000 CDs were sold on the very first day,[12] "ruling the charts" worldwide.[13] The songs "Jalsa" and "Saroja Saman Nikalo" were "rocking the dance floors".[14]

Track Song Singer(s) Duration (min:sec) Lyricist Notes
1 Ulle Vaa Yuvan Shankar Raja, Yogi B, DJ Funky Sathiya, SILVEstar 3:51 'Kavignar' Vaali
2 Un Parvai Vijay Yesudas 4:09 Vaali
3 Natpukkullae Yuvan Shankar Raja 2:36 Yuvan Shankar Raja
4 Yaaro (Love) S. P. Balasubramanyam, K. S. Chithra 5:15 Vaali
5 Jalsa Ranjith, Tippu, Premji Amaran, Haricharan, Karthik 3:57 Gangai Amaran
6 Oh! Oh! Ennanamo Anushka Manchanda 4:06 Vaali
7 Yaaro (Friendship) S. P. B. Charan, Venkat Prabhu 5:01 Vaali Composed by Premji Amaren
8 Jalsa (Remix) Sabesh, Gana Ulaganathan, Gana Pazhani, Karunas, Premji Amaren 4:08 Gangai Amaran Remixed by Premji Amaren
9 Saroja Saman Nikalo Shankar Mahadevan, Premji Amaran 4:15 Gangai Amaran

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.

Sequel

Plans of making a sequel to Chennai 600028 have been reported several times in the media, first in 2007 shortly after the film's release.[15] In 2009, Indiaglitz.com reported that Venkat Prabhu and producer S. P. B. Charan would join together in 2010 to start the second part with a "top slot mass hero",[16] while Charan reiterated the same in an interview later.[17] In 2011, sources said that a sequel to Chennai 28 had been planned earlier but was not "on cards as of now".[18] In 2012, Venkat Prabhu again expressed interest in making a sequel, stating "I personally love to do Chennai- 28 with the tagline Second Innings".[19]

Awards

Vijay Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The new darlings of Kollywood". Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Chennai 600028 Cast & Crew". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "A creative force from Singapore". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  4. 1 2 "CHENNAI 28 BOX OFFICE TOP 10 OF 2007 - Behindwoods.com". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  5. ↑ "Tamil cinema in 2007 – half year report". Cinesouth.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  6. ↑ "Movies that beat the odds - Behindwoods.com". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  7. ↑ "hindu.com". Friday Review - Cricket theme goes on (Chennai, India). 13 July 2007.
  8. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/photofinish-column-featuring-venkat-prabhu/article8172442.ece?secpage=true&secname=entertainment
  9. 1 2 "Chennai-600028 audio on Feb 22". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  10. ↑ "Chennai 600028 - A youthful musical journey". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  11. ↑ "Leading a winning team - Chennai 600028". Chennai, India: indiaglitz.com. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  12. ↑ "Chennai-600028 audio a big hit". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  13. ↑ "Chennai 600028’s Audio Rules Top 10 List Worldwide!". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  14. ↑ "‘Jalsa Pannungada’ rocks dance floors!". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  15. ↑ cinesouth. "Sequel to 'Chennai 600028' is coming!". Cinesouth.com. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  16. ↑ "Chennai 600028 Part-2 with a top slot mass hero.". Indiaglitz. 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  17. ↑ "A sequel to 'Chennai 600028'". Indiaglitz. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  18. ↑ "Godha isn't Venkat Prabhu's next". The Times Of India. TNN. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  19. ↑ http://www.sify.com/movies/kollywood-s-franchise-factory-opens-news-tamil-mfzfiKjchch.html

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