Chokka Thangam

Chokka Thangam (English: Pure Gold) is a 2003 Tamil film written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj. The film was produced by G. Venkateswaran under GV Films. The film stars Vijayakanth and Soundarya in lead roles with Uma, Goundamani, Senthil, T. P. Gajendran and S. S. Chandran playing supporting roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by Deva. The film was released on 15 January 2003 to mixed reviews from critics.

Cast

• Vijayakanth
• Soundarya
• Prakash Raj
• Uma
• Goundamani
• Senthil
• T. P. Gajendran
• Thyagu
• Swathi
• Sindhu
• S. S. Chandran
• Vinu Chakravarthy
• Ponnambalam

Production

Vidhya Venkatesh was originally approached for the role of Vijayakanth's sister since she was busy with Kalaatpadai, she could not spare her dates and she was replaced by Uma.^[1]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by RV Udayakumar, P. Vijay, Thamarai and Snehan.^[2]

• Enna Nenache — Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram
• En Jannal — Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
• Ettu Jilla — Karthik, Anuradha Sriram
• Vellayai Manam — Jayachandran, Sujatha, Swarnalatha
• Oor Oora — SPB

Critical reception

Balaji of Thiraipadam noted "The movie is not much different from other movies where Vijayakanth stars as the village do-gooder and has all the usual ingredients found in his movies like a squeaky clean image for him, duets in bright costumes and a bunch of fights" and also wrote "Bagyaraj's trademarks of a humorous screenplay, sprinklings of double entendre dialogs and a close look at marital issues are all but absent".^[3] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote "The film does have its plus points, yet somehow Bhagyaraj's magic touch in films [..] is definitely missing in "Chokka Thangam."^[4]

References

External links

• Review in The Hindu