Kurumbu

<p>deals with a love triangle between three teenagers. The story portrays how the hero finds his true love. After Vishnuvardhan returned from Mumbai, Gemini Color Labs that had produced offered him to remake the Telugu comedy film in Tamil. Although he did not want his first film to be a remake, he accepted since he felt he shouldn’t “ruin the chance”. The film saw Naresh from the original film reprising his role which marked his debut in Tamil alongside debutant actresses Nikita Thukral and Diya. The music was composed by , teaming up with Vishnuvardhan, who since then has worked together with him and scored the music in all his films until . The soundtrack includes a remix of the song “Aasai Nooru Vagai” from the 1983 Tamil film , composed by . This is the first ever remix of a Tamil film song to feature in another Tamil film, starting off a new trend and the era of remixes in the . The soundtrack was launched in a discotheque while the film crew conducted talent hunt for singers in the same location to promote the film. Malathi Rangarajan of opined that “After all the hype and pre-release publicity of the film you expected much more. But leave alone making you laugh, this does not even tickle”. A critic from wrote that ” , directed by debutant Vishnuvardhan is clearly targetted at the youth”. A critic from wrote that “Debutant director Vishwardhan (assistant to Santhosh Shivan) has reproduced the original version admirably and taken strains to attract the youth. Camera work by Ra. Krishnaa is worth mentioning especially in song sequences. Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja is just ok”. Malini Mannath of wrote that “A faithful remake of the Telugu hit ‘Allari’, ‘Kurumbu’, directed by debutant Vishnuvardhan (apprenticed with Santosh Sivan) and produced by Indira Innovations, is clearly targetted at the youth”. Visual Dasan of criticised the film for excessive vulgarity but called Nikitha’s love as relief and added it seems that Vishnuvardhan, who has miserably directed an old story with a very old screenplay, will not watch Tamil films. wrote “The film moves at such a slow pace. But, even after the film’s over, you remember only two things- the hero Naresh’s antics and some very naughty scenes”.</p>