Chikku Bukku

Chikku Bukku
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Directed by	Manikandan
Produced by	Sunanda Murali Manohar
Written by	Manikandan S. Ramakrishnan
Starring	Arya Shriya Saran Preetika
Music by	Colonial Cousins Pravin Mani
Cinematography	R. B. Gurudhev
Editing by	V. T. Vijayan
Studio	Mediaone Global Entertainment Majestic Multimedia
Release date(s)	December 3, 2010 (2010-12-03)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Chikku Bhukku (Tamil: சிக்கு புக்கு) is a 2010 Tamil romance film written and directed by Manikandan, starring Arya, Shriya Saran and debutante Preetika in the lead roles,^[1] with Santhanam and Anoop in supporting roles. The film was released on 3 December 2010. The plot of the movie is based on that of the Korean Movie "The Classic".

Plot

Arjun (Arya), a London-based disc jockey, leads a happy life. Also there is Anu (Shriya Saran), who completes her MBA in a London university. One day, Arjun is forced to come to his native village in Karaikudi to ensure that his ancestral property is not sold. Also Anu too is forced to come to Madurai to meet her father who is injured in an accident. The two strangers meet in a train. There begins their journey towards their respective destinations. Meanwhile, a diary of Arjun's father pops out from his bag. He browses through it to understand his dad's love life. In flashback, the movie goes back to 1985. It is revealed that Sekar (Arya) returns to his village after getting selected as a Police.

He falls in love with Meena (Preetika). But when their romance is revealed, Sekar's family resists the relationship due to class differences. A dejected Sekar leaves to begin training as a police officer. There he becomes acquainted with Ammaiappan (Anoop), a young colleague. He comes to know that Ammayappan is in love with his uncle's daughter. A sequence of events reveals that both men love the same girl Meena. Returning to the film's contemporary setting, we find that Arjun and Anu after crossing several hurdles in their journey reach their respective houses. They then realise that they have fallen for each other. Meanwhile the film employs a Deus Ex Machina, in the form of Anu’s father, to ensures all story archs are resolved. When Anu's father Ammaiappan realiases that Anu is in love with Sekar's son he immediately approves of their relationship. It is implied that Anu and Arjun are then to stay together.

Cast

• Arya as Arjun and Sekhar
• Shriya Saran as Anu Ammaiyappan
• Preetika Rao as Meena(Ammu)
• Anoop Kumar as Ammaiyappan
• Santhanam as Krishna
• Vaiyapuri as Photographer Singaram
• Tanya Constantine as Anu's unnamed sister

Production

Development

Following the success of Mediaone's previous venture, Dhaam Dhoom, the production house opted to invest in another Tamil language production. They associated their interest with diector Manikandan, who had worked in completing Dhaam Dhoom after the original director Jeeva had suffered a heart attack and died during the shooting in 2007.^[2] Manikandan along with Aneez Jeeva, the late director's wife, completed the film under the production of Metro Films.^[3] Chikku Bukku was announced to the general public on February 10, 2009.^[4]

Casting

With the initial announcement, the cast was revealed. Arya, who had enjoyed critical and commercial success with his role of an aghori in Naan Kadavul, was signed up for his second successive love story after completing his shoot for Sarvam. Vidya Balan was earlier being considered to play the main female lead in the film but she was unavailable due to earlier commitments.^[5] hence Preetika, the younger sister of Hindi actress Amrita Rao, was chosen in her place. Preetika who has been a model and a journalist-columnist will make her film industry debut in Chikku Bhukku.^[6] Toutued to be a triangular love subject, Genelia D'Souza was considered for a third lead role in the film as well,^[7] however, a week after the announcement of the film, it was revealed that Shriya Saran had replaced Genelia in the film, due to the latter's insistence for a relatively high salary.^[8][9]

Manikandan was announced as the director of the film, continuing his collaboration with Mediaone, following their work in Dhaam Dhoom.^[7] R. B. Gurudhev was selected as cinematographer, while Hariharan and Leslie Lewis operated as the music directors for their second film, following Modhi Vilayadu.

Filming

Filming bagan in February 2009, with a 22-day schedule in Karaikudi being completed immediately after with Arya and Preetika.^[10] Shriya Saran began her shoot in April 2009.^[11] Other filming sites included the South Indian hill resort Ooty, London, and Tiruchirapalli International Airport.

Release

On November 16, 2010, the film was granted a U certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification.^[12] The release date was confirmed as 3 December 2010, following several postponements. It was released in 300 theatres worldwide.^[13]

References

1. ^ "Arya gets Genelia and Preetika!". Sify. 2009-02-10. http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14854180. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
2. ^ "Jeeva’s ‘Dhaam Dhoom’ ready for release". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/17/stories/2008041759280200.htm. Retrieved 6 July 2007. 
3. ^ "P C Sreeram takes over Dhaam Dhoom". Behindwoods.com. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/july-07-01/06-07-07-pc-sreeram.html. Retrieved 6 July 2007. 
4. ^ "Arya to romance Genelia". Indiareel.com. 2009-02-11. http://www.indiareel.com/Tamil/news.asp?ID=4477. Retrieved 2009-02-19. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ V Lakshmi (2010-11-15). "Preetika's ride to stardom". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Preetikas-ride-to-stardom/articleshow/6924407.cms. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
6. ^ Radhika Rajamani (2010-07-09). "Meet Arya's new heroine in Chikku Bukku". Rediff.com. http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/09/slide-show-1-south-preetikas-first-film.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Genelia to sizzle with Arya". Indiaglitz.com. 2009-02-11. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/44951.html. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 
8. ^ "Shriya replaces Genelia for a reason". Indiareel.com. 2009-02-17. http://hinducinema.com/tamil-cinema/tamil-actress/shriya-replaces-genelia-for-a-reason.html. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
9. ^ "Shriya replaces Genelia!". Behindwoods. 2009-02-17. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-09-03/shriya-17-02-09.html. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 
10. ^ Pillai, Sridhar (2009-03-13). "Preetika won’t wear a bikini". Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Regional-Stars/Preetika-wont-wear-a-bikini/articleshow/4255642.cms. Retrieved 2009-02-15. 
11. ^ http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14939002
12. ^ "‘Chikku Bhukku’ from Dec 3". IndiaGlitz.com. 2010-11-18. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/61653.html. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 
13. ^ "Arya's Bandwagon Continues In December". Behindwoods. 2010-11-18. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/nov-10-03/arya-chikku-bukku-18-11-10.html. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 

External links

• Official website