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Chennai 600028 
Enga Area Ulla VaratheyDirected by Venkat Prabhu Produced by S. P. B. Charan
J. K. SaravanaWritten by Venkat Prabhu Narrated by S. P. B. Charan Starring Shiva
Jai
Nithin Sathya
Aravind Akash
Premji Amaren
Ajay Raj
Vijay Vasanth
Prasanna
Ranjith
Karthik
Arun
Vijayalakshmi
Christine Zedek
Ilavarasu
Sampath KumarMusic by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Premji AmaranCinematography Sakthi Saravanan Editing by B. Lenin Studio Capital Film Works
Tantra filmsRelease date(s) 27 April 2007 Running time 141 minutes Country India Language Tamil Budget 
1.65 crores [1]Chennai 600028 is a 2007 Tamil sports comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, making his directorial debut. The film stars Shiva, Jai, Premji Amaran, Aravind Akash, Nithin Sathya and newcomers Ajay Raj, Ranjith, Vijay Vasanth, Prasanna, Karthik and Arun in the lead along with Vijayalakshmi, daughter of National Film Award-winning director Agathiyan, and Christine 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,[5][6] going on to achieve cult status in the subsequent years.[7] 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 — Shiva, Premji Amaren, Jai 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.[8]
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Plot
The story revolves around two small 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. Every bit of the cricket tournament portrayed here is done so in a very light and entertaining manner. It is far from boring. 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. All loose ends are tied up and the end is also funny and has a positive note. Badawa Gopi is the commentater.
Cast
- Shiva as Karthik
- Jai as Raghu
- Premji Amaran as Seenu
- Aravind Akash as Aravind
- Nithin Sathya as Pazhani
- Vijay Vasanth as Gopi
- Ajay Raj as Ezhumalai
- Prassanna as Shanmugham
- Ranjith as Imran
- Arun as Uday
- Karthik as Arivu
- Sampath Raj as Guna
- Christine Zedek as Swetha
- Vijayalakshmi as Selvi
- Ilavarasu as Manohar
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 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 Anoushka 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 Awards
- Vijay Awards
- Vijay Award for Best Crew
- Vijay Award for Best Find of the Year - Venkat Prabhu
- Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Film
- Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Director - Venkat Prabhu
- Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Story, Screenplay Writer - Venkat Prabhu
- Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor - Shiva
- Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress - Vijayalakshmi Ahathian
- Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Editor - B. Lenin
- Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Lyricist - Vaali
- Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Male Playback Singer - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Choreographer - Ajay Raj
References
- ^ "The new darlings of Kollywood". http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=hub090711The.asp. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Chennai 600028 Cast & Crew". Oneindia.in. http://popcorn.oneindia.in/movie-cast/4318/chennai-600028.html. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ^ "A creative force from Singapore". indiaglitz.com. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/35687.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-1/top-collection/chennai-28.html
- ^ http://www.cinesouth.com/specials/specials/tamilcinima2007tam.shtml
- ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-1/top-collection/chennai-28.html
- ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/formulaic-films/chennai-28.html
- ^ "hindu.com". Friday Review - Cricket theme goes on (Chennai, India). 2007-07-13. http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/07/13/stories/2007071350160400.htm.
- ^ a b "Chennai-600028 audio on Feb 22". indiaglitz.com. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/29324.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "Chennai 600028 - A youthful musical journey". indiaglitz.com. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/8805.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "Leading a wining team - Chennai 600028". Chennai, India: indiaglitz.com. 2007-05-04. http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/05/04/stories/2007050400100200.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "Chennai-600028 audio a big hit". indiaglitz.com. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/29505.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "Chennai 600028’s Audio Rules Top 10 List Worldwide!". indiaglitz.com. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/30209.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "‘Jalsa Pannungada’ rocks dance floors!". indiaglitz.com. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/30417.html. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
See also
- Enna Kodumai Saravanan Idhu
- Kodambakkam, Chennai
- Tamil film
External links
- Chennai 600028 at the Internet Movie Database
- Chennai 600028 songs at Raaga
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