Kumki Movie Review & Showtimes: Find details of Kumki along with its showtimes, movie review, trailer, teaser, full video songs, showtimes and cast. Vikram Prabhu, Lakshmi Menon, Thambi Ramaiah. Prabu Solomon’s latest release Kumki introduces two bright young talents in Vikram Prabhu and Lakshmi Menon. Thambi Ramaiah also adds weight to the cast with his presence as a character actor.

Lakshmi Menon (born 19 May 1996) is an Indian film actress, who mainly appears in Tamil films. After making her acting debut in a supporting role in the Malayalam film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya (2011), she played the female lead in her debut Tamil film Sundarapandian in 2012.^[2]Sundarapandian, as well as her next three Tamil releases, were commercial successes and she was labelled as 'the fastest rising star in Tamil cinema' by Sify.^[3]She received Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for her roles in Sundarapandian and Kumki.^[4]

Early life[edit]

Lakshmi Menon, born to Malayali parents Ramakrishnan, a Dubai based artist and Usha Menon, a dance teacher, is from Kochi.^[5]

Career[edit]

In 2011, Malayalam director Vinayan, who saw her during Bharatanatyam telecast, cast her in his film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya. She was in her eight grade when she acted in the film.^[6] Soon after, she played the lead along with Vineeth in another Malayalam film titled Ideal Couple, directed by Ali Akbar.^[7] After she began acting in Malayalam cinema, she was featured on the cover of a magazine and it caught the attention of director Prabu Solomon, who cast her in Kumki opposite Vikram Prabhu. Watching her performance, director Prabhakaran offered her the lead role in Sundarapandian opposite M. Sasikumar, which released before Kumki and marked her Tamil debut.^[8] After acting with Sasikumar again in Kutti Puli, she was seen as a demure school teacher Malar in Suseenthiran's action-drama film Pandianadu,^[9] which co-starred Vishal.^[10] All her four Tamil films, released in a span of one year, were box office hits.^[11]

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In Naan Sigappu Manithan saw her pairing up with Vishal again.^[12] She acted in two Tamil films, Manja Pye with Vimal and Jigarthanda with Siddharth in 2014.^[13] She completed Sippai with Gautham Karthik,^[14] and Komban had hit the screens and got her a good name for her role Palani ammal. On 10 November, her movie Vedalam movie was released in which she portrayed the role of sister for Ajith Kumar and she was well praised by the critics for the performance in that movie. Currently in 2016 she has done a movie named Miruthan with Jayam Ravi which is the first Tamil zombie movie released on 19 February has garnered good reviews and very good opening and with Vijay Sethupathi in Rekka. She is making a movie with Prabhu Deva in Yung Mung Sung.

Filmography[edit]

As actress[edit]

As singer[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

• Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South – Sundarapandian
• Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress - Sundarapandian and Kumki
• Vikatan Award For Best Debut Actress Sundarapandian
• The Chennai Times Film Award for Promising Newcomer (Female) – Sundarapandian
• SIIMA Award for Best Female Debutant – Sundarapandian
• Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Actress – Sundarapandian^[16]
• SIIMA Award for Rising Star of South Indian Cinema (female)

References[edit]

1. ^'Lakshmi Menon celebrates her 17th b'day!'. Sify.com. 20 May 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
2. ^'The S Man'. The Hindu. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
3. ^'Lakshmi Menon is back in Malayalam'. Sify.com. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
4. ^'TN Govt. announces Tamil Film Awards for six years'. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
5. ^'Lakshmi Menon's huge crush'. Deccan Chronicle. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
6. ^'Woman – Child: The Lakshmi Menon Interview'. Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
7. ^Shilpa Nair Anand (30 November 2012). 'New face, new promise'. The Hindu. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
8. ^'A balancing act'. The Hindu. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
9. ^'Pandiya Nadu movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India'. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
10. ^'Lakshmi pairs with Vishal in next'. The Times of India. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
11. ^'Lakshmi Menon's lucky streak continues'. Sify.com. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
12. ^'Lakshmi Menon gets the cream of roles!'. Sify.com. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
13. ^'Lakshmi Menon to have two releases in May!'. Sify.com. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
14. ^'Gautham Karthik's pairs with Lakshmi Menon'. The Times of India. TNN. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
15. ^http://www.nowrunning.com/lakshmi-menon-turns-singer-for-oru-oorla-/96594/story.htm
16. ^'Norway Tamil Film Festival 2013'. Sify.com. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2014.

External links[edit]

• Lakshmi Menon on IMDb
• Lakshmi Menon on Facebook

Prabhu Solomon (Tamil: பிரபு சாலமன்; born 7 May 1969) is an Indian film director who has primarily worked on Tamil films. After making his debut in 1999, he had a middling career before rising to prominence with the success of the romantic tragedy film Mynaa (2010).

Career[edit]

Early career: 1991-2009[edit]

Prabhu Solomon hails from Neyveli, Tamil Nadu and revealed he was a regular at the town's only cinema hall, which helped him develop an initial passion for films. He did his schooling in St. Paul's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, after which he completed a master's degree in English literature, before relocating to Chennai. His career in the film industry started in 1991 and for three years, he looked for opportunities to become in involved in ongoing film projects.^[2] He first worked as a stunt double for Sarathkumar in Namma Annachi (1994), where he also met director Sundar C, who was working as the associate director of the film. He consequently joined Sundar’s film Murai Maman (1995) as an assistant director, before subsequently working with Agathiyan on the award-winning Kadhal Kottai (1996).^[2]

Anbalaya Films offered him an opportunity to direct a film for their production house, after he had helped them complete the post-production works for Murai Mappillai (1995) when director Sundar C walked out. Prabhu Solomon chose to feature Raghuvaran and Bhanupriya in the leading roles, though the producers Anabalaya Films were reluctant to cast a character artiste in the lead role for the film, Kannodu Kanbathellam (1999). Prabhu revealed he met Arjun in Thenkasi during the making of Mudhalvan (1999), at the insistence of his producer and actively tried to make a poor impression. Arjun, nonetheless, was keen and worked on the film.^[2] Co-starring Sonali Bendre and Suchindra, the film was released to positive reviews. A romantic thriller featuring Arjun in a different role to his usual action ventures, the film however did well at the box office and became a Super-Hit at the box office. Similarly his second venture, the Kannada film Usire (2001), a remake of Cheran's Bharathi Kannamma, did not perform as expected commercially.^[2] Prabhu Solomon had wanted Shiva Rajkumar to play the lead role, and he lamented that miscasting Ravichandran in the leading role instead, worked against the viability of the film. Prabhu Solomon had signed on Vikram to play the lead role in a project shortly after the success of Sethu (1999) and wanted to work on a different script, but the actor insisted that the pair a film from the director's script titled King (2002). Solomon revealed that he was unconvinced about Vikram portraying the lead role, feeling that he was too old to play Nassar's son, but the actor insisted the project went ahead. Delays in the production in the film, meant that Vikram's star image had risen and reviewers labelled the film as a disappointment upon release. The director noted that the story was written with the expectation of a small-time actor in the lead role, and hence Vikram's sudden popularity worked against his film. He revealed that his early career in film involved making significant compromises and was strictly against the type of cinema he had actually ventured to make.^[2]

Mynaa and resulting success:2010-present[edit]

It was during 'Mynaa' that Prabhu Solomon Met his first break through, A romance flick set at the back drop of kurangani Theni district Tamil Nadu.He had sculptured the screenplay and characterizations very much close to reality with a strong ethnic touch. Mynaa opened for major critically and commercially successful venture in box office.^[3]

Post 'Mynaa' Prabhu solomon signed his next film 'Kumki' to director N. Linguswamy, which also marks a debut of Vikram Prabhu son of actor Prabhu and Grand son of Actor Sivaji Ganesan. Like his previous venture 'Kumki' is also a huge success in box office. D. Imman's Music and Sugumaran'scinematography plays major contribution for the film's success.

Following the success of Kumki, Prabhu Solomon took a break and went on a recce to the coastal South Indian town of Nagapattinam to get inspired for a story set on the backdrop of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. He gathered real-life stories of survival and intertwined them into his script.^[4] Subsequently, he launched his next production Kayal with newcomers Chandran and Anandhi in the title roles, and shot for the film for a year. Scenes were shot for several days underwater, with the team often doing up to ten hours a day in knee-length depths of water.^[4] The film completed shoot after 85 days in May 2014, with the director announcing that post-production would be extensive as a result of impending VFX works.^[5][6] During the music release of the film in November 2014, Prabhu Solomon revealed more details about the production of the film, noting that the climax was shot first to ensure graphic works depicting the tsunami could have as much time spent on it as possible. He went on to add that it was his costliest production till date and the film was made at a cost of ₹15 crore, with the special effects, notably the use of 7.1 Atmos mix for the climax, being particularly expensive.^[7][8]

Following the disappointing response to Thodari, Prabhu Solomon chose to continue scripting the sequel to Kumki and registered the title Yaanai for a production for Eros International.^[9]

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Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Friday Cinemaa WebTV, Mentions his wife and children name at 7:17 (17 January 2015). 'ADDRESS - MEET THE FAMILY OF FILMMAKER PRABHU SOLOMON' – via YouTube.
2. ^ ^abcde'Prabhu Solomon Interview: The Perfect Wave'. Silverscreen. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
3. ^''I never thought I was making Mynaa any differently''. Rediff. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
4. ^ ^abMenon, Vishal (15 November 2014). 'The travelling showman'. Retrieved 12 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
5. ^'Kayal in Post-production'. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
6. ^Reporter, Staff; Reporter, Staff (18 September 2014). 'Celluloid tribute to tsunami victims'. Retrieved 12 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
7. ^'Prabhu Solomon opens up on 'Kayal''. Sify. 13 November 2014.
8. ^'Prabhu Solomon's 'Kayal' to release in Dolby Atmos, launches its music in Chennai'. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
9. ^'Forthcoming releases'(PDF). Eros International. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
10. ^'Kannodu Kanbathellam (1999) Tamil Movie CD-Rip 320KBPS MP3 Songs Music By Deva - StarMusiQ.Com'. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
11. ^'Kokki - TamilTunes.com - Download Tamil Songs'. 6 December 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
12. ^'Mynaa Cast & Crew, Mynaa Tamil Movie Cast, Actor, Actress, Director - Filmibeat'. FilmiBeat. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
13. ^'Kumki (Tamil) Photos, Pics, Kumki (Tamil) Wallpapers, Videos, News, Movies, Songs, Images'. In.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

External links[edit]

• Prabhu Solomon on IMDb