Kalakalappu
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| Directed by | Sundar C. |
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Ronnie Screwvala Siddharth Roy Kapur Khushboo Sundar Sundar C. |
| Written by | Badri (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Sundar C. |
| Story by | Sundar C. |
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Vimal Shiva Anjali Oviya Santhanam John Vijay Ilavarasu V.S. Raghavan |
| Music by | Vijay Ebenezer |
| Cinematography | U. K. Senthil Kumar |
| Edited by |
Praveen K. L. N. B. Srikanth |
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| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
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135 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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| Soundtrack album by Vijay Ebenezer | ||||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Sa Re Ga Ma | |||
| Producer | Vijay Ebenezer | |||
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Kalakalappu is a 2012 Indian Tamil comedy film co-written co-produced and directed by Sundar C. and produced by his wife Kushboo Sundar. It features Vimal, Shiva, Anjali, Oviya and Santhanam in lead roles and music composed by Vijay Ebenezer. It was originally titled Masala Cafe, but was later renamed to Kalakalappu. The film released on 11 May 2012. The film is 25th directorial venture for Sundar.C.The film was remade in Telugu as Jump Jilani starring Allari Naresh.
In Kumbakonam, Seenu (Vimal) runs a hotel “Masala Cafe”, inherited from his forefathers. Masala Café was a famous food outlet a few decades back but has lost its prominence later and now Seenu finds it difficult to manage. The café’s old chef (VS Raghavan) and his grand daughter Maya (Oviya) stay with Seenu.
Madhavi (Anjali), the new health inspector of Kumbakonam, decides to permanently shut Masala Café due to its unhygienic environment. Seenu requests Madhavi to give him some time, so that he can make his hotel gain its prominence once again. Slowly Seenu and Madhavi become good friends and love blossoms between them.
Meanwhile, Raghu (Shiva), the younger brother of Seenu is a thief and gets released from jail. He decides to stay with Seenu though he don’t like. Seenu allows Raghu to stay with him as Raghu saves him from the money lender Anjuvati Alagesan (Ilavarasu) to whom Seenu owes money. Manickam (Subbu Panju) is a jewellery owner and he stages a drama to get money from insurance. Manickam sets fire to his jewellery showroom and tries to get the insured amount by claiming loss although he has safely hidden precious diamonds in a mobile phone which is with his relative Karunakaran. Karunukaran misses the mobile phone containing the diamonds which later gets into the hands of Raghu.
Dharamarajan (John Vijay), a cunning man is the inspector of police in Kumbakonam and is also a childhood friend of Seenu. A real estate developer plans to demolish Masala Café and construct a mall over there due to its prime location. But Seenu is not ready to sell his property as he prefers to own it in the memory of his family members. Dharmarajan assures to convince Seenu and make him sell the hotel and he talks a deal with the real estate developer.
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