K.D. (film)

2019 Tamil film

K.D.

Poster

Directed by| Madhumitha
Written by| Madhumitha
Screenplay by| Sabarivaasan Shanmugam
Story by| Madhumitha
Produced by| Vikram Mehra
Siddharth Anand Kumar
Starring| Mu Ramaswamy
Naga Vishal
Cinematography| Meyyendiran Kempuraj
Edited by| Vijay Venkataramanan
Music by| Karthikeya Murthy

Production
company

Yoodlee films

Distributed by| YNOTX

Release date

* 22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)

Running time

| 123 minutes
Country| India
Language| Tamil

K.D. (also known as KD Engira Karuppudurai or simply Karuppudurai),[1][2] is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Madhumita and produced by Yoodlee Films, a production venture of Saregama India Limited. The film stars Mu Ramaswamy and Naga Vishal. The film has music composed by Karthikeya Murthy. Nagavishal won [3] Best Child Actor National Award in 2021 and Best Actor Award at the Jagran Film Festival 2019.[4] Madhumita was awarded the Best Director at the UK Asian Film Festival 2019.[5] K.D. released worldwide on 22 November 2019.[6]

## Plot

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Karuppu Durai, an 80-year-old man, bedridden for the past three months in a coma, suddenly wakes up one fine day to overhear his family planning to kill him by performing an ancient euthanasia or thalaikoothal ritual. Hurt, heartbroken, and afraid, Karuppu Durai runs away from the only home he has ever known. On an aimless path with nowhere to go, he accidentally meets an 8-year-old orphan named Kutty. Kutty is everything that Karuppu Durai is not: smart, spunky and full of life. The fiercely independent Kutty encourages KD to chalk out a bucket list and start living for himself. Thus begins an eventful road trip of this unlikely pair – an old man running away from his family and a young boy who never had one. The duo set out to complete KD's bucket list during which a strong bond forms between the two. Eventually, Kutty gets an offer to get admitted in a school in Chennai, and KD, although initially hesitant to let him, decides that Kutty should go to Chennai to lead a good life. KD then returns to his home, and signs the document handing over the property to his sons. The morning before KD's family decides to kill him by performing euthanasia, KD leaves his family once again for good

## Cast

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* Mu Ramaswamy as Karuppudurai alias KD
* Naga Vishal as Kutty
* Yog Japee as Easan, the tracker[2]
* Badava Gopi as Gurukal, the temple priest[2]
* Ganesan Kaliamoorthy as Muthu, the koothu artiste[2]
* Guna Babu as Raja
* Pari as Ganesan
* Jawarhlal as Thyagu
* Gabriella Sellus as Selvi
* Jyothi as Pichai
* Gnasekaran as Palani
* Arunika as Lakshmi
* Bhagyalakahmi as Chitra
* Bharath Nellaiyappan as Muni
* Krishna as Velu
* Mahesh as Dharmakartha
* Ramar as Kodangi
* Vijaylakshmi as Valli

## Awards and nominations

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Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref

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Ananda Vikatan Awards | Best Director (Special Mention)  | Madhumitha | Won  | [7]
Best Dialogues  | Sabarivaasan Shanmugam  | Won
Best Child actor  | Naga Vishal  | Won
Best Production  | Saregama | Won
Critics Choice Film Awards  | Best Writing  | Madhumitha, Sabarivaasan Shanmugam  | Nominated  | [8]
Jagran Film Festival | Best Actor Award | Naga Vishal  | Won  | [9]
UK Asian Film Festival  | Best Director Award  | Madhumita  | Won  | [10]
Singapore South Asian Film Festival | Jury Award | Yoodlee films | Won | [11]
Indian Film Festival of Cincinnati | Best Director Award | Madhumita | Won | [12]
Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival of Boston | Unorthodox Roleplay Award for Acting  | Mu Ramaswamy, Naga Vishal  | Won | [13]
New York Indian Film Festival | Best Actor | Mu Ramaswamy | Nominated  | [14]
Best Child Actor | Naga Vishal | Nominated
Asian American International Film Festival | Best Actor | Mu Ramaswamy | Nominated  | [15]
Best Child Actor | Naga Vishal | Won
Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards | Closing film | - |  | [16]
Tasveer South Asian Film Festival | Best Film | Yoodlee films | Nominated | [1]
67th National Film Awards | Best Child Artist | Naga Vishal | Won  |

## Soundtrack

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K.D. (a) Karuppu Durai

Soundtrack album by

Karthikeya Murthy

Released| 8 November 2019
Genre| Feature film soundtrack
Language| Tamil
Label| Saregama
Producer| Yoodlee films
Karthikeya Murthy chronology
| Moone Moonu Varthai
(2015)  | K.D. (a) Karuppu Durai
(2019)  |

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Karthikeya Murthy wrote and composed music for this film, consisting of 3 songs apart from the OST. The album & OST received positive reviews from critics with Times of India reviewing the music as "jaunty and moving in the right places, do the magic"[2] and Firstpost said "With a bubbly score that feels like childlike mischief made tangible"[17] amongst others.

No.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Tuckulingu"| Sabarivaasan Shanmugam| Benny Dayal, Andrea, Karthikeya Murthy|
2.| "Adi Adi Aathi"| Sabarivaasan Shanmugam| Karthikeya Murthy, Diwakar|
3.| "Kaatrodu"| Karthikeya Murthy| Balram|

## Critical response

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KD (a) Karuppu Durai opened to strong critical acclaim with Times of India,[2] The New Indian Express,[18] The Indian Express[19] and several other critics giving 4/5, while popular Tamil weekly Ananda Vikatan gave a very positive review and 48 marks for the movie.[20] Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South wrote "One part of why KD is so entertaining is the chemistry between the old man and the young boy — the other part is that their characters have been sketched out so well. Mu Ramaswamy plays Karuppudurai movingly, but with a twinkle in the eye".[21]

Jigar Ganatra of Mumbai Live gave the film 4.5 stars and wrote "Madhumita's vision to share a message thereby connecting emotionally with the audience comes across thoroughly in this project. KD aka Karuppudurai is more like embarking on a journey only two observe the lives of two beautiful souls who have no other intention but to keep each other happy and entertained. This film, as expected, fills your heart with various emotions."[22]

## References

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1. ^ a b "'KD Isn't Just An Award Film, It Is An Entertaining Film': Director Madhumita On 'KD Engira Karuppudurai'". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
2. ^ a b c d e f Suganth, M (17 November 2019). "Karuppu Durai Movie Review {4/5}". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
3. ^ "Meet 14-year-old Naga Vishal, National Award winner who won hearts in 'KD'". 27 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
4. ^ "Awards pile up for Madhumita Sundararaman's KD". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019.
5. ^ "'KD Isn't Just An Award Film, It Is An Entertaining Film': Director Madhumita On 'KD Engira Karuppudurai'". Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
6. ^ S, Srivatsan (30 September 2019). "'KD' is a light-hearted take on 'thalaikoothal': Director Madhumita". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
7. ^ "ஆனந்த விகடன் சினிமா விருதுகள் 2019". Vikatan. 9 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
8. ^ "critics choice film awards". Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
9. ^ "Jagran Film Festival". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019.
10. ^ "UK Asian Film Festival". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
11. ^ "Singapore South Asian Film Festival". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
12. ^ "Child actor Nagavishal gets best actor at Jagran Film Festival for Tamil film 'KD'". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
13. ^ "Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival of Boston". Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
14. ^ "New York Indian Film Festival nominations". Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
15. ^ "Tamil film KD, screened at Asian American International Film Festival, packs in humour and emotional punches". Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
16. ^ "Yoodlee Films' 'KD' Showcased At 10 International Festivals, Wins 6 Awards". Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
17. ^ "Tamil film KD, screened at Asian American International Film Festival, packs in humour and emotional punches". Firstpost. 30 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
18. ^ "KD (a) Karuppu Durai Movie Review: A loveable journey of the importance of living". Cinema Express. 18 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
19. ^ "KD movie review: A poignant film full of life and warmth". 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
20. ^ "சினிமா விமர்சனம்: கே.டி". Vikatan. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
21. ^ "KD Engira Karuppudurai Movie Review: Madhumitha's Impressively Restrained Drama Treats A Serious Issue With A Lot Of Fun". Film Companion. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
22. ^ "KD Movie Review: KD And Kutty Fill One's Heart With Various Emotions". Mumbai Live. 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

## External links

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* K.D. at IMDb

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