Koothan

Koothan (transl. Dancer) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language musical film written and directed by Venky AL. The film stars newcomers Raj Kumar and Srijita Ghosh while Nagendra Prasad plays the antagonist.^[1][2] Koothan released to negative reviews.^[3]

Koothan
Poster
Directed by	Venky AL
Written by	Chitraa Venky Venky AL Suki Murthy
Produced by	Nilgiris Murugan
Starring	Raj Kumar Nagendra Prasad
Cinematography	T. Madasamy
Edited by	Peter Bapiah
Music by	Balz_G
Release date	11 October 2018 (2018-10-11)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Raana (Raj Kumar) is a dancer who earns his living by doing several shows. His mother (Urvashi), a junior artiste in films, is a nightmare for filmmakers, thanks to her terrible acting skills. He once happens to meet Srilakshmi (Srijita Ghosh), another dancer, at a competition held in the city, where the latter makes her presence only to settle some personal scores with Krishna (Nagendra Prasad). Raana and Srilakshmi become close eventually after meeting a couple of times.

Cast

• Raj Kumar as Raana, head of the Battery Boys dance team
• Nagendra Prasad as Krishna
• Kira Narayanan as Devi, Srilakshmi's sister
• Sonal Singh as Dimple, a member of the Battery Boys dance team
• K. Bhagyaraj
• Urvashi as Kalairasi, Raana's mother
• Ashmini Balakrishnan as Apoorva, Srilakshmi's friend
• Sriranjani as Bharatanatyam teacher
• Renuka
• Manobala as Film Director
• Badava Gopi as Asian Dance Competition Host
• Junior Balaiah
• Mullai
• Kothandam
• Ramki as Judge (guest appearance)
• Kala Master as Judge (guest appearance)

Music

The music for the film was composed by Balz_G.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Monkistha Kinkistha"	Rokesh	T. Rajendar, Shenbagaraj, Shajani	3:54
2.	"Theeradha Theedalgal"	M. K. Balaji	Padmalatha, Kamalaja, M. K. Balaji	3:38
3.	"Kadhal Kattu Merandi"	Viveka	Remya Nambeesan, Hariharasudhan, Vidya Lakshmi	4:00
4.	"Solladha Solladha"	Viveka	Aishwarya, Jyothi Krishna, M. K. Balaji	5:27
5.	"Koothanamma Koothan"	Kabilan	Velmurugan	3:30
Total length:				20:29

Reception

A critic from The Times of India gave the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "The film, except for a few dance movements and the performances of Rajkumar and Nagendra Prasad, is a tiresome watch".^[4]