Kadaisi Bench Karthi
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kadaisi Bench Karthi
| image = Kadaisi Bench Karthi.jpg
| director = Ravi Bhargavan
| producer = John Sudheer Pudhota
| writer =
| starring = Bharath
Ruhani Sharma
Angana Roy
| music = Anbu Rajesh
| cinematography = Muneer Malik
| editing = N. H. Babu
| studio = Rama Reels
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|2017|10|27|df=y}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| gross =
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Kadaisi Bench Karthi ({{translation|Last Bench Karthi}}) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Ravi Bhargavan. The film features Bharath, Ruhani Sharma and Angana Roy. The venture began production in July 2016 and had a theatrical release on 27 October 2017.
Plot
Karthi (Bharath) has a bad notion about women after being duped by one them. Nithya (Ruhani Sharma) who develops a liking for Karthi proposes him and he agrees on one condition which leads to their breakup. The condition and the reasons behind it forms the rest of the story.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Bharath as Karthi
- Ruhani Sharma as Nithya
- Angana Roy as Divya
- Ravi Mariya as "Love" Guru
- G. Gnanasambandam as Nithya's father
- Kasi Viswanath as Karthi's father
- Surekha Vani as Karthi's mother
- Shana
- Gayathri
- Shravani
- Vinoth Kumar as Karthi's Friend
}}
Production
Director Ravi Bhargavan decided to collaborate with actor Bharath for a film in July 2016, with the film being launched later that month.{{Cite web|url=http://www.woodsdeck.com/stories/3997-actor-bharath-s-kadasi-bench-karthi-kbk-movie-launch-stills|title=Actor Bharath's Kadasi Bench Karthi (KBK) Movie Launch Stills|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015075453/http://www.woodsdeck.com/stories/3997-actor-bharath-s-kadasi-bench-karthi-kbk-movie-launch-stills|url-status=live}} Punjabi model, Ruhani Sharma, was brought in to portray one of the film's lead actresses in July 2016. The shot primarily in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and some portions in Amalapuram. Ruhani Sharma finished filming for her scenes in mid-August 2016, with the team holding a photoshoot with the lead actors to mark the end of her portion in the film.{{cite web | url=http://www.ghaintpunjab.com/ruhani-sharma/ | title=Punjabi Model Ruhani Sharma Turns Actress with This Movie! | access-date=22 October 2016 | archive-date=22 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022223313/http://www.ghaintpunjab.com/ruhani-sharma/ | url-status=live }} Angana Roy joined the sets of the film in August 2016, and revealed that the film was a bilingual and all the artistes had committed double call sheets to work day and night.{{Cite web|url = http://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/news/2016/angana-roy-all-set-to-amp-up-the-oomph-factor-in-bharath-s-next-film/upcoming-films-pf180802-238312.html|title = Angana Roy is All Set to Amp up the Oomph Factor in Bharath's 'Kadisi Bench Karthik'|date = 22 August 2016|access-date = 22 October 2016|archive-date = 23 October 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161023050545/http://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/news/2016/angana-roy-all-set-to-amp-up-the-oomph-factor-in-bharath-s-next-film/upcoming-films-pf180802-238312.html|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinemaplusnews.com/news/bharath-back-bench/|title=Bharath in 'back bench'|date=31 July 2016|access-date=22 October 2016|archive-date=22 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022221320/http://www.cinemaplusnews.com/news/bharath-back-bench/|url-status=live}}
Soundtrack
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| name = Kadaisi Bench Karthi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Anbu Rajesh
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| border = yes
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| released = 27 January 2017
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| genre = Film soundtrack
| length = 13:47
| language = Tamil
| label = New Music
| producer =
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The film's music was composed by Anbu Rajesh. The soundtrack was released by New Music by film-maker S. S. Rajamouli, who attended as the chief guest on 27 January 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/feb/23/love-villain--technology-in-kadaisi-bench-karthi-1573616.html|title=Love, villain & technology in kadaisi bench Karthi|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222929/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/feb/23/love-villain--technology-in-kadaisi-bench-karthi-1573616.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/kadisi-bench-karthi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1205443663|title=Kadisi Bench Karthi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP by Anbu Rajesh|website=iTunes|date=27 January 2017|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204172622/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kadisi-bench-karthi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1205443663|url-status=live}}
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 13:47
| title1 = Adam Pidipan
| lyrics1 = Kalaikumar
| extra1 = Kamalaja
| length1 = 3:56
| title2 = Jingadi Jingadi
| lyrics2 = Raghunath
| extra2 = Mahalingam
| length2 = 3:33
| title3 = Kannadi Poovai
| lyrics3 = Kalaikumar
| extra3 = Jagadeesh
| length3 = 3:04
| title4 = Unthan Kannil
| lyrics4 = Annamalai
| extra4 = Nincy
| length4 = 3:27
| title5 = Lovela Kikkuilla
| lyrics5 = R. Ravishankar
| extra5 = Yogishekhar
| length5 = 3:36
}}
Release
The film was initially set for release on 6 October 2017 but was delayed following a theatre strike against new taxes in Tamil Nadu.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/oct/06/seven-tamil-films-not-released-in-protest-against-local-body-tax-1667810.html|title=Seven Tamil films not released in protest against local body tax|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222931/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/oct/06/seven-tamil-films-not-released-in-protest-against-local-body-tax-1667810.html|url-status=live}} The film subsequently had a low profile release across Tamil Nadu on 27 October 2017, alongside another film, Kalathur Gramam (2017).
A critic from The New Indian Express gave the film a negative review, stating "there’s almost nothing positive about this film, which, to double the misery, is a bilingual" and that "it’s just about a truckload of issues that will make you laugh for the wrong reasons".{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2017/oct/27/kadaisi-bench-karthi-one-for-your-spam-folder-1685087.html|title=Kadaisi bench Karthi: One for your spam folder|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=5 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202705/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2017/oct/27/kadaisi-bench-karthi-one-for-your-spam-folder-1685087.html|url-status=live}} Another critic from Tamil Nadu Central added "Kadaisi Bench Karthi is so stale that you wonder what made Bharath agree to do this film", adding "the film had no big promotions and there is hardly anyone in the theatre to hoot or cheer" and that the film "is bound to be at the ‘kadaisi bench’ itself".{{Cite web |url=http://www.tamilnaducentral.com/2017/10/28/kadaisi-bench-karthi-review-stale-stuff/ |title=Kadaisi Bench Karthi review: Stale stuff - tamilnadu central |access-date=12 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224044128/http://www.tamilnaducentral.com/2017/10/28/kadaisi-bench-karthi-review-stale-stuff/ |archive-date=24 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}
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