Cuckoo

Cuckoo (2014)

குக்கூ

Visually-challenged Tamizh and Suthanthirakodi fall in love with each other, but her self-centred brother wants to marry her off to his friend, which leads to the lovers' separation. Can their love help them find each other?

Date of release
2014-03-21
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 42m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
Raju Murugan

Casting

Interesting facts

Cuckoo is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Raju Murugan in his directorial debut, produced by Fox Star Studios. The film stars Dinesh and Malvika Nair as a visually challenged pair, while Aadukalam Murugadoss plays a pivotal role.

Production

Cuckoo is the directorial debut of Raju Murugan, who previously worked as a journalist for the Ananda Vikatan magazine. During the course of his work documenting several interesting people in real life, he came across a visually challenged person named Thamizh who used to tell the story of his life and his lover, who was also blind.

After joining as an assistant director to N. Lingusamy in Bheemaa (2008) and Paiyaa (2010), Murugan then worked on the story based on the idea he had in mind and developed the complete script. He then presented it to S. Shankar, who though impressed by the idea, could not back the project due to his commitments with I (2015).

Murugan initially wanted to work with new actors, but then abandoned the idea to select some notable actors. Dinesh was then chosen to play the character Tamizh, as Murugan liked his performance in Attakathi (2012); Dinesh was very keen to do the film when Murugan narrated the script. Nandita Swetha who previously paired with him in Attakathi, was initially selected to portrary the character of Sudhanthirakodi.

Both Dinesh and Malvika had attended a workshop for 2–3 months where the two lead actors were made to interact with the original couple and also with a group of visually challenged individuals to study their mannerisms and understanding their life. Murugan noted that both the actors quickly learnt their nuances and mannerisms and day-to-day activities of visually challenged couple. Dinesh noted it as a challenging role he played in his career.

Two visually challenged actors—Elango, an M. Phil graduate and Nandini, a student—played the role of the lead characters' friends; Murugan said that their performances "surpassed all expectations". A number of real-life visually challenged actors were cast in the film, which he described it a learning experience and felt them to be "tough, resilient and cheerful" and were "natural actors who perform almost effortlessly".

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