Kaakha Kaakha

Kaakha Kaakha (2003)

காக்க காக்க

An episode in a Police officer’s life

After a police team kills his brother, a drug-dealing gangster vows to kill the entire team and their respective families.

Date of release
2003-08-01
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (40)
Runtime
2h 31m
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Action
Director
Gautham Vasudev Menon

Casting

Interesting facts

Kaakha Kaakha is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Suriya, Jyothika and Jeevan, with Daniel Balaji, Vivek Anand, Devadarshini, Sethu Rajan and Yog Japee in supporting roles. It follows a unit of police officers whose lives are threatened by a gangster whose brother they had previously killed.

Production

Gautham Vasudev Menon revealed that he was inspired to make Kaakha Kaakha after reading articles about encounter specialists. The film was initially titled Paathi (transl. Half), and then Kalam (transl. Field) before the team opted for Kaakha Kaakha, a line from Kanda Shasti Kavasam, a devotional song. Many producers refused to finance the film as they could not agree on the budget fixed by Menon; it was Kalaipuli S. Thanu who finally did so.

Jyothika was cast as the lead actress even before the lead actor had been finalised. Menon approached R. Madhavan for that role, but the actor felt he could not convincingly play an encounter specialist. Ajith Kumar and Vikram were also approached, but were reluctant to play a police officer at the time. Vijay declined as he wanted a complete script, whereas Menon decided to finalise the climax only during filming.

Menon did a rehearsal of the script with the actors, a costume trial with Jyothika and then enrolled Suriya in a commando training school before beginning production, which he described as a "very planned shoot". To prepare for the role, Suriya met two actual police officers Vijayakumar and Shailendra Babu who discussed their encounter experiences.

Anthony was initially hired to edit only the song "Ennai Konjam" for the film's audio launch. After being impressed with his work, Menon made him the film's main editor. It was also Anthony's idea to begin the film in a nonlinear manner; the scene of the lead character being shot was originally intended as "pre-climax" before it became the opening scene.

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