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'''''Kalathur Gramam''''' ({{littranslation|Kalathur Village}}) is a [[2017 in film|2017]]Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language]] Indian[[action drama film]] directed by Saran K Adwaithan, starring [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]] and [[Yagna Shetty]] in lead roles with [[Tarun Shatriya]] in important roles.<ref name=location>{{cite news|title=தினமலர் முன்னோட்டம் - களத்தூர் கிராமம்|url=httphttps://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil_cinema_fullstory.php?id=1680&ta=|accessdateaccess-date=16 May 2017|publisher=[[Dinamalar]]|date=22 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=இளையராஜாவுடன் இணையும் மதன் கார்க்கி|url=http://cinema.nakkheeran.in/Talkies.aspx?T=3742|accessdateaccess-date=16 May 2017|publisher=[[Nakkeeran]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=களத்தூர் கிராமம்|url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/Preview/2017/03/28120308/1076517/Kalathur-Gramam.vpf|accessdateaccess-date=16 May 2017|publisher=[[Maalai malar]]|date=28 March 2017}}</ref>

'''''Kalathur Gramam''''' is a period film of genre 'Action-Drama' covering 3 decades of the 70s-80s-90s. The film narrates an era of dispute between a father and son, also portrays the life happenings in a village '[[Kalathur]] Gramam' which is locateddramatized nearas Pattukkottai,it Thanjavuris districtlocated ofin between Tamil Nadu - Andhra Pradesh border.

*[[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]] as Kedathirukka

Producer Avudaithai Ramamoorthy bank rolled the project under her banner A.R. Movie Paradise. Kannada actress [[Yagna Shetty]] was signed as the leading actress. Actor [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Shooting with the stars|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/shooting-with-the-stars/article7692430.ece|accessdateaccess-date=16 May 2017|publisherwork=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 September 2015}}</ref> [[Tarun Shatriya]] and [[Ajay Rathnam]] also joined the cast. On signing [[Ilaiyaraaja]] as music director, film director Saran said, "While I was writing the script, which is set in the backdrop of a dry and barren land, I thought only Raaja sir would do justice to the film and informed my producer and we narrated the script to Raaja sir – he liked it and agreed to be a part of it, if we adhered to certain conditions". Actor Kishore is sporting two entirely different looks in the film that spans the time frame between the 80s to 2000.<ref name="Kishore">{{cite news|url=http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/deccan+chronicle-epaper-deccanch/ilaiyaraaja+roped+in+for+a+rural+subject-newsid-65438259|title=Ilaiyaraaja roped in for a rural subject|publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|accessdateaccess-date=16 May 2017}}</ref> The first schedule of the film was completed in [[Thoothukudi]], while the remaining portions was completed in [[Chennai]].<ref name=location />

Music composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tamilmusiq |title=Kalathur Gramam |url=http://tamilmusiq.cc/Movie/Kalathur+Gramam |website=Tamilmusiq |accessdateaccess-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>

| lyrics1 = Ilaiyaraaja

| extra2 = VasudevanAala, allaVasudevan

| lyrics2 = Kanmani Subbu

[[The Indian Express]] wrote that even though the film is blessed with performances that are rooted and intense, the film is not in the league of ''[[Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru]]'' or ''[[Maanagaram]]'', but acts as a reminder to every cinema lover once in a while, not to keep an idea on films based on its star cast. They also mentioned that the film have its finer moments even though it has its part of clichés and appreciated editor [[Suresh Urs]] and music director [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Aiyappan|first1=Ashameera|title=Kalathur Gramam movie review: Kishore-Yagna Shetty film springs a few surprises|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/kalathur-gramam-movie-review-kishore-yagna-shetty-star-rating-4910954/|accessdateaccess-date=28 October 2017|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|date=28 October 2017}}</ref> Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote "The fault is in the writing, which takes a perfectly fine (if clichéd) story of friendship and revenge and needlessly ties it up in knots, with a narrative that goes back and forth in time".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/kalathur-gramam-movie-review | title=Kalathur Gramam Movie Review | date=2 November 2017 }}</ref>

[[Category:Indian action drama films]]

[[Category:TamilFilms film scoresscored by Ilaiyaraaja]]