{{short description|2011 Telugu and Tamil film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Keratam | image = Keratam poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Gautham Patnaik<br />R. N. Saran | producer = S. V. Babu | writer = | starring = Siddharth Rajkumar<br />Aishwarya Devan<br />Rakul Preet Singh | cinematography = A. Venkatesh | editing = Suresh Urs | music = Joshua Sridhar | studio = SV Productions | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=y|2011|08|26}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Telugu<br />Tamil | budget = }} '''''Keratam''''' ({{Translation|Wave}}) is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age drama film directed by Gautham Patnaik and produced by S. V. Babu. The film was simultaneously made in Tamil as '''''Yuvan''''' by director R. N. Saran. The film stars Siddharth Rajkumar, Aishwarya Devan and Rakul Preet Singh in the lead roles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/itsy-bitsy/article2330555.ece|title=Itsy Bitsy|first=Nikhil|last=Raghavan|date=6 August 2011|website=The Hindu}}</ref> A remake of the Kannada film ''Jhossh'' (2009), the films featured music composed by Joshua Sridhar and were released in August 2011. The bilingual version had Aishwarya Devan and Rakul Preet Singh making her Telugu and Tamil language debuts respectively.
== Plot == Siddhartha "Siddhu" / Bala is the son of an honest government employee, who has seven friends and lives a happy life. Siddhu / Bala and his friends complete their HSE and join the college. As they grew up, Siddhu develops feelings towards Geetha / Meena. Siddhu / Bala clashes with a senior student called "Robo" due to Robo teasing and harassing Geetha / Meena. During a fight with Robo, Geetha / Meena and Siddhu / Bala's parents learn about their feelings.
The friends warn Siddhu / Bala to forget his love and concentrate on his career, but Siddhu / Bala ignores them. They desert him and Geetha / Meena also listens to her parents and decides to concentrate on studies and becomes a doctor. At this juncture, Siddhu's father retires and agrees to pay the money as a bribe to get a government job for Siddhu / Bala. However, Siddhu / Bala fails to turn up to the interview and loses the job. Siddhu / Bala behaves harshly with his father, which leads Siddhu / Bala to be thrown out of the house.
Siddhu / Bala falls in love with Sangeetha / Meera and proposes to her, but Sangeetha / Meera rejects him, and Siddhu / Bala realizes his mistake for abandoning his career as his love is infatuation. Siddhu / Bala learns that his friends have become best achievers and are invited to their college function. Siddhu / Bala arrives at the stage and tells the speech about not to become like him and also promises his parents that he will take care of them. The friends reconcile with Siddhu / Bala and encourage him to achieve something in life.
==Cast== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Cast (Telugu) !Cast (Tamil) !Role (Telugu) !Role (Tamil) |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Siddharth Rajkumar ||style="text-align:center;"|Siddharth "Siddhu" ||style="text-align:center;"| Bala |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Aishwarya Devan || style="text-align:center;"|Geetha ||style="text-align:center;"|Meena |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Rakul Preet Singh || style="text-align:center;"|Sangeetha || style="text-align:center;"|Meera |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Yamuna || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Sharadhamma{{efn|Full name only mentioned in Tamil version.}} |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao || style="text-align:center;"|Siddhu's father ||style="text-align:center;"|Bala's father |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Srinath || style="text-align:center;"| Geetha's father ||style="text-align:center;"| Meena's father |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Kavitha || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Lakshmi{{efn|Full name only mentioned in Telugu version.}} |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Suman ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Ravishankar |- |style="text-align:center;"|Venu Madhav ||style="text-align:center;"|Lollu Sabha Jeeva ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| PT Teacher |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Pandu || style="text-align:center;"|Bikshapati || style="text-align:center;"|Avudaiyappan |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|Livingston || style="text-align:center;"|Mohan Rao || style="text-align:center;"|Jeevanantham |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| All Ok || style="text-align:center;"| Alok || style="text-align:center;"| Bunty |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Sihi Kahi Chandru ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| College Principal |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Robot Ganesh ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Robo |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ''Papa Pandu'' Chidanand ||colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| College Lecturer |- |colspan="2"style="text-align:center;"|R. G. Vijayasarathy || style="text-align:center;"|Alok's father ||style="text-align:center;"|Bunty's father |- |}
==Production== A remake of the Kannada film ''Jhossh'' (2009), the bilingual Telugu and Tamil project was launched by Kannada producer S. V. Babu. It marked the acting debut of Siddharth Rajkumar, a nephew of actor Krishnam Raju and a cousin of Prabhas.<ref name="T">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/Big-debut-for-Prabhass-cousin/articleshow/8460863.cms|title=Big debut for Prabhas's cousin|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The film also marked the debut of actresses Rakul Preet Singh and Aishwarya Devan in the Tamil and Telugu film industries, and it became the first project the actresses had signed in either language.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/meet-rakul-preet-singh-imagegallery-2-kollywood-lm1kT3hidaesi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009234602/https://www.sify.com/movies/meet-rakul-preet-singh-imagegallery-2-kollywood-lm1kT3hidaesi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2019|title=Meet Rakul Preet Singh|work=Sify}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/miss-india-finalist-rakul-debuts-in-tollywood-11377/|title=Miss India finalist Rakul debuts in Tollywood|date=3 June 2011|website=Bollywood Life}}</ref> According to Siddharth Rajkumar, a Malayalam version was also planned.<ref name="T"/>
The Telugu version of the film was directed by Gautham Patnaik, the brother of renowned music composer R. P. Patnaik. The director of the original Kannada film, Shivamani, was approached to make the Tamil version but his refusal meant that newcomer R. N. Saran worked on the project.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/shivamani-to-reprise-bell-bottom-role-in-tamil/articleshow/68821956.cms|title=Shivamani to reprise Bell Bottom role in Tamil|website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> Both versions of the film had been shot in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Goa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Entertainer-with-a-message/article13907224.ece|title=Entertainer with a message|first=M. L.|last=Narasimham|date=28 May 2011|website=The Hindu}}</ref> A song for both versions of the film (titled "Nidure Chedire" in Telugu and "Kan Paartha Neram" in Tamil) was shot in a secluded area of Goa, where the team of ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' (1981) had earlier shot.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Production for the film was completed by June 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/keratam-siddharth-rajkumar-s-next-news-news-lgumKRfhjhfsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010033054/https://www.sify.com/movies/keratam-siddharth-rajkumar-s-next-news-news-lgumKRfhjhfsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-10-10|title=Keratam, Siddharth Rajkumar's next|website=Sify }}</ref>
== Soundtrack == Songs composed by Joshua Sridhar. The song "Thanthane Thananthane" from the original was reused as "Nee Navvula" / "Kan Paartha Neram". ;''Keratam''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil-ta/album/Keratam-songs-A0002789|title=Keratam Songs Download, Keratam Tamil MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Tamil Songs|website=www.raaga.com}}</ref> *"Sometimes Nelapaina" - Vijay Prakash, SuVi, Vijay Narayan, Rita *"Saadhyamena" - Karthik, Shweta Mohan *"Hey! Oka Merupai" - Benny Dayal *"Vayase Nidura" - Naresh Iyer, Padmapriya *"Nidure Chedire" - Karthik *"Fashion Show" - Vijay Narayan, Rita *"Nee Navvula" - Deepu, Gayathri
;''Yuvan''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mio.to/album/Yuvan+%282011%29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101185533/http://mio.to/album/Yuvan+%282011%29 | archive-date=1 January 2015 | title=MusicIndiaOnline - Indian Music for Free! }}</ref> Lyrics by Viveka and Kabilan. *"Thear Ival Eval Kattumum" - Benny Dayal *"Vanmegam Enn Vazhili" - Karthik, Shweta Menon *"Nilave Naanum" - Naresh Iyer, Padmapriya *"Kan Paartha Neram" - Karthik *"Fashion Show" - Vijay Narayan, Rita *"Nizhalum Tholaivil" - Karthik *"Sollu Petchu Ketka" - Vijay Prakash, Rita, Vijay Narayan
==Reception== Regarding the Telugu version, a reviewer from ''The Hindu'' noting that "The film has been handled well but is very formulaic."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/a-teenagers-angst/article2403240.ece|title=A teenager's angst|website=The Hindu|date=27 August 2011|last1=Chowdhary|first1=Y. Sunita}}</ref> Regarding the Tamil version, a critic from ''Dinamalar'' praised the film's intent while calling the film's comedy scenes a minus point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/movie-review/627/Yuvan/|title = யுவன் - விமர்சனம்|work=Dinamalar|language=ta}}</ref>
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