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{{short description|2001 film by Azhagam Perumal}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Dumm Dumm Dumm
| image = Dumm Dumm Dumm.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Azhagam Perumal]]
| writer = [[Mani Ratnam]] [[R. Selvaraj (screenwriter)|R. Selvaraj]] [[Azhagam Perumal]]
| starring = [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] [[Jyothika]]
| producer = [[Mani Ratnam]] [[G. Srinivasan (producer)|G. Srinivasan]]
| music = [[Karthik Raja]]
| cinematography = [[Ramji (cinematographer)|Ramji]]
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad|Sreekar Prasad]]
| studio = [[Madras Talkies]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2001|4|13}}
| runtime = 151 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Dumm Dumm Dumm''''' ({{trans|Wedding bells}}) is a 2001 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film co-written and directed by [[Azhagam Perumal]] and produced by director [[Mani Ratnam]] under his home studio, [[Madras Talkies]]. It stars [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] and [[Jyothika]], with [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]], [[Manivannan]] and [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] portraying other pivotal roles. The film featured cinematography by [[Ramji (cinematographer)|Ramji]], editing by [[A. Sreekar Prasad|Sreekar Prasad]] and music composed by [[Karthik Raja]].<ref>http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jan/11mad.htm</ref>

The story revolves around an unhappy groom and bride forced into a wedding. The groom backs away because he is reluctant to give up his life of wine and women in the city while the bride is unwilling because she wants to pursue an Engineering degree. The two draw up a few plans to stop the wedding, but they fizzle out. Just when they begin to think that their getting together may not be too bad an idea after all, a real fight stops the wedding; how they reunite forms the crux of the plot.

The film opened on 13 April 2001 to positive reviews from critics and went on to become a hit at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2001/12/28/stories/2001122801200100.htm |title=Memorable flicks that made it big |date=2001-12-28 |access-date=2013-06-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109110106/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2001/12/28/stories/2001122801200100.htm |archive-date=9 November 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |df=dmy }}</ref>

== Plot ==
Ganga ([[Jyothika]]) lives in a small village in [[Thenkasi]] district and yet secures state second rank in XII board exams. Although she wishes to pursue civil engineering, her father Veluthambi ([[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]) plans to get her married to young Lawyer Adhithya aka Adhi ([[R. Madhavan]]), who also hails from the same village. The reason for this alliance is that Adhi's rich dad was Veluthambi's former boss who helped him become a rich rice mill owner, and Velu wants to repay the moral debt. Adhi is a fun-loving person who has just completed his law degree and prefers to enjoy his bachelor life and is not interested in marriage.

Adhi comes to the village and meets Ganga trying to convey his feelings. To his surprise, Ganga is also not interested in marriage as she wants to study in [[Chennai]]. Both of them decide to somehow stop the wedding by creating some problem before the wedding, but all their efforts go in vain as both the families get even closer following their plans.

Slowly, Adhi and Ganga start liking each other and decide to get married. However, to their shock, on the day before the wedding, a small quarrel erupts between Veluthambi and Adhi’s father ([[Delhi Kumar]]) while playing cards. Adhi’s father accuses Veluthambi of cheating during the game, which was actually done by Adhi’s relative Dr kathamuthu ([[M. S. Bhaskar]]). Veluthambi retaliates to prove his genuineness. The argument, which started in a funnier tone, gets serious slowly, and immediately, both of the families decide to get the wedding cancelled and in the tussle, Adhi's house servant is stabbed. Ganga's brother-in-law, a government school PT teacher, is blamed for the incident and is arrested.

Ganga is sent to Chennai to pursue engineering and stays with her paternal uncle Sivaji ([[Manivannan]]), who is a leading lawyer by profession. Adhi, who also lives in Chennai, meets Ganga, and they both now plan to get the cancelled wedding re-arranged again by their families. Adhi comes in place of his friend Jim ([[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]) as a junior lawyer to assist Sivaji, thereby meeting Ganga everyday. Sivaji finds that Adhi has not come as a junior and instead for some other reason. However, he misunderstands that Adhi is in love with his own daughter and fears that his daughter might elope with Adhi someday. Adhi appears as lawyer for Veluthambi's son-in-law, and saves him based on lack of evidence.

Finally, Adhi’s father understands that Veluthambi was innocent and apologizes to him. Adhi and Ganga are united in the end.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] as Adhitya/Adhi
* [[Jyothika]] as Ganga Veluthambi
* [[Manivannan]] as Sivaji
* [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Jim
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as Veluthambi
* [[V. K. Ramaswamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Ganga's grandfather
* [[Delhi Kumar]] as Adhi's father
* [[Kalairani]] as Adhi's mother
* [[Chinni Jayanth]] as Sivaji's client
* [[Gowtham Sundararajan]] as Ganga's brother-in-law
* [[M. S. Bhaskar]] as Adhi's relative
* [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]] as Pattamma
* [[Richa Ahuja]] as Asha
* [[Vaiyapuri]] as Saami
* Sridhar as Shree
* [[Shanthi Williams]] as Sivaji's wife
*[[S. N. Parvathy]] as Ganga's grandmother
*[[Preetha]] as Sivaji's daughter
{{colend}}

== Production ==
[[Mani Ratnam]] chose his assistant [[Azhagam Perumal]] to direct a film for his production studio, [[Madras Talkies]] in late 2000 and the pair worked on a screenplay together. Azhagam Perumal had earlier begun two projects, ''Mudhal Mudhalaaga'' in 1998 and ''[[Udhaya (film)|Udhaya]]'' in 1998, but both films ran into production troubles, so his mentor Mani Ratnam was keen to launch him as a director. The basic plotline of the film was taken from the episode ''Love Story'' from [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]'s 1991 miniseries ''[[Penn (1991 TV series)|Penn]]''.<ref>https://ideallaedi.tumblr.com/post/155253598002/shobana-and-raja-in-love-story-a-short-skit-in-a</ref> While Mani Ratnam worked on writing the film's city portions, Azhagam Perumal wrote the portions set in the village.<ref>http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/apr/24peru.htm</ref> [[R. Madhavan]], who played the lead role in Mani Ratnam's previous project ''[[Alaipayuthey]]'' (2000), was signed on to play the lead role alongside actress [[Jyothika]].<ref>http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/we_rise_fast_fall_fast_jyothika.htm</ref> It was initially reported that Madras Talkies had signed on composer [[Dhina (music director)|Dhina]] to work on the film's soundtrack, but he was later replaced by [[Karthik Raja]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010129085300/http://tamilmovies.com/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?id=968265567</ref><ref>http://www.tfmpage.com/oldnews01.html</ref>

A song sequence was shot at [[Thanjavur Periya Koil]] and became the final film to shoot there until ''[[Kandaen]]'' released in 2011.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020108234446/http://www.screenindia.com/20010406/tamil.html#1</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supergoodmovies.com/17967/kollywood/Kanden-Preview-Preview-Details |title=Kanden — Preview |publisher=Supergoodmovies.com |date=2011-05-17 |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> The film had a premiere on 13 April 2001 at Sathyam Cinemas in aid of the Ability Foundation, an organisation working for the welfare of the disabled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/17/stories/0417401z.htm |title=The Hindu : Premiere for a 'special' purpose |work=The Hindu |date=2001-04-17 |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref>

== Release ==
Upon release, ''Dumm Dumm Dumm'' garnered predominantly positive feedback from critics.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010624215650/http://chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov114.asp</ref> The critic from [[Rediff]].com cited that the film "has what it takes to come up with a box office bonanza" and said that "the real star, though, is director Azhagam Perumal."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/apr/28dum.htm |title=The Rediff Review: Dum Dum Dum |publisher=Rediff |date=2001-04-28 |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> Furthermore, the reviewer praised [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] and [[Jyothika]], the lead pair, as "perfectly cast, and perform as per expectations," whilst labeling that [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] delivered a "measured performance." ''[[The Hindu]]'''s verdict was that the film was "a neat entertainer that seems to lose focus on and off," whilst drawing particular praise for the performance of the leading actors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/04/20/stories/09200223.htm |title=The Hindu : Film Review: ''Dumm...Dumm...Dumm...'' |work=The Hindu |date=2001-04-20 |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> ''New Straits Times'' wrote "Dumm Dumm Dumm is a surprisingly good effort from a new director and one suspects Maniratnam had a close hand in guiding him".<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=20010421&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref> Likewise, a reviewer from [[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] noted "Azhagam Perumal has shown a good grasp of the medium and the ability to finely blend the rustic charm and city slickness in a love story extracting fine performance from the lead pair, Madhavan and Jyothika."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20011119152743/http://www.screenindia.com/20010427/tamil3.html</ref>

The film went on to become a commercially successful venture at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/18/stories/2002091800310200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030701114213/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/18/stories/2002091800310200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-07-01 |title=Runaway success? |date=2002-09-18 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> Subsequently, the film was later dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Dum Dum Dum''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-dumdumdum.html |title=Telugu Cinema — Review — Dum Dum Dum |publisher=Idlebrain.com |date=2001-09-21 |access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> It subsequently was awarded with several [[Cinema Express Awards]] and was the most awarded film at the award function with [[Karthik Raja]] winning Best Tamil Music Director Award for his work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/oct/15meera.htm |title=rediff.com, Movies: Meena wins award for best actress |work=Rediff.com |date=2001-10-15 |access-date=2012-12-06}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Dumm Dumm Dumm
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Karthik Raja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 16 February 2001
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[Sa Re Ga Ma]] Cee (I) TV Audio
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Ullam Kollai Poguthae]]
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = [[Mitr, My Friend]]
| next_year = 2001
}}
The soundtrack features six songs composed by [[Karthik Raja]].<ref>https://gaana.com/album/dumm-dumm-dumm-tamil-0</ref> The lyrics were penned by [[Na. Muthukumar]], [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] and [[Pa. Vijay]].
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
|-
! Song title !! Singers !! [[Raga]]
|-
| "Desingu Raja" || [[Harish Raghavendra]] [[Sujatha Mohan]]
|-
| "Suttrum Bhoomi" || [[Harini (singer)|Harini]] Sri Madhumitha
|-
| "Un Perai Sonnale" || [[P. Unnikrishnan|Unnikrishnan]] [[Sadhana Sargam]]
|-
| "Ragasiyamai" || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] [[Sadhana Sargam]] Ramanathan || [[Ragamalika]] ([[Malayamarutham]], [[Chakravagam]])
|-
| "Krishna Krishna" || [[Harish Raghavendra]] [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]] [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]] Febi Mani
|-
| "Athan Varuvaga" || [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]] [[Malgudi Subha]] [[Harini (singer)|Harini]] [[Chitra Iyer|Chitra Sivaraman]] [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
|-
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0386422|title=Dumm Dumm Dumm}}

{{Madras Talkies}}

[[Category:2001 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films about Indian weddings]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2001 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2001 romantic comedy films]]

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