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MUMBAI:
Kaana Kaanum Kaalangal; a series on school life, which airs
Monday - Thursday at 8pm gave the viewers an alternate viewing breaking
the pattern of the melodrama; has created a phenomenon with a huge
fan following among the youth and the elderly alike. Set against
a school drop this serial revolves around the adolescent lives of
Bala (Shiva), Joe (Balaji), Pandi (Lingesh), Pachai (Madhu), Raghavi
(Hemalatha), Vineet (Irfan), Krish (Hari), Sanghavi (Monisha), Unni
(Iyappan), Rishi (Stalin), Sis Saraswathi (Preethi); split into
two groups the rivalry between the 2 groups and the ensuing conflicts
form the crux of the story.
While the youth can identify and relate to the characters on screen
like Vineet, Raghavi, Bala, Pandi, Joe etc., and the elders on the
other hand watch the show to reminiscence their school days and
get to know their kids better.
 Healthy
competition, fights, jealousy, friendship is common to any student's
life; these emotions have been beautifully portrayed in Prabhu Kanna's
direction with casual & lively dialogues and gripping screenplay.
The title track of KKK which is an household anthem now was composed
by the renowned music director Vijay Anthony; which is also the
mobile ringtone of many young fans. This show produced by Timeframes
on behalf of Vijay TV; is the only show that has proven a hit with
new faces as its cast. The audience of the show feel that this serial
is like watching a blockbuster film on television.
 Launched
in October, 2006 the series completed its 100th episode in June,
2007 which was marked with a special episode as the kids traveled
back in time to the days of Gurukul. As part of the 100th episode
celebrations; a LIVE chat with the KKK team was organized on indya.com
in which the die hard fans of the show got a chat to interact with
them. The carnival organized in June 20007 was a huge success which
witnessed more than thousands of eager fans flocking the grounds
to catch a glimpse of their stars. The fans has the names of their
favorite character painted on their faces and their joy knew no
bounds when they met their KKK stars.
Now, that the current batch has been promoted to twelfth standard,
the auditions for new faces was announced. Over 5000 eager applicants
sent in their resume to be a part of this curriculum. The applicants
were screened over three months and 225 were selected for the first
level of auditions. Following this the Director of the serial, Prabhu
Kanna along with Ravi Raja (Head of the Department of Directors',
DFT) filtered only 11, based on the individual's acting skills and
looks. Poornima, Vaishnavi, Haritha, Dinesh, Ravikumar, Sarath Chander,
Ramesh, Kiran, Sriram and Ragavendra are the fresh faces chosen
to act in the next season of Kanaa Kaanum Kaalangal.
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