The problem of mananimal conflict, a much discussed issue in recent years, forms the subject matter. Kumki takes place in a hilly village called aadhi kaadu where a notorious wild elephant, which goes by the name komban, has been causing ruckus for many years. After the critically acclaimed mynaa, filmmaker prabhu solomon returns with an equally uplifting film, in which an elephant plays the eponymous character. Kumki the story of an elephant and his mahout tamil. Kumki is an intense love story of an elephant trainer set in a forest. Kumki kumki is the tamil indian name for a captive and trained indian elephant. Kumki is common word used in india for trained elephants. Making of the movie kumki, prabhu solomon, kumki shooting spot, thirupathi brothers kumki, studio green presents kumki, vikram prabhu. Kumki 2 is taken as the continuation of the first part whereas the same title is given since it has the storyline with elephant and prabhu solomon mentioned that the script is not similar to kumki. Due to certain circumstances, they find themselves in a remote village protecting the villagers from a wild heard of elephants.
Prabhu solomons one more journey with elephant prabhu solomon who gave a hit film kumki which had vikram prabhu and lakshmi menon. Vikram prabhu, lakshmi menon situation behind this song is as follows, hero has come to the village on some compulsion of his personal situation. The lead pair vikram prabhu and lakshmi menon have portrayed pleasantly. The story starts in a village dominated by old principles. Kumki elephants are trained wild elephants which are used to capture, calm down wild elephants.
Bomman vikram prabhu is a the protagonist and he is having a pet elephant manickam. But he becomes a love stuck mahout when he saw alli lakshmi menon. The story revolves around a mahout portrayed by mathiyazhagan and his trained elephant named unnikrishnan. A wild elephant, which appears as a character in the story, is depicted as the. Many movies related to kumki elephants have been released in the tamil film industry, such. Coimbatore gets kumki elephant the forest department has sanctioned a new kumki elephant for coimbatore district. The term may be more specifically applied to trained female elephants used as decoys. Kumki, the debut film of vikram prabhu in prabhu solomon.
While madhiyazhagan is the lead protagonist, the heroine is yet to be finalised. Manickam, the elephant, is seen throughout the film, and in true intrepid. A kumki elephant always wins the battle of the nerves. Though manickam is not a kumki elephant used to train or drive away wild elephants, they stay on after bomman falls in love with the village. Making of the movie kumki, prabhu solomon, kumki shooting spot, thirupathi brothers kumki, studio green presents kumki, vikram prabhu, lakhsmi menon, music d. Mission kumki begins along palakkad border palakkad. However, he says that he has retained only the title because the film has an elephant in the central character. Forest officers did not help to resolve this issue and hence their leader decides to bring a kumki elephant to fight with komban. Trained elephant is a 2012 tamil musical adventure romantic drama film written and directed by prabhu solomon.
After the super hit film mynaa, prabhu solomon has directed the film titled kumki since mynaa was a hit film, there are lots of expectations among people about kumki seeing the trailer and song sequences of this film, the distributors who felt that this film will be a super duper hit are already at the doors of producer lingusamy to acquire its rights. The story revolves around a mahout portrayed by vikram and his trained elephant. From bringing down huts to destroying the plantation, the elephant eventually goes to the extent of trampling a villager. Whenever a wild and a kumki comes face to face, the wild one, especially if it is a bull, will be the first to back off, veluri said. The movie has thambi ramaiah making you laugh almost in every scene he is seen. Trained elephant is a 2012 tamil musical adventure romantic drama film. The people face problems with an rogue elephant komban. Directior prabhu solomon knows the pulse of the audience and kumki is yet another feather to his cap. Khaleem was captured in 1972 from sathyamangalam forests at the age of seven and trained as a kumki elephant. Kumki 2 based on boyelephant bond deccan chronicle. He is the son of actor prabhu ganesan and grandson of the actor sivaji ganesan.
Actor madhi azhagan is introduced as a lead in this movie whereas the heroine of the movie is yet to be finalized. Kumki elephant kumki or koomkie is a term used in india for trained captive asian elephants used in operations to trap wild elephants. The movie marks the debut of vikram prabhu the story revolves around a mahout portrayed by vikram and his trained kumki elephant, which are used to guide wild elephants back to the forest to minimize the destruction of. Kumkis are used for capturing, calming and herding wild elephants or to lead wild elephants away in conflict situations. For kumki, his debut film, he had to spent time at an elephant training camp in order to prepare for the role. The word has its origin from persian language word kumak which means aid or help. The kumki elephants are like lighthouses, used to guide wild elephants back to the forest to minimise the destruction to properties and fields of nearby villages. Kumkionnum puriyala song lyrics and english translation. Kumki 2012 hindi dual audio 650mb uncut hdrip 720p hevc. Bomman vikram prabhu a mahout and his pet elephant manickam make a living out of performing in temples and film shootings. Kumki 2 is an upcoming tamil adventure film directed by prabhu solomon.
It is a sequel of his 2012 film of the same name, which was a success. Listen to tusker chinna thambis travails elephants. Kumki an elephant specialised in training wild elephants deputed to tame chinna thambi, a wild tusker, has been charmed and wooed by the latter. The poor 25yearold was only trying to maneuver his portly frame through the narrow alleyways of a village near pollachi, tamil nadu. Sujoy, a 32yearold male elephant currently at the mudhumalai tiger reserve, will be sent to the kumki elephant camp at chadivayal at the foothills of. Kumki is a 2012 tamil romantic drama film directed by prabhu solomon. Kumki 2 is an emotional story about the bond between an elephant and its caretaker. In the process, manickam, the kumki, is brought to the village to shoo away komban the black beast or karutha pisasu, as they call him. Kumki, the debut film of vikram prabhu in prabhu solomon s direction released in 2012, was a sleeper hit which was also applauded for its making style and music. Director prabhu solomons kumki was a big success, that gave the break for vikram prabhu and lakshmi menon in the year 2012. Several animal activists have appealed against this training system. Tamil television news channels have been airing since tuesday morning the live visuals of the wild elephant chinna thambi and the kumki with a famous bollywood number yeh dosti hum nahee chorengein. A fairy tale love between an elephant and wild tusker. Kumki the story of an elephant and his mahout tamilsouth indian film may 9, 20 although i am against cruelty to elephants in any form, i have to admit i simply loved the tamil picture kumki the storyline of which is that of a mahout who grows older along with his pet elephant.
But all it took was a man with a smartphone to make a video of chinnathambis sojourn with the song marana mass as the background music and voila. Meet kumki tamil movie actor, actress, director, producer and singers. Tn villagers, activists win freedom for wild elephant. Hes known for his roles bomman in kumki and arun in idhu enna maayam. Kumki, dharmadurai and now arjun reddy arjun reddy has been one of the most talked about film in the indian film industry now. Long back an entire town came together to write a petition to the district collector to drop the plan to make chinna thambi, a kumki, ie me. Bomman and his crew reach the village as placeholders to stay for a couple of days until the real mahout and kumki elephant arrive the villagers dont know this. A simple storyline with a series of powerpacked performances, the film revolves around a mahout, played by vikram, his trained kumki elephant and his ladylove. It is widely used by elephant trainers mahouts from bengal to tamil nadu. He is assisted by his uncle thambi ramaiah a drunkard. Kaleem, the celebrity kumki elephant, has begun its latest journey to tame a wild jumbo that is raiding the agricultural fields abutting the thevaram reserve forest in theni district.
Kumki 2 movie features mathiyazhagan who makes his debut as the lead hero, nivetha pethuraj, rj balaji, suzanne, and kolangal fame thiruselvam. Vikram prabhu, lakshmi menon, thambi ramaiah and asvin raja. Its been a longtime since a movie on elephant and human friendship was seen in tamil cinema. T o give him his due, it wasnt really chinnathambis intention to become an internet rage. Prabhu, on vikrams experience of playing the character of bomman. The film about the bond between a trained elephant kumki and its handler is set in a tribal village. A trained kumki succeeds on his mahouts grit and so does a movie on the writers. After a gap of 6 years, a sequel to the film has been announced and. An elephant and a tale prabusolomons kumki southscope. This film too did not pay much attention to animal behaviour. The film kept getting postponed due to delay in the heavy cg work and i am not sure if the wait was worth it.
These magnificent animals are mostly used for the taming and training of newly captured wild elephants and also to lead away wild elephants that stray into human settlements. In a way, prabhu solomon provides the spine at the launch of this blissful ride, but forgets the balancing act in between and shows inattention to his lead couple, completes the. But, manickam, the elephant, assumes the counterfeit identity of kumki, for bomman, his mahout and pal, to woo his love interest alli, who belongs in the local tribe. Vishnu vishal in trilingual elephant film deccan chronicle. The first part of kumki directed by solomon, which was a hit, had vikram prabhu making his debut with lakshmi menon playing his romantic interest. Kumki is a term for a trained captive elephant used in. Bomman vikram prabu enters with his crew kothali and undiyal and his beloved showcase elephant manikam as a replacement take charge of this situation for two days.
But life begins to change for bomman when he falls in love with alli lakshmi menon, the daughter of the village leader. He also played the protagonist in ivan veramathiri 20 and vellaikaara durai 2014. The forest department has decided to engaged two kumki tuskers of similipal national park to keep a watch on the tigress sundari. He is assisted by his uncle thambi ramaiah a drunkard and wastrel. Though manickam is not a kumki elephant used to train or drive away wild elephants, they stay on after bomman falls in love with the village chieftains daughter alli lakshmi menon. This movie takes us through the lives of the farmers in a village named aadhi kaadu where their threat is a wild elephant named komban which is causing. Two kumki elephants from similipal to keep watch on. Kumki is the kind of film that reminds us yet again that we dont need heroworshipping. Vikram prabhu is an indian film actor working in tamil language films who made his debut in prabhu solomons kumki 2012.