After Thaai Kizhavi, Kollywood has scored yet another blockbuster with the small-budget film Youth. The coming-of-age comedy-drama is headlined and directed by Ken Karunas, son of comedian Karunas. The movie is doing solid business in Tamil Nadu and international markets, with global collections already crossing the Rs. 50 crore mark.
The film was released in Telugu last Friday and received decent reviews from critics. In four days, Youth’s Telugu version collected Rs. 3.73 crores gross, which is a fair number for a dubbed film featuring new faces. It remains to be seen how the movie performs in the long run.
Youth also features Devadarshini, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Anishma Anilkumar, Priyanshi Yadav, and Meenakshi Dinesh in pivotal roles. The film is bankrolled by Karuppiah C. Ram and Sulochana Kumar under the banners Paarvathaa Entertainments and Street Boy Studios, respectively. GV Prakash Kumar composed the music.