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College Kumar
College Kumar
	Theatrical release poster in Telugu
Directed by	Hari Santhosh
Written by	Vidhyadharan (Tamil dialogues)
Screenplay by	Hari Santhosh
Based on	College Kumar; by Santhu
Produced by	L. Padmanabha
Starring	Rajendra Prasad (Telugu); Prabhu (Tamil); Rahul Vijay; Priya Vadlamani; Madhoo;
Cinematography	Guru Prashanth Rai
Edited by	Garry BH (Telugu); K. Pavan Kalyan (Telugu); K. M. Prakash (Tamil)
Music by	Qutub-E-Kripa
Production; company	M. R. Pictures
Release date	6 March 2020;
Country	India
Languages	Telugu; Tamil;

College Kumar is a 2020 Indian comedy film written and directed by Hari Santhosh. A remake of his 2017 Kannada film of the same name, it was simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil languages, with Rajendra Prasad starring in Telugu and Prabhu in Tamil. Rahul Vijay, Priya Vadlamani and Madhoo co-star in both versions. College Kumar was released on 6 March 2020 in both languages.

Plot

Sasi Kumar / Thiru Kumaran, a peon, wants to make his son an auditor because his employer, an arrogant auditor, insults him. As time passes by, his son, Shiva Kumar disappoints him by not being a bright student in college. Sasi / Thiru's wife Janaki is upset too over the same. He loses his cool when Kumar is terminated from college for indulging in malpractice. An infuriated Kumar vents his frustration to his father and challenges him to join college and earn a degree. How Sasi / Thiru takes up the challenge forms the rest of the story.

Cast


Cast (Telugu)	Cast (Tamil)	Role (Telugu)	Role (Tamil)	Ref.
Rajendra Prasad	Prabhu	Sasi Kumar	Thiru Kumaran	^[3]^[4]
Rahul Vijay		Shiva Kumar		^[3]
Priya Vadlamani		Avantika		^[3]
Madhoo		Janaki		^[5]
Nassar		Santhosh Kumar G.		^[6]
Manobala		K. Murthy
Chaams		Swami
Sebastian		Shiva's friend
Avinash		Madhava Rao	Kaliyamurthy	^[4]
Anchor Roshan		Kishore Kumar
Kote Prabhakar
Ganesh Rao Kesarkar		Ravana	Ravanan
M. N. Suresh		Canteen worker

Production

In April 2019, it was reported that the Kannada film College Kumar would be remade in Telugu and Tamil and languages, with both versions being shot simultaneously. Hari Santhosh was confirmed to be directing both remakes, while the producers of the original too would be retained. Principal photography began in the same month.^[7] Though the cast was largely the same in both versions,^[5]^[3] Rajendra Prasad was exclusive to the Telugu version and Prabhu to Tamil.^[8] It was also the Tamil cinema debuts of Rahul Vijay and Priya Vadlamani.^[9]^[4]

Themes

Hari Santhosh has stated that, through College Kumar, he intends to convey the message that "it's never too late to learn."^[10]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Qutub-E-Kripa. It was released via Sony Music India.^[7]^[10]

Telugu^[11]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"College Kumar"	Sri Mani	Anurag Kulkarni	4:31
2.	"Allade Allade"	Kittu Vissapragada	Anurag Kulkarni	3:08
3.	"Baari Baari"	Sri Mani	Haricharan Seshadri, Abhijith Rao	4:03
4.	"Kanulaaraa"	Kittu Vissapragada	Sathya Prakash	3:40
5.	"Kannule Daate"	Kittu Vissapragada	Santhosh Dhayanidhi	3:52

Tamil^[12]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"College Kumar"	Arivu	Nakul Abhyankar, Anthony Daasan	4:30
2.	"Arrathi"	Mohan Raj	A. H. Kaashif, G. V. Prakash Kumar	3:07
3.	"Baari Baari"	Arivu	Pavan, Haricharan, Abhijith Rao	4:02
4.	"Needhan En Ulagam"	Mohan Raj	A. H. Kaashif, Nithin Rajaram Shastry	3:40
5.	"Kelumbudaa Nanbaa"	Mohan Raj	Santhosh Dhayanidhi, Yazin Nizar	3:51

Release and reception

College Kumar was released on 6 March 2020 in both Telugu and Tamil versions.^[2]^[13] Reviewing the Telugu version, Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India rated it 2 stars out of 5, praising the premise but criticised its execution, saying it "makes it seem like leftover material from the 90s or early 2000s."^[3] Reviewing the Tamil version, Thinkal Menon of The Times of India also rated it 2 stars out of 5, saying, "College Kumar has the issues which most of the remake versions suffer. The project, which has been made simultaneously in [Telugu] as well, looks like a Telugu film in many scenes, thanks to the location and artistes who play the minor supporting roles."^[5] Maalai Malar, however, reviewed the Tamil version more positively, praising its comedy.^[6]