Kaadhal
| Kaadhal | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Balaji Sakthivel |
| Produced by | S. Shankar |
| Written by | Balaji Sakthivel |
| Starring | Bharath Sandhya Sukumar |
| Music by | Joshua Sridhar |
| Cinematography | S. D. Vijay Milton |
| Editing by | G. Sasikumar |
| Distributed by | S Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 17 December 2004 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Kaadhal (Tamil: காதல்; English: Love) is a 2004 Tamil romantic drama film based on a true story, directed by Balaji Sakthivel, starring Bharath and Sandhya in her feature film debut. It was produced by S. Shankar and featured music composed by Joshua Sridhar. The film opened to critical acclaim and was a high commercial success. Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu as Premisthe. It was also remade in Kannada as Cheluvina Chittara in 2007 and Bengali as Chirodini Tumi Je Amar in 2008.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Murugan (Bharath) is a diligent scooter mechanic in Madurai and life goes on smoothly for the young man till the rich schoolgirl Aishwarya (Sandhya) sets her eyes on him. The infatuation reaches dangerous levels when she coaxes Murugan to take her away from the clutches of her family, which has other plans about her future. The naïve Murugan hesitantly yields to her charm and the two run away to Chennai. Murugan's friend Stephen (Sukumar) helps them in the hour of crisis and the lovers unite in marriage. But her family is not going to give up so easily on the daughter they dote on. The family tracks down the couple that has eloped and eventually separates them. Aishwarya agrees to marry another man in order to save Murugan's life after he is being beaten by her father. While she believes this decision is best and moves on with her life, she one day while on the road with her husband and daughter runs into Murugan who was suffered permanent brain damage. Knowing that she had made a mistake and not knowing how to undo the sins of her father, she and her husband decide to take care of Murugan.[2]
[edit] Cast
- Bharath as Murugan
- Sandhya as Aishwarya Rajendran
- Sukumar as Stephen
- Dhandapani as Rajendran
- S. Krishna Murthy as Aishwarya's Uncle
- Arun Kumar as Murugan's assistant
- Saranya as Sathya
[edit] Box office
Produced on a budget of $300,000, the film was a surprise blockbuster grossing almost $1 million at the box office.[1]
[edit] Soundtrack
The film has eight songs composed by Joshua Sridhar. Lyrics were penned by Na. Muthukumar.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Poovum Pudikkudhu" | Krish, Pop Shalini, Tippu | 3:29 |
| 2. | "Ivanthan" | Sunitha Sarathy | 2:09 |
| 3. | "Thandattikarupaiyee" | Pop Shalini, Vidhya, Malar, Maalaiamma | 5:45 |
| 4. | "Thottu Thottu" | Haricharan, Harini | 5:41 |
| 5. | "Pura Koondu" | Suresh Peters, Harish Raghavendra, Tippu, Premji, Karunas | 5:31 |
| 6. | "Kiru Kiru" | Karthik, Pop Shalini | 4:32 |
| 7. | "Unakkena Iruppaen" | Haricharan | 6:16 |
| 8. | "Kaadhal" | Haricharan | 4:03 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.bharatstudent.com/cafebharat/news.php?id=30583&cat=6
- ^ http://popcorn.oneindia.in/movie-synopsis/4616/kaadhal.html
[edit] References
- S. Anand. "Politics, tamil cinema Eshtyle". Countercurrents. http://www.countercurrents.org/arts-anand020605.htm.
[edit] External links
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