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* [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award (Special Prizes)|Special Prize: Actress]]: [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]]
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* [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Editor|Best Editor]]: Lachi Mohan
* [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Editor|Best Editor]]: Lachi Mohan
* [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Costume Designer|Best Costume Designer]]: Maasanam <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/1996awards.htm|title=1996 State Awards|publisher=[[Dinakaran]]}}</ref>
* [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Costume Designer|Best Costume Designer]]: Maasanam <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/1996awards.htm |title=1996 State Awards |publisher=[[Dinakaran]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522211531/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/1996awards.htm |archivedate=22 May 2008 |df= }}</ref>


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Kadhal Kottai
File:Kaadhal Kottai poster.jpg
Poster
Directed byAgathiyan
Written byAgathiyan
Produced bySivashakthi Pandian
StarringAjith Kumar
Devayani
Heera Rajgopal
Karan
CinematographyThangar Bachan
Edited byLancy-Mohan
Music byDeva
Production
company
Sivashakthi Movie Makers
Distributed bySivashakthi Movie Makers
Release date
  • 12 July 1996 (1996-07-12)
[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kadhal Kottai ("The Castle of Love") is a 1996 Tamil-language Indian romance film directed by Agathiyan, in which Ajith Kumar and Devayani play lead roles, apart from Heera Rajgopal, Thalaivasal Vijay, and Karan who played important roles.[2]

The film was a major commercial success at the box office and also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, the National Film Award for Best Direction as well as the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Agathiyan. It garnered positive critical acclaim upon release in July 1996, and was subsequently remade into several Indian regional languages.

Plot

Kamali (Devayani) lives with her sister and brother-in-law in Ooty and is searching for a job. While in Madras, her purse is stolen and she fears she has lost her university certificates. Surya (Ajith Kumar) who works in Jaipur finds the purse and sends it back to her, and a love develops through letters and phone calls. They agree to love each other without meeting, and Surya eventually moves to Madras for work. However Kamali's brother-in-law is pressuring her to marry a suitable man and Surya's boss keeps trying to seduce him. Eventually, Kamali and Surya unite through a run of coincidences.

Cast

Production

The basic theme of the film was inspired from "Puranaanooru" literature on the relationship between King Kopperum Chozhan and poet Pisirandhaiyar, though they never met but they developed a strong relationship until their deaths. Agathiyan confirmed this in his interviews.[3] Agathiyan initially wanted to make his directorial debut with this subject since no producer were willing to produce the film, he made few films and earned his breakthrough with Vaanmathi.[3] Post its success, he chosen Ajith, actor from that film to play the leading role with Sivasakthi Pandian agreeing to produce the film.[3]

Agathiyan had asked Devayani to change her glamorous on screen image for the film, and Devayani duly agreed with the film becoming the start of several other similar roles for her.[3][4]

Soundtrack

The music composed by Deva.[5]

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 "Kaalamellam Kadhal" P. Unnikrishnan, K. S. Chithra Agathiyan 5:05
2 "Kavalai Padathey" Deva 4:26
3 "Mottu Mottu Malaradha" Swarnalatha 4:54
4 "Nalam Nalamariya Aval" - 1 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Sriram 4:48
5 "Nalam Nalamariya Aval" - 2 Krishnaraj, Anuradha Sriram 4:49
6 "Sivappu Lolakku" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Ponniyin Selvan 5:23
7 "Vellarikka" Deva, Krishnaraj Agathiyan 4:23

Release

Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan appreciated the film by giving 52 marks and mentioned that the basic plot was a novel idea which had been given a good shape and life by the filmmaker.[6]

The film was dubbed into Telugu as Prema Lekha. The film was remade in Kannada as Yaare Neenu Cheluve (1998). Agathiyan also remade the movie in Hindi titled Sirf Tum (1999. This film also remade in Bengali titled Hothat Brishti (1998) directed by Basu Chatterjee . The film was released as a novel in 2010 under the same name.[7]

Awards

National Film Awards - 1996
Filmfare Awards South - 1996
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards - 1996

References

  1. ^ Dhananjayan 2014, p. 356.
  2. ^ "Kadhal Kottai". cinesouth. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d Dhananjayan 2014, p. 357.
  4. ^ "Five years... and still sitting pretty". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 30 August 2008.
  5. ^ "Kadhal Kottai Songs". raaga. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  6. ^ http://www.ajithfans.com/media/media-news/2010/02/11/blast-from-the-past-kadhal-kottai-review-by-ananda-vikatan/
  7. ^ http://www.starajith.com/2332-thala-ajith-kumar-devayani-agathiyan-kadhal-kottai-book-novel
  8. ^ "1996 State Awards". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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