Kanda Naal Mudhal
| Kanda Naal Mudhal | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | V. Priya |
| Written by | E. Ramdoss (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | V. Priya |
| Story by | V. Priya |
| Produced by | Prakash Raj |
| Starring | Prasanna Laila |
| Cinematography | P. C. Sreeram |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
Production company | Duet Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | Rs 1.75 crores[1] |
Kanda Naal Mudhal (transl. From the day I saw you there) is a 2005 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film written and directed by newcomer V. Priya, who had earlier assisted Mani Ratnam. Produced by Prakash Raj under the Duet Movies banner, the film stars Prasanna and Laila, with Karthik Kumar, Revathi, Lakshmi and Regina Cassandra in the supporting roles. The film's music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film was released on 18 November 2005 with positive reviews. It also marked the acting debut of Regina Cassandra and actress, Andrea Jeremiah made her first on-screen appearance in an uncredited song sequel role.
Plot
The movie begins with two kids who fight with each other in a marriage hall. They meet after two decades, now Krishna (Prasanna) and Ramya (Laila) during a college cultural meet and again lock horns with each other. Fate brings them together in Chennai after a few years, again fighting with each other. Meanwhile, a series of events forces Krishna's close friend Aravind (Karthik Kumar) to come to India from the United States to get married. His parents arrange his wedding with Ramya. Ramya, who decides to marry to help her younger sister's love, displays herself as a passive character before Aravind who accepts whatever her life partner feel is right.
On the contrary, she is bold, active, independent and assertive in nature. Knowing this, Krishna tries hard to let her true character come out before Aravind. However, Aravind stalls the wedding plans and returns to the USA as he finds Ramya as a person who does not think on her own and is not independent. Mistaking Krishna for influencing Aravind, Ramya locks horns with him.
Meanwhile, same day, when Ramya returns home, she finds her sister elopes with her lover which causes her mother (Revathy) to trauma and end up in the hospital. Ramya mistakes Krishna behind the call of her marriage by Aravind, elopement of her sister and health of her mother.
Krishna comes to the help off the family and slowly Ramya knows his true nature in helping her family that of his one, she started to love him. Krishna eventually develops an affinity for Ramya which turns into romance between them. Though respective sisters of Krishna and Ramya smells the blossom of love between Ramya and Krishna, but, both Krishna and Ramya delay to propose to each other.
When each other decide to propose, Krishna receives call from Aravind whom informs Krishna his decision to marry Ramya. The climax was expected after the closeness between Ramya and Krishna. In the end, at the airport when they both come to receive Aravind they end up in each other's arms and Aravind also feels happy for them.
Film ends with happy note as Ramya and Krishna marry, while Aravind starts a wordy fight with a young girl. There too two kids fights with each other.
Cast
- Prasanna as Krishna
- Laila as Ramya
- Revathi as Maragatham
- Karthik Kumar as Aravind
- Lakshmi as Ramani
- Devadarshini as Krishna's sister
- Regina Cassandra as Latha, Ramya's sister
- Srinivasa Moorthy as Shankar
- Jagan as Krishna's friend
- Andrea Jeremiah as a girl at the final wedding scene[2]
- Premgi Amaran in a special appearance
Soundtrack
The soundtrack composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Thamarai. The album was released on 17 October 2005 at Taj Connemara Hotel.[3] The Carnatic song Kanda Naal Mudhalai was remixed for the film. Singer Subhiksha Rangarajan was 15 when she recorded the song.[4] Behindwoods wrote "Yuvan’ music has got to do something in this movie and it could be a big reason for the success of the movie. From, his side he has done an excellent job".[5]
All lyrics are written by Thamarai
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kanda Naal Mudhalai" (Remix of Carnatic song, written and composed by N. S. Chidambaram) | Subhiksha Rangarajan, Pooja Venkatraman | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Pani Thuli" | KK, Shreya Ghoshal, Tanvi Shah | 5:45 |
| 3. | "Erimalai Naane" | Shankar Mahadevan, Vasundhara Das | 5:16 |
| 4. | "Merke Merke" | Shankar Mahadevan, Sadhana Sargam | 5:08 |
| 5. | "Koo Koovena" | Karthik, Harish Raghavendra, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 3:59 |
| 6. | "Pushing It Hard" | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Clinton Cerejo, Premji Amaran | 4:20 |
| Total length: | 32:42 | ||
Critical reception
Rediff wrote "The fresh treatment and Priya's conviction are evident. But what goes against the film is its script."[6] The Hindu wrote "From the title to the treatment everything about Duet Movies' `Kanda Naal Mudhal' glistens with a poetic touch, and first-time filmmaker Priya V. proves with each frame that she's here to stay. Boy-girl tussles leading to love are not new to cinema. But plaudits to the way Priya weaves her story and characters into an enjoyable film!"[7] Sify wrote "Kanda Naal Mudhal directed by debutant Priya V is in good taste without a shred of vulgarity, violence or risque comedy that has become the bane of Tamil cinema. Priya deserves a pat on her back for weaving a gossamer romance like her mentor Mani sir did in Mounam Ragam or Alaipayuthe. But the film has its own minor drawbacks mostly in narration and lags especially in the second half".[8]
References
- ^ "Chennai Box-Office (Dec 02-04)". Sify. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "From Shruti Haasan to Nithya Menen: Leading Tamil actresses who are also notable playback singers". www.timesnownews.com. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "'Kanda Naal Mudhal' Audio Launch". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Meet Subhiksha Rangarajan : Our artiste of the month". 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Music Review : Kanda Naal Mudhal".
- ^ "Kanda Naal Muthal: A sweet film".
- ^ "The Hindu : Entertainment Chennai / Film Review : USPs aplenty". www.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Sify.com [bare URL]