Kadhalil Vizhunthen

Kadhalil Vizhunthen
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	P. V. Prasath
Produced by	S. Umapathi
Written by	P. V. Prasath
Starring	Nakul Sunaina Livingston Sampath Raj
Music by	Vijay Antony
Cinematography	S.D. Vijay Milton
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Distributed by	Sun Pictures
Release date	26 September 2008 (2008-09-26)
Running time	188 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kadhalil Vizhunthen (English: I Fell in Love) is a 2008 Indian Tamil romantic thriller film written and directed by P. V. Prasath starring Nakul and Sunaina. The film has music by Vijay Antony, cinematography by S.D. Vijay Milton and editing by V. T. Vijayan. The shooting for the film started in August 2007 and the film was released in September 2008.

The film was distributed by Kalanithi Maran, the managing director of Sun Network and the son of politician (late) Murasoli Maran and released on September 2008. The song Nakka Mukka, a kuthu (folk) song and Thozhiya.., a melodious romantic song were very successful hits composed by young music director Vijay Antony and was one of the main reasons of the film's success. Nakka Mukka was played in the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup 2011 held at Mirpur, Bangladesh. It also featured among a medley of Tamil songs performed by Shah Rukh Khan and Shriya Saran in the inaugural of the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League 2011 held at Chennai, India.

These sensational music scores by Vijay Antony also made him popular. The film was remade in Oriya as Diwana

Plot

The story focuses on the life of Sabhapathy (Nakul). He is the football-crazy son of an alcoholic and lives in the slums. However, he lives a comfortable life and plays football with his mates as he completes his college career. He meets Meera (Sunaina) after an accident and develops a liking for her. He slowly starts to love her but is afraid to express his love since she is rich and would react hastily. However, he later does confirm his love to her, and she accepts. When Sabha leaves for a football match with his college, he promises he will propose to her as soon as he gets back. Sabha returns from his match to only find out Meera has died. He is shocked and slips into a psychotic depression, travelling with Meera's dead body, still believing she is alive. To make matters even worse, the police are after him. The film ends as he commits suicide after killing Meera's uncle Kasirajan (Hariraj), who murdered her in the first place to gain her wealth.

Cast

• Nakul as Sabhapathy
• Sunaina as Meera
• Sampath Raj as Anbu Selvan
• Livingston as Train TTR
• Hariraj as Kasirajan, Meera's uncle
• Chaams
• Pasi Sathya
• Sridhar in a special appearance in the song "Naaka Mukka"

Production

Nakul, who was one of the heroes in Boys made his comeback through this film and he has reduced over 20 kilograms to play the lead role in the film.^[1] A stunt sequence was shot in Mettupalayam and Nakul performed it without any dupe.^[2] The film was shot at locations in Chennai, Ooty, Thalakkonam, Muthumalai and Kodaikanal.^[3] The film marked the foray of the Sun Network into film distribution through their newly founded production company Sun Pictures.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack has nine tracks, composed by Vijay Antony except track "Unakena Naan" by the director himself. The lyrics were written by Thamarai, P.V.Prasath, Nepolian and Priyan. The song "Nakka Mukka" met with tremendous response from the youth and was on everyone's lips. The soundtrack met with critical acclaim and made Vijay Antony famous. The song "Naaka Mukka" would eventually go on to be featured in the Bollywood film, The Dirty Picture. "Unakkena Naan" is based on Rihanna's "Unfaithful".^[4]

Track list

Release

The film was lying in the cans for one year and Sun Pictures bought the film making it their first film.^[5] The film opened alongside Sakkarakatti at the box office on 26 September 2008 with the media hyping that it was a battle of two films with debutants and successful soundtracks.^[6]

The success of the film led Nakul and Sunaina reunite again in Maasilamani^[7] which too was promoted by Sun Pictures and became successful. PV Prasad started another project "Eppadi Manasukkul Vanthai" for he was held in cheating case and the film was finally released in 2012.^[8]

References

External links

• Kadhalil Vizhunthen on IMDb