Kannodu Kanbathellam

Kannodu Kanbathellam (English: All that is seen by the eyes) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Prabhu Solomon in his directorial debut. The film has Arjun and Sonali Bendre in the lead roles, while Suchindra, Ruchita, Manivannan, Crazy Mohan, Anu Mohan, Kovai Sarala and Nizhalgal Ravi portray supporting roles. Music was composed by Deva. The film was released in August 1999. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Prema Gharshana.[1] The film's name is based off a song from Jeans (1998).

Kannodu Kanbathellam
Directed byPrabhu Solomon
Produced byK. Prabhakar
Written byM. Ravi (dialogues)
Screenplay byPrabhu Solomon
Story byM. Ravi
StarringArjun
Sonali Bendre
Suchindra
Ruchita
Music byDeva
CinematographyG. Ramesh
Edited bySuresh Urs
Production
company
Distributed byAnbalaya Films
Release date
13 August 1999
Running time
143 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Seetharam (Arjun) is a well-respected businessman who lives with his PA Muthuswamy (Anu Mohan) in Chennai. Although being a short-tempered and tense person, Seetharam is good at heart and helps people in need. He soon meets and falls in love with Kalyani (Sonali Bendre). After a couple of meetings she sees his good nature and falls in love with him.

But, Seetharam faces problems in the form of another loving couple, Akash (Suchindra) and Akhila (Ruchita) due to an argument between Akhila and Akash and Akhila acts as Seetharam's fiancé so that she can get rid of Akash just before he proposes to Kalyani. Kalyani, being an innocent, believes her words and goes away from Seetharam. Hence, Seetharam becomes the main antagonist of the film to make the lives of Akash and Akhila miserable. An enraged and betrayed Seetharam therefore seeks revenge against Akash and Akhila by separating them. But, he fails in all of his attempts. He also attempts to stop the love marriage between Akash and Akhila, which is arranged by Madana Gopal (Manivannan), Akash's father.

But, when Akash and Akhila meet and ask apologies to him, but Seetharam does not forgive them and sends goons to kill them. To his horror and sad shock, Seetharam meets Kalyani with her blind husband (Nizhalgal Ravi). She tells him that Akash and Akhila met her and apologized for their behaviour, but she learnt the good heart of Seetharam after her marriage. Seetharam also informs this matter to Akash and Akhila, and saves them from the henchmen who have not seen Seetharam and don't know that he was the one who hired them to murder. Seetharam bids goodbye to both of them. Hence, the movie ends with the moral that "Too much of anything is good for nothing."

Alternate Climax

After sending goons to kill both Akash and Akhila, Seetharam had a change in mind and decides to forgive and save them from the henchmen. A fight ensures when Seetharam asked the henchmen to leave both them for which they refuse, since they didn't know that he was the one who hired them to murder Akash and Akhila. After the fight with the henchmen Seetharam explains them what made him to change his mind. When Seetharam was on his way to the place where Akash and Akhila were taken by the henchmen, unexpectedly as a sweet surprise he meets Kalyani at the airport with her blind brother (Nizhalgal Ravi). She tells him that Akash and Akhila met her and apologized for their behaviour and she learnt the good heart of Seetharam. Kalyani's brother requests Seetharam to accept his sister to which Seetharam happily accepts. Finally the movie ends with Seetharam and Kalyani uniting.

Cast

Production

Anbalaya Films offered debutant Prabhu Solomon an opportunity to direct a film for their production house, after he had helped them complete the post-production works for Murai Mappillai (1995) when director Sundar C walked out. Prabhu Solomon chose to feature Raghuvaran and Bhanupriya in the leading roles, though the producers Anabalaya Films were reluctant to cast a character artiste in the lead role. Prabhu revealed he met Arjun in Thenkasi during the making of Mudhalvan (1999), at the insistence of his producer and actively tried to make a poor impression. Arjun, nonetheless, was keen and worked on the film.[2]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics written by Vaali, Kalaikumar, Thamarai and Mayil.[3]

Reception

New Straits Times felt that film would have done by "someone more experienced".[4]

References
  1. Prema Gharshana Telugu Full Movie | Arjun, Sonali Bendre | Sri Balaji Video, retrieved 26 October 2019
  2. December 23, Neelima Menon On; 2014 (23 December 2014). "Prabhu Solomon Interview: The Perfect Wave". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 26 October 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "starmusiq.one". www.starmusiq.one. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. "New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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