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	'''''Bharathi Kannama''''' is a 1997 Indian [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)\|drama film]] directed by [[Cheran (director)\|Cheran]], starring [[R. Parthiban\|Parthiban]] and [[Meena (actress)\|Meena]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=bharathi%20kannamma\|title=Bharathi Kannamma\|access-date=2013-10-10\|publisher=cinesouth}}</ref> The film marks Cheran's debut as a director and screenwriter. It was well received ~~critically and commercially~~ upon release. [[Prabhu Solomon]] remade this film in [[Kannada]] as ''[[Usire (film)\|Usire]]'' (Kannada) (2001) with [[V. Ravichandran]].		'''''Bharathi Kannama''''' is a 1997 Indian [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)\|drama film]] directed by [[Cheran (director)\|Cheran]], starring [[R. Parthiban\|R. Parthiban]] and [[Meena (actress)\|Meena]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=bharathi%20kannamma\|title=Bharathi Kannamma\|access-date=2013-10-10\|publisher=cinesouth}}</ref> The film marks Cheran's debut as a director and [[screenwriter]]. It was well-received upon its commercial release. [[Prabhu Solomon]] remade this film in [[Kannada]] as ''[[Usire (film)\|Usire]]'' (Kannada) (2001) with [[V. Ravichandran]].

	== Plot ==		== Plot ==

	The [[protagonist]] is a landlord in Devar Palayam. In a community where wealthy landlords do not engage in ~~menial labour~~, ~~the protagonist~~ carries out all of his chores himself~~. He does this~~ to make a social statement that all [[Caste\|castes]] are equal. He even continues to pay ~~a salary to~~ his employees who would otherwise engage in these chores usually assigned to the lower castes.		The [[protagonist]] is a landlord in Devar Palayam. In a community where wealthy landlords do not normally engage in unskilled labor, he carries out all his chores by himself, to make a social statement that all [[Caste\|castes]] are equal. He even continues to pay his [[employees]] who would otherwise engage in these chores usually assigned to the lower castes.

	The film enters into a flashback; Bharathi ([[R. Parthiban\|Parthiban]]), a ~~suppressed~~ caste-worker for a rich landlord Vellaisamy Thevar ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)\|Vijayakumar]]), saves Vellaisamy's daughter Kanamma ([[Meena (actress)\|Meena]]) ~~from thugs~~ at a local fair~~. She begins to~~ love him ~~after he saved her from thugs at the fair~~. ~~Bharati~~'s sister, Pechi (Indhu), accompanies him to the fair and wants some anklets that Bharati cannot afford. However, when they return and Pechi ~~goes to collect~~ their ~~food for the night~~, Kanamma ~~doesn't serve them~~ until ~~the rest leave~~ and then gives Pechi [[Anklet\|anklets]]. This is seen by Bharati, who ~~falls~~ in love with her but doesn't reciprocate her feelings due to his loyalty towards Vellaisamy. ~~During this time,~~ Pechi ~~is loved by another~~ higher-caste landlord's son in the next village~~. She successfully forms a relationship~~ with ~~him~~.		The film enters into a flashback; Bharathi ([[R. Parthiban\|Parthiban]]) is a lower caste worker for a rich landlord Vellaisamy Thevar ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)\|Vijayakumar]]). He saves Vellaisamy's daughter Kanamma ([[Meena (actress)\|Meena]]) at a local fair, and she falls in love with him. Bharathi's sister, Pechi (Indhu), accompanies him to the fair and wants some anklets that Bharati cannot afford. However, when they return, and Pechi brings their dinner, Kanamma waits until everyone leaves and then gives Pechi some [[Anklet\|anklets]]. This is seen by Bharati, who is actually in love with her but doesn't reciprocate her feelings due to his loyalty towards Vellaisamy. Pechi eventually settles with a higher-caste landlord's son living in the next village, who has been in love with her for some time.

	Vellaisamy thinks of ~~marrying~~ his daughter and finds a suitable candidate. On the day of the ''ponnu paarkura'', ~~Kannamma starts~~ a fire, causing the groom's family to view the alliance as ~~inauspicious~~. ~~Afterwards~~, Kanamma is treated for her burns by Bharati. Kanamma writes ~~in her diary~~ about her love for Bharati~~, but~~ is ~~discovered~~ by ~~Vellaisamy but he~~ doesn't know to who ~~she wrote~~. Although her tears ~~blurred~~ Bharati's name, Vellaisamy beats up his daughter and ~~try~~ to discover who she loves~~. H~~. Later, Bharati tells Kanamma that their relationship ~~could not~~ work out due to caste differences. ~~Afterwards~~, Vellaisamy rushes ~~back~~ to ~~hear~~ his mother, who had a heart attack, ~~whose~~ last wish to see Kanamma married. He consults astrologers who assure him of a match, while Kanamma remains depressed. When driving some of his master's goods through a forest, he is stopped by Maayan, who ~~hears~~ of Kanamma's marriage and ~~says he will~~ stop it.		Vellaisamy thinks of getting his [[daughter]] married and finds a suitable candidate. On the day of the ''ponnu paarkura'', a fire starts, causing the groom's family to view the alliance as unfavorable. Afterward, Kanamma is treated for her burns by Bharati. Kanamma writes a letter about her love for Bharati. This letter is found by her father, who, however, doesn't know who the letter is for. Although her tears blur Bharati's name, Vellaisamy beats up his daughter and tries to discover who she loves. Later, Bharati tells Kanamma that their relationship cannot work out due to caste differences. Afterward, Vellaisamy rushes to see his mother, who had a heart attack, and her last wish is to see Kanamma married. He consults [[Astrology\|astrologers]] who assure him of a match, while Kanamma remains depressed. When Bharathi is driving some of his master's goods through a forest, he is stopped by Maayan, who has heard of Kanamma's [[marriage]] and vows to stop it.

	An unwilling Kanamma makes the [[Animal sacrifice in Hinduism\|goat sacrifice]], and Bharati encourages her to accept her new husband, although he does so with great regret. During the sacrifice of the goat, Kanamma hallucinates that she led Bharati before her father and he killed him. Maayan, along with his gang, makes a plan to stop the wedding. Throughout preparations for the wedding, Bharati doesn't speak to Kanamma; but the night before, Pechi delivers a coconut and herbs ~~for her burn medication~~ to Kanamma and consoles her.		An unwilling Kanamma makes the [[Animal sacrifice in Hinduism\|goat sacrifice]], and Bharati encourages her to accept her new husband, although he does so with great regret. During the sacrifice of the goat, Kanamma hallucinates that she led Bharati before her father and he killed him. Maayan, along with his gang, makes a plan to stop the wedding. Throughout the preparations for the wedding, Bharati doesn't speak to Kanamma; but the night before, Pechi delivers a coconut and herbs to Kanamma and consoles her.

	~~She~~ goes back home and scolds Bharati for neglecting Kanamma ~~because of his master and their caste difference~~. She tells Bharati to stop Kanamma from potentially killing herself, and he runs to her. Maayan and his gang come to the village and attack Bharati, but the gang is defeated. However, Bharati, delayed by fighting Maayan's gang, ~~is unable to~~ stop Kanamma from committing suicide, and right after he finishes off Maayan a man runs in telling of the tragedy. The whole village is weeping, and Vellaisamy sobs to Bharati ~~about their shared misery~~. Pechu is even more distraught when she realizes that Kanamma killed herself by ingesting the herbs she ~~brought~~ her. Bharati silently cries at his lover's feet. He beats the [[parai]] at her funeral, unable to speak. After Vellaisamy is guided to light the torch, and all go to bathe in the river, Bharati, reminiscing on their love, yells "Kannamma," throws himself on Kanamma's funeral pyre and burns with her. An anguished Vellaisamy and the other villagers grieve again for Bharati~~, and~~ Vellaisamy questions ~~why he was so taken in by~~ caste pride. He adopts Bharati's sister Pechi ~~and~~ marries her to her high-caste lover and sends them to the city.		Pechi goes back home and scolds Bharati for neglecting Kanamma. She tells Bharati to stop Kanamma from potentially killing herself, and he runs to her. Maayan and his gang come to the village and attack Bharati, but the gang is defeated. However, Bharati, delayed by fighting Maayan's gang, cannot stop Kanamma from committing [[suicide]], and right after he finishes off Maayan a man runs in telling of the tragedy. The whole village is weeping, and Vellaisamy sobs before Bharati. Pechu is even more distraught when she realizes that Kanamma killed herself by ingesting the herbs she gave her. Bharati silently cries at his lover's feet. He beats the [[parai]] at her funeral, unable to speak. After Vellaisamy is guided to light the torch, and all go to bathe in the river, Bharati, reminiscing their love, yells "Kannamma" and throws himself on Kanamma's funeral pyre and burns with her. An anguished Vellaisamy and the other villagers grieve again for Bharati as Vellaisamy questions caste pride. He adopts Bharati's sister Pechi, marries her to her high-caste lover, and sends them to the city.

	The film ends years later with an older and wiser Vellaisamy joyfully greeting his adopted daughter Pechi, her husband, and their kids at the ~~train~~ station.		The film ends years later with an older and wiser Vellaisamy, joyfully greeting his adopted daughter Pechi, her [[husband]], and their kids at the railway station.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==
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	== Controversy ==		== Controversy ==
	~~During its~~ release, the film ~~ran into trouble as Thevar community who~~ almost ~~imposed~~ a ~~ban~~ of the film ~~due to its content~~.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=Pillai \|first=Sreedhar \|date=1998 \|title=Mandal and movies \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.21002/page/n637 \|magazine=Sunday \|pages=55–57}}</ref> ~~In spite of controversies, the film became successful at box-office.~~<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/28/stories/2003122800731400.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022153524/http://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/28/stories/2003122800731400.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=22 October 2017 \|title=The politics of art \|last=Nambath \|first=Suresh \|date=28 December 2003 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>		Upon release, the film was almost banned due to its caste subversive content. As a result of this, some prints were released with scenes deleted, and in Rajapalayam the film was not immediately released.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=Pillai \|first=Sreedhar \|date=1998 \|title=Mandal and movies \|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.21002/page/n637 \|magazine=Sunday \|pages=55–57}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/28/stories/2003122800731400.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022153524/http://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/28/stories/2003122800731400.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=22 October 2017 \|title=The politics of art \|last=Nambath \|first=Suresh \|date=28 December 2003 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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{{Infobox film
| name = Bharathi Kannamma
| image = Bharathi Kannamma.jpg
| director = [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]]
| producer = [[Henry (producer)|Henry]]
| writer = Cheran
| starring = [[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]]<br />[[Meena (actress)|Meena]]
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = Kichas
| editing = K. Thanikachalam
| studio = [[Henry (producer)|Pankaj Productions]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1997|1|15}}
| runtime = 168 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil

}}

'''''Bharathi Kannama''''' is a 1997 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]], starring [[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]] and [[Meena (actress)|Meena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=bharathi%20kannamma|title=Bharathi Kannamma|access-date=2013-10-10|publisher=cinesouth}}</ref> The film marks Cheran's debut as a director and screenwriter. It was well received critically and commercially upon release. [[Prabhu Solomon]] remade this film in [[Kannada]] as ''[[Usire (film)|Usire]]'' (Kannada) (2001) with [[V. Ravichandran]].

== Plot ==

The [[protagonist]] is a landlord in Devar Palayam. In a community where wealthy landlords do not engage in menial labour, the protagonist carries out all of his chores himself. He does this to make a social statement that all [[Caste|castes]] are equal. He even continues to pay a salary to his employees who would otherwise engage in these chores usually assigned to the lower castes.

The film enters into a flashback; Bharathi ([[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]]), a suppressed caste-worker for a rich landlord Vellaisamy Thevar ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]), saves Vellaisamy's daughter Kanamma ([[Meena (actress)|Meena]]) from thugs at a local fair. She begins to love him after he saved her from thugs at the fair. Bharati's sister, Pechi (Indhu), accompanies him to the fair and wants some anklets that Bharati cannot afford. However, when they return and Pechi goes to collect their food for the night, Kanamma doesn't serve them until the rest leave and then gives Pechi [[Anklet|anklets]]. This is seen by Bharati, who falls in love with her but doesn't reciprocate her feelings due to his loyalty towards Vellaisamy. During this time, Pechi is loved by another higher-caste landlord's son in the next village. She successfully forms a relationship with him.

Vellaisamy thinks of marrying his daughter and finds a suitable candidate. On the day of the ''ponnu paarkura'', Kannamma starts a fire, causing the groom's family to view the alliance as inauspicious. Afterwards, Kanamma is treated for her burns by Bharati. Kanamma writes in her diary about her love for Bharati, but is discovered by Vellaisamy but he doesn't know to who she wrote. Although her tears blurred Bharati's name, Vellaisamy beats up his daughter and try to discover who she loves. H. Later, Bharati tells Kanamma that their relationship could not work out due to caste differences. Afterwards, Vellaisamy rushes back to hear his mother, who had a heart attack, whose last wish to see Kanamma married. He consults astrologers who assure him of a match, while Kanamma remains depressed. When driving some of his master's goods through a forest, he is stopped by Maayan, who hears of Kanamma's marriage and says he will stop it.

An unwilling Kanamma makes the [[Animal sacrifice in Hinduism|goat sacrifice]], and Bharati encourages her to accept her new husband, although he does so with great regret. During the sacrifice of the goat, Kanamma hallucinates that she led Bharati before her father and he killed him. Maayan, along with his gang, makes a plan to stop the wedding. Throughout preparations for the wedding, Bharati doesn't speak to Kanamma; but the night before, Pechi delivers a coconut and herbs for her burn medication to Kanamma and consoles her.

She goes back home and scolds Bharati for neglecting Kanamma because of his master and their caste difference. She tells Bharati to stop Kanamma from potentially killing herself, and he runs to her. Maayan and his gang come to the village and attack Bharati, but the gang is defeated. However, Bharati, delayed by fighting Maayan's gang, is unable to stop Kanamma from committing suicide, and right after he finishes off Maayan a man runs in telling of the tragedy. The whole village is weeping, and Vellaisamy sobs to Bharati about their shared misery. Pechu is even more distraught when she realizes that Kanamma killed herself by ingesting the herbs she brought her. Bharati silently cries at his lover's feet. He beats the [[parai]] at her funeral, unable to speak. After Vellaisamy is guided to light the torch, and all go to bathe in the river, Bharati, reminiscing on their love, yells "Kannamma," throws himself on Kanamma's funeral pyre and burns with her. An anguished Vellaisamy and the other villagers grieve again for Bharati, and Vellaisamy questions why he was so taken in by caste pride. He adopts Bharati's sister Pechi and marries her to her high-caste lover and sends them to the city.

The film ends years later with an older and wiser Vellaisamy joyfully greeting his adopted daughter Pechi, her husband, and their kids at the train station.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
*[[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]] as Bharathi
*[[Meena (actress)|Meena]] as Kannamma
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Vellaisamy Thevar Ambalar
*[[Vadivelu]] as Eenamuthu
*[[Raja (Tamil actor)|Raja]] as Village officer
*Indhu as Pechi
*[[Ranjith (actor)|Ranjith]] as Maayan
*Anwar Ali Khan
*[[Pasi Narayanan]]
*Bayilvan Ranganathan
*M. Rathnakumar
*[[Crane Manohar]] as Senthil
*Ramyasri
*Vijayamma as Kannamma's grandmother
*Anitha
*[[Bonda Mani]]
*[[Theni Kunjarammal]]
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0003720|title=Bharathi Kannamma Songs|access-date=2013-10-10|publisher=raaga}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Chinna Chinna Kanamma" || [[Febi Mani]] || rowspan=2|Vairamuthu || 05:16
|-
| 2 || "Kottungada" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || 04:44
|-
| 3 || "Mercy Mercy" || [[Suresh Peters]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:33
|-
| 4 || "Naalu Ezhuthu Kathathille" || [[Gangai Amaran]] || rowspan=2|Vairamuthu || 01:00
|-
| 5 || "Naalu Ezhuthu Paduchavare" || [[Swarnalatha]] || 01:54
|-
| 6 || "Poonkatre Poonkatre" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || Vaali || 05:28
|-
| 7 || "Rayilu Rayilu" || [[Vadivelu]] || Vairamuthu || 04:34
|-
| 8 || "Retakili Rekkai" || Sushmitha, Mano || Vaali || 05:04
|-
| 9 || "Thendralukku Theriyuma" || Arun Mozhi, [[K. S. Chithra]] || rowspan=2|Vairamuthu || 05:14
|-
| 10 || "Vaadipatti Melamada" || Gangai Amaran || 02:39
|}

== Controversy ==
During its release, the film ran into trouble as Thevar community who almost imposed a ban of the film due to its content.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=1998 |title=Mandal and movies |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.21002/page/n637 |magazine=Sunday |pages=55–57}}</ref> In spite of controversies, the film became successful at box-office.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/28/stories/2003122800731400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022153524/http://www.thehindu.com/2003/12/28/stories/2003122800731400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2017 |title=The politics of art |last=Nambath |first=Suresh |date=28 December 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061118232521/http://www.tamilentertainment.com/Reviews/articles/bharathi.htm Film review]

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