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'''''Kannodu Kanbathellam''''' ({{translation|''All that is seen by the eyes''}}) is a 1999 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic thriller]] film written and directed by [[Prabhu Solomon]] in his directorial debut. The film has [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] and [[Sonali Bendre]], while [[Suchindra]], [[Ruchita Prasad]], [[Manivannan]], [[Crazy Mohan]], [[Anu Mohan (Tamil actor)|Anu Mohan]], [[Kovai Sarala]] and [[Nizhalgal Ravi]] portray supporting roles. Music was composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. The film was released in August 1999.<ref>https://www.moviebuff.com/kannodu-kanbathellam</ref> The film's name is based on a song from Tamil film ''[[Jeans (film)|Jeans]]'' (1998).
'''''Kannodu Kanbathellam''''' ({{trans|''All that is seen by the eyes''}}) is a 1999 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic thriller]] film written and directed by [[Prabhu Solomon]] in his directorial debut. The film has [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] and [[Sonali Bendre]], while [[Suchindra]], [[Ruchita Prasad]], [[Manivannan]], [[Crazy Mohan]], [[Anu Mohan (Tamil actor)|Anu Mohan]], [[Kovai Sarala]] and [[Nizhalgal Ravi]] portray supporting roles. Music was composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. The film was released in August 1999.<ref>https://www.moviebuff.com/kannodu-kanbathellam</ref> The film was dubbed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Prema Gharshana''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Prema Gharshana Telugu Full Movie {{!}} Arjun, Sonali Bendre {{!}} Sri Balaji Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDpxv8Ox7pA|language=en|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref> The film's name is based on a song from Tamil film ''[[Jeans (film)|Jeans]]'' (1998).
 
==Plot==
==Plot==
Seetharam ([[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]) is a well-respected businessman who lives with his PA Muthuswamy ([[Anu Mohan (Tamil actor)|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.
Seetharam ([[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]) is a well-respected businessman who lives with his PA Muthuswamy ([[Anu Mohan (Tamil actor)|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.
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Akash and Akhila meet Seetharam and apologises to him, but Seetharam adamantly refuses to forgive them and sends goons to kill them. Later, Seetharam is shocked to see Kalyani at a shopping mall and learns that she is married to a blind man, Rajasheker ([[Nizhalgal Ravi]]). She tells him that, after they broke up, she was struggling with crippling depression and Rajasheker was the beacon of light that saved her from this darkness. She says that even though her husband is blind, she is content with her life now. Kalyani's husband tells Seetharam that God gave him a wonderful wife, in place of hos lost eyes. An emotionally distraught Seetharam wishes them "Best of Luck", and they invite Seetharam to their home. Seetharam, now a changed man, saves Akash and Akhila from the goons, who had never seen Seetharam in person and is not aware that he was the one who hired them.
Akash and Akhila meet Seetharam and apologises to him, but Seetharam adamantly refuses to forgive them and sends goons to kill them. Later, Seetharam is shocked to see Kalyani at a shopping mall and learns that she is married to a blind man, Rajasheker ([[Nizhalgal Ravi]]). She tells him that, after they broke up, she was struggling with crippling depression and Rajasheker was the beacon of light that saved her from this darkness. She says that even though her husband is blind, she is content with her life now. Kalyani's husband tells Seetharam that God gave him a wonderful wife, in place of hos lost eyes. An emotionally distraught Seetharam wishes them "Best of Luck", and they invite Seetharam to their home. Seetharam, now a changed man, saves Akash and Akhila from the goons, who had never seen Seetharam in person and is not aware that he was the one who hired them.
===Alternate Climax===
===Alternate Climax===
After sending goons to kill both Akash and Akhila, Seetharam has a change of heart and decides to save them from the goons. After a prolonged fight with the goons, who are unaware that Seetharam was the one who hired them, Seetharam manages to save Akash and Akhila. He tells the couple the incident that made him change his mind. In a surprising turn of events, he met Kalyani at the airport with her blind brother ([[Nizhalgal Ravi]]). She told him that Akash and Akhila met her and apologized for their behaviour and revealed the truth behind the incident with Seetharam. Kalyani's brother requests Seetharam to accept his sister to which Seetharam happily accepts. Finally the movie ends with Seetharam and Kalyani united.
After sending goons to kill both Akash and Akhila, Seetharam has a change of heart and decides to save them from the goons. After a prolonged fight with the goons, who are unaware that Seetharam was the one who hired them, Seetharam manages to save Akash and Akhila. He tells the couple the incident that made him change his mind. In a surprising turn of events, he met Kalyani at the airport with her blind brother ([[Nizhalgal Ravi]]). She told him that Akash and Akhila met her and apologized for their behaviour and revealed the truth behind the incident with Seetharam. Kalyani's brother requests Seetharam to accept his sister to which Seetharam happily accepts. Finally the movie ends with Seetharam and Kalyani united.
==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Raju Sundaram]] in a special appearance in the song "Ai Yamma"
* [[Raju Sundaram]] in a special appearance in the song "Ai Yamma"
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==Production==
==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 Sarja|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://silverscreen.in/features/prabhu-solomon-interview-the-perfect-wave/|title=Prabhu Solomon Interview: The Perfect Wave|last=December 23|first=Neelima Menon On|last2=2014|date=2014-12-23|website=Silverscreen.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
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 Sarja|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://silverscreen.in/features/prabhu-solomon-interview-the-perfect-wave/|title=Prabhu Solomon Interview: The Perfect Wave|last1=December 23|first1=Neelima Menon On|last2=2014|date=2014-12-23|website=Silverscreen.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
 
==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], Kalaikumar, [[Thamarai]] and Mayil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.starmusiq.one/movies/kannodu-kanbathellam-1999-tamil-movie-songs-1088-starmusiq-download.html|title=starmusiq.one|website=www.starmusiq.one|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], Kalaikumar, [[Thamarai]] and Mayil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.starmusiq.one/movies/kannodu-kanbathellam-1999-tamil-movie-songs-1088-starmusiq-download.html|title=starmusiq.one|website=www.starmusiq.one|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
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| 2 || "Ai Yamma" || Naveen, [[Swarnalatha]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:57
| 2 || "Ai Yamma" || Naveen, [[Swarnalatha]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:57
|-
|-
| 3 || "Iruvathu Varai" || [[S. Janaki]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] || rowspan=3|Kalaikumar || 05:49
| 3 || "Iruvathu Vayathu" 1 || [[S. Janaki]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] || rowspan=3|Kalaikumar || 05:49
|-
|-
| 4 || "Iruvathu Varai" 2 || S. Janaki || 05:49
| 4 || "Iruvathu Vayathu" 2 || S. Janaki || 05:49
|-
|-
| 5 || "Iruvathu Varai" 3 || Hariharan || 05:44
| 5 || "Iruvathu Vayathu" 3 || Hariharan || 05:44
|-
|-
| 6 || "Mona Mona" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]] || rowspan=2|Mayil || 05:20
| 6 || "Mona Mona" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]] || rowspan=2|Mayil || 05:20
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|-
|}
|}
==Release and reception==
==Release and reception==
''New Straits Times'' felt that film would have done by "someone more experienced".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ihQWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-xQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4392,784310|title=New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
''New Straits Times'' felt that film should have done by "someone more experienced".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ihQWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-xQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4392,784310|title=New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2019-10-26}}</ref>
 
Several days after the release of the film, owing to public demand, the climax was changed to show a happier ending where Arjun's character reunites with Sonali Bendre's character.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010306121056/http://www.newtamilfilms.com/news/archive/september1999.html</ref>


Several days after the release of the film, owing to public demand, the climax was changed to show a happier ending where Arjun's character reunites with Sonali Bendre's character.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newtamilfilms.com/news/archive/september1999.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010306121056/http://www.newtamilfilms.com/news/archive/september1999.html|archive-date = 6 March 2001|title = NTFO- News September 1999}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Prabhu Solomon}}
{{Prabhu Solomon}}
[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

Latest revision as of 22:13, 6 February 2022

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

Kannodu Kanbathellam (transl.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, while Suchindra, Ruchita Prasad, 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.[1] The film's name is based on a song from Tamil film Jeans (1998).

Plot[edit]

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 Bali) and Akhila (Ruchita Prasad) 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 innocent and gullible, believes her words and goes away from Seetharam. An enraged and betrayed Seetharam therefore seeks revenge against Akash and Akhila by trying to separate 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.

Akash and Akhila meet Seetharam and apologises to him, but Seetharam adamantly refuses to forgive them and sends goons to kill them. Later, Seetharam is shocked to see Kalyani at a shopping mall and learns that she is married to a blind man, Rajasheker (Nizhalgal Ravi). She tells him that, after they broke up, she was struggling with crippling depression and Rajasheker was the beacon of light that saved her from this darkness. She says that even though her husband is blind, she is content with her life now. Kalyani's husband tells Seetharam that God gave him a wonderful wife, in place of hos lost eyes. An emotionally distraught Seetharam wishes them "Best of Luck", and they invite Seetharam to their home. Seetharam, now a changed man, saves Akash and Akhila from the goons, who had never seen Seetharam in person and is not aware that he was the one who hired them.

Alternate Climax[edit]

After sending goons to kill both Akash and Akhila, Seetharam has a change of heart and decides to save them from the goons. After a prolonged fight with the goons, who are unaware that Seetharam was the one who hired them, Seetharam manages to save Akash and Akhila. He tells the couple the incident that made him change his mind. In a surprising turn of events, he met Kalyani at the airport with her blind brother (Nizhalgal Ravi). She told him that Akash and Akhila met her and apologized for their behaviour and revealed the truth behind the incident with Seetharam. Kalyani's brother requests Seetharam to accept his sister to which Seetharam happily accepts. Finally the movie ends with Seetharam and Kalyani united.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

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[edit]

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

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 "Ae Kuruvi" Mano Thamarai 05:29
2 "Ai Yamma" Naveen, Swarnalatha Vaali 04:57
3 "Iruvathu Vayathu" 1 S. Janaki, Hariharan Kalaikumar 05:49
4 "Iruvathu Vayathu" 2 S. Janaki 05:49
5 "Iruvathu Vayathu" 3 Hariharan 05:44
6 "Mona Mona" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha Mayil 05:20
7 "Tajmahal Ondru" Hariharan 05:45

Release and reception[edit]

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

Several days after the release of the film, owing to public demand, the climax was changed to show a happier ending where Arjun's character reunites with Sonali Bendre's character.[5]

References[edit]

  1. https://www.moviebuff.com/kannodu-kanbathellam
  2. December 23, Neelima Menon On; 2014 (23 December 2014). "Prabhu Solomon Interview: The Perfect Wave". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 26 October 2019.{{cite web}}: 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.
  5. "NTFO- News September 1999". Archived from the original on 6 March 2001.

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