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| director      = [[Bharathi Kannan]]
| director      = [[Bharathi Kannan]]
| producer      = [[R. B. Choudary]]
| producer      = [[R. B. Choudary]]
| writer        = Bharathi Kannan<br />[[E. Ramdoss]] <small>(dialogues)</small>
| writer        = Bharathi Kannan<br />[[E. Ramdoss]] <small>(dialogues)</small>
| starring      = {{ubl|[[Karan (actor)|Karan]]|[[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]]|Indhu|[[Manivannan]]|[[Vadivukkarasi]]|[[Vadivelu]]|[[Fathima Babu]]|[[Delhi Ganesh]]}}
| starring      = {{ubl|[[Karan (actor)|Karan]]|[[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]]|Indhu}}
| music          = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| music          = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = Vijay
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'''''Kannathal''''' is a [[Tamil films of 1998|1998]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]] devotional film directed by [[Bharathi Kannan]]. The film features [[Karan (actor)|Karan]], [[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]] and Indhu in lead roles, with [[Manivannan]], [[Vadivelu]], [[Vadivukkarasi]], [[Fathima Babu]], and [[Delhi Ganesh]] playing supporting roles. The film, produced by [[R. B. Choudary]], had musical score by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and was released on 2 December 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Kannathaal/7032|title=Find Tamil Movie Kannathaal|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516062504/http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Kannathaal/7032|archive-date=2011-05-16|accessdate=2015-03-08|publisher=jointscene.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=kannathal|title=Filmography of kannathal|accessdate=2015-03-08|publisher=cinesouth.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/movie/kannathaal/|title=Kannathaal (1998) Tamil Movie|accessdate=2015-03-08|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref>
'''''Kannathal''''' is a 1998 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[devotional film]] directed by [[Bharathi Kannan]]. The film stars [[Karan (actor)|Karan]], [[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]] and Indhu, with [[Manivannan]], [[Vadivelu]], [[Vadivukkarasi]], [[Fathima Babu]], and [[Delhi Ganesh]] playing supporting roles. It was released on 2 December 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kannathaal / கண்ணாத்தாள் |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/kannathaal |access-date=8 March 2024 |website=Screen 4 Screen |archive-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202034746/https://screen4screen.com/movies/kannathaal |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Plot==
== Plot ==
Kannatha ([[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]]) is a goddess believer and is treated as a goddess by the villagers. She lives with her father Shanmugam Pillai ([[Delhi Ganesh]]), who is a [[nadaswaram]] player and an ardent believer of a goddess, her mother ([[Fathima Babu]]), and her four little sisters.
Khusbu narrates the story of the woman turned village Goddess through her traditional, [[Villu Paatu|bow song]] in a village fair.


Chinna Durai ([[Karan (actor)|Karan]]) is the son of the rich Zamindar Mohana Sundaram ([[Manivannan]]) and Ranganayaki ([[Vadivukkarasi]]). He is a womanizer and has a lot of bad habits. One day, Chinna Durai witnesses Kannatha in a Hindu festival and wants to have sex with her, so he decides to marry her. Shanmugam, who is in deep debt, accepts for the marriage. Chinna Durai and Kannatha finally marry.
Kannatha ([[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]]) is a villager who performs dances(Karagattam) for her survival and is a staunch believer in Goddess Amman. Many in her village, revere here as a goddess. She lives with her father Shanmugam Pillai ([[Delhi Ganesh]]), who is a [[nadaswaram]] artist, her mother ([[Fathima Babu]]), and her four little sisters.


After the marriage, Chinna Durai rapes Kannatha and begins to mistreat the innocent girl. When Shanmugam comes to see Kannatha, Chinna Durai ridicules him. Feeling guilty to have destroyed his daughter's life, Shanmugam dies from a heart attack. Kannatha then decides to accommodate her mother and sisters in their big house. Mohana Sundaram and Ranganayaki humiliate them as much as possible to expel them from their house; in addition to this, Chinna Durai sexually harasses Kannatha's mother. They cannot bear the mental torture, so Kannatha's mother and the four girls commit suicide by eating poisoned food.
Chinna Durai ([[Karan (actor)|Karan]]) is the philandering son of a rich Zamindar Mohana Sundaram ([[Manivannan]]) and Ranganayaki ([[Vadivukkarasi]]). One fine day, Chinna Durai witnesses Kannatha in a Hindu festival and impressed by her looks. He uses subterfuge to marry her by coercing her father into their marriage.


Kannatha doesn't know the news of her family's death. Meanwhile, Kannatha becomes  pregnant. In eager to spoil another woman's life they accuse that Kannatha's baby is someone else baby, The village president (in order of chonnadurai) demands Kannatha should perform a ritual on front of Chintala karai Vekkali amman statue if she does the ritual without aborting the baby, she is a good woman. Kannatha performs the ritual successfully.One night, Chinna Durai, Mohana Sundaram, and Ranganayaki beat the crap out of the innocent girl to death and incinerate her. They claim that this was an accident to the police. Later, Chinna Durai marries his relative Seetha Lakshmi (Indhu), a talkative and naive village girl. Later, Kannatha becomes a goddess and takes revenge on the culprits. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
After the marriage, Chinna Durai rapes Kannatha and begins to mistreat the innocent girl. When Shanmugam visits Kannatha, Chinna Durai ridicules him for being poor. Feeling guilty to have destroyed his daughter's life, Shanmugam dies of a broken heart. Kannatha then decides to support her mother and sisters by trying to bring them to live with her in-laws. Mohana Sundaram and Ranganayaki repeatedly humiliate them as much as possible to expel them from their house. In addition to this, Chinna Durai also tries to harasses Kannatha's mother to her shock. Due to this humiliation, Kannatha's mother and the four girls commit suicide by eating poisoned food unbeknownst to Kannatha. Soona Paana ([[Vadivelu]]) has a comedy subplot in this story as a menacing villager who steals and gets caught in the action hilariously.  


==Cast==
Meanwhile, Kannatha becomes  pregnant. Chinna Durai who is now bored of living with her, accuse that Kannatha's baby has cheated on him to have this child. The village president orders Kannatha to perform a ritual on front of Chintala karai Vekkali amman statue to prove her innocence and chastity. Although Kannatha successfully completes the ritual, Chinna Durai, Mohana Sundaram, and Ranganayaki hacks her to death and set her ablaze. They forge evidences to make the police believe this was an accident. Kannatha emerges from the ashes taking the form of a goddess to avenge her death.


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Shortly after this, Chinna Durai marries his rich relative Seetha Lakshmi (Indhu), a talkative and naive village girl. Seetha lakshmi worships Karuppusamy and gets to know the cruelty of her husband and in laws. Now Kannatha, in her goddess form kills her in-laws every full moon day.  Now pregnant Seetha Lakshmi tries to save her husband from the wrath of goddess begs Karuppusamy's priest. Priest gives her lemons to stick on the trident of the goddess, that are supposed to calm down the goddess.
 
In the climax, Chinna Durai who is against this practice berates the goddess, argues with his wife and hurts her; This inadvertently makes the lemon fall from the trident. Kannatha appears before Chinna Durai and tries to kill him. He seeks her mercy but sighting his presence would endanger all of womenkind, Kannatha finally slays him. Movies ends with a note that all evil should be destroyed for the betterment of humanity.
 
== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Chinna Durai
*[[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Chinna Durai
*[[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]] as Kannatha
*[[Neena (Tamil actress)|Neena]] as Kannatha
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*[[Manivannan]] as Mohana Sundaram
*[[Manivannan]] as Mohana Sundaram
*[[Vadivukkarasi]] as Ranganayaki
*[[Vadivukkarasi]] as Ranganayaki
*[[Vadivelu]] as Soona Paana (Subbaiya Pandiyan)  
*[[Vadivelu]] as Soona Paana (Subbaiya Pandiyan)
*[[Fathima Babu]] as Kannatha's mother
*[[Fathima Babu]] as Kannatha's mother
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Shanmugam, Kannatha's father
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Shanmugam, Kannatha's father
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*Achan
*Achan
*[[Vinu Chakravarthy]] in a guest appearance as Karuppu Sami
*[[Vinu Chakravarthy]] in a guest appearance as Karuppu Sami
*[[Khushbu]] in a guest appearance as villupattukari
*[[Khushbu Sundar|Khushbu]] in a guest appearance as [[villu pattu|villupattukari]]
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*Priyanka Robo Shankar in an uncredited role
 
==Soundtrack==
 
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The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 7 tracks with lyrics written by Kamakodiyan, Ponnadiyan, Arivumathi, Ilaiyaraaja and [[Bharathi Kannan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Kannathal-songs-T0001017|title=Kannathal Songs&nbsp;— Tamil Movie Songs|accessdate=2015-03-08|publisher=play.raaga.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/tamil/Kannathaal-1998/Pyq41WXwOYY_|title=Kannathaal, Kannathaal Songs|accessdate=2015-03-08|publisher=saavn.com}}</ref>
== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kannathal {{sic|nolink=y|(2004)}} |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/album/Kannathal-songs-T0001017 |access-date=8 March 2024 |website=[[Raaga.com]] |language=en |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016155104/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/album/Kannathal-songs-T0001017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kannathal / Guru Parvai |url=https://avdigital.in/products/kannathal-guru-parvai |access-date=8 March 2024 |website=AVDigital |language=en |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607091135/https://avdigital.in/products/kannathal-guru-parvai |url-status=live }}</ref> He reportedly composed all the songs in a single day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Waheed |first=Sajahan |date=22 June 1998 |title='Kannathal' inspires Illayaraja folk tunes |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yG40AAAAIBAJ&sjid=3xQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4038%2C244161 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617083944/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yG40AAAAIBAJ&sjid=3xQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4038%2C244161 |archive-date=17 June 2024 |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
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! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration
|-
|-
|1 || "Amman Pukazhai Paada" <small>(male)</small> || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || 4:53
| "Amman Pukazhai Paada" <small>(male)</small> || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || rowspan=2|Ilaiyaraaja || 4:53
|-
|-
|2 || "Amman Pukazhai Paada" <small>(female)</small> || [[Bhavatharini]] || 4:53
| "Amman Pukazhai Paada" <small>(female)</small> || [[Bhavatharini]] || 4:53
|-
|-
|3 || "Kamatchi Ammanukku" || [[Sujatha Mohan]] || 5:17
| "Kamatchi Ammanukku" || [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]] || Ponnadiyan || 5:17
|-
|-
|4 || "Maalaiveiyazhaki" || Ilaiyaraaja, Chorus || 2:42
| "Maalaiveiyazhaki" || Ilaiyaraaja, Chorus || [[Kamakodiyan]]|| 2:42
|-
|-
|5 || "Munthi Munthi Vinayagare" || [[K. S. Chithra]] || 6:20
| "Munthi Munthi Vinayagare" || [[K. S. Chithra]] || Bharathi Kannan || 6:20
|-
|-
|6 || "Pathilenkay Solvai" || Sujatha Mohan || 4:09
| "Pathilenkay Solvai" || Sujatha || [[Arivumathi]] || 4:09
|-
|-
|7 || "Unnai Nambum" || Devi, Chorus || 2:38
| "Unnai Nambum" || Devie Neithiyar, [[Choir|Chorus]] || Kamakodiyan || 2:38
|}
|}


==References==
== Reception ==
D. S. Ramanujam of ''[[The Hindu]]'' opined that "The old fashioned approach of director S. Bharathikannan, based on his story and screenplay, may go well with rural audience, particularly womenfolk".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramanujam |first=D. S. |date=4 December 1998 |title=Film Reviews: Velli Nilavae / Kannaathaal |url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981204/09/09040224.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010407121720/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981204/09/09040224.htm |archive-date=7 April 2001 |access-date=12 January 2022 |work=[[The Hindu]] |pages=27}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title}}
[[Category:1998 Indian films]]
[[Category:1998 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Bharathi Kannan]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Hindu devotional films]]
[[Category:Hindu devotional films]]
[[Category:Super Good Films films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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Kannathaal
Directed byBharathi Kannan
Produced byR. B. Choudary
Written byBharathi Kannan
E. Ramdoss (dialogues)
Starring
Music byIlaiyaraaja
CinematographyVijay
Edited byV. Jaishankar
Production
company
Release date
  • 2 December 1998 (1998-12-02)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kannathal is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by Bharathi Kannan. The film stars Karan, Neena and Indhu, with Manivannan, Vadivelu, Vadivukkarasi, Fathima Babu, and Delhi Ganesh playing supporting roles. It was released on 2 December 1998.[1]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Khusbu narrates the story of the woman turned village Goddess through her traditional, bow song in a village fair.

Kannatha (Neena) is a villager who performs dances(Karagattam) for her survival and is a staunch believer in Goddess Amman. Many in her village, revere here as a goddess. She lives with her father Shanmugam Pillai (Delhi Ganesh), who is a nadaswaram artist, her mother (Fathima Babu), and her four little sisters.

Chinna Durai (Karan) is the philandering son of a rich Zamindar Mohana Sundaram (Manivannan) and Ranganayaki (Vadivukkarasi). One fine day, Chinna Durai witnesses Kannatha in a Hindu festival and impressed by her looks. He uses subterfuge to marry her by coercing her father into their marriage.

After the marriage, Chinna Durai rapes Kannatha and begins to mistreat the innocent girl. When Shanmugam visits Kannatha, Chinna Durai ridicules him for being poor. Feeling guilty to have destroyed his daughter's life, Shanmugam dies of a broken heart. Kannatha then decides to support her mother and sisters by trying to bring them to live with her in-laws. Mohana Sundaram and Ranganayaki repeatedly humiliate them as much as possible to expel them from their house. In addition to this, Chinna Durai also tries to harasses Kannatha's mother to her shock. Due to this humiliation, Kannatha's mother and the four girls commit suicide by eating poisoned food unbeknownst to Kannatha. Soona Paana (Vadivelu) has a comedy subplot in this story as a menacing villager who steals and gets caught in the action hilariously.

Meanwhile, Kannatha becomes pregnant. Chinna Durai who is now bored of living with her, accuse that Kannatha's baby has cheated on him to have this child. The village president orders Kannatha to perform a ritual on front of Chintala karai Vekkali amman statue to prove her innocence and chastity. Although Kannatha successfully completes the ritual, Chinna Durai, Mohana Sundaram, and Ranganayaki hacks her to death and set her ablaze. They forge evidences to make the police believe this was an accident. Kannatha emerges from the ashes taking the form of a goddess to avenge her death.

Shortly after this, Chinna Durai marries his rich relative Seetha Lakshmi (Indhu), a talkative and naive village girl. Seetha lakshmi worships Karuppusamy and gets to know the cruelty of her husband and in laws. Now Kannatha, in her goddess form kills her in-laws every full moon day. Now pregnant Seetha Lakshmi tries to save her husband from the wrath of goddess begs Karuppusamy's priest. Priest gives her lemons to stick on the trident of the goddess, that are supposed to calm down the goddess.

In the climax, Chinna Durai who is against this practice berates the goddess, argues with his wife and hurts her; This inadvertently makes the lemon fall from the trident. Kannatha appears before Chinna Durai and tries to kill him. He seeks her mercy but sighting his presence would endanger all of womenkind, Kannatha finally slays him. Movies ends with a note that all evil should be destroyed for the betterment of humanity.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[2][3] He reportedly composed all the songs in a single day.[4]

Song Singer(s) Lyrics Duration
"Amman Pukazhai Paada" (male) Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja 4:53
"Amman Pukazhai Paada" (female) Bhavatharini 4:53
"Kamatchi Ammanukku" Sujatha Ponnadiyan 5:17
"Maalaiveiyazhaki" Ilaiyaraaja, Chorus Kamakodiyan 2:42
"Munthi Munthi Vinayagare" K. S. Chithra Bharathi Kannan 6:20
"Pathilenkay Solvai" Sujatha Arivumathi 4:09
"Unnai Nambum" Devie Neithiyar, Chorus Kamakodiyan 2:38

Reception[edit | edit source]

D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu opined that "The old fashioned approach of director S. Bharathikannan, based on his story and screenplay, may go well with rural audience, particularly womenfolk".[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Kannathaal / கண்ணாத்தாள்". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Kannathal (2004) [sic]". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Kannathal / Guru Parvai". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Waheed, Sajahan (22 June 1998). "'Kannathal' inspires Illayaraja folk tunes". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ↑ Ramanujam, D. S. (4 December 1998). "Film Reviews: Velli Nilavae / Kannaathaal". The Hindu. p. 27. Archived from the original on 7 April 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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