Oru Kadhal Seiveer

Oru Kadhal Seiveer
Directed by	Ravi Bhargavan
Produced by	A. Selvi
Written by	Ravi Bhargavan
Starring	Santhosh Archana Galrani Krishna
Music by	Bharani
Cinematography	Vishakan
Edited by	P. Sai Suresh
Production company	Selvi Productions
Release date	10 March 2006 (2006-03-10)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Oru Kadhal Seiveer is a 2006 Indian Tamil language romantic thriller film directed by Ravi Bhargavan. The film features Santhosh, Archana Galrani and Krishna in the lead roles, with Chandrasekhar, Sabitha Anand, Ilavarasu, Jothisha, Meenakshi, Sundari and Kantharaj playing supporting roles. The film, produced by A. Selvi, had musical score by Bharani and was released on 10 March 2006.

Plot

Kamesh (Santhosh), a playboy, meets the modern and practical girl Subha (Archana Galrani). Subha wants a non-committed relationship, and the two start to hang out, and they even have sex one day. Kamesh slowly falls in love with Subha and wants to settle down in life, so he asks her to marry him, but she declines. Thereafter, Subha agrees for an arranged marriage with the engineer Anand (Krishna) who is also Kamesh's best friend.

The young couple moves to Ooty. Kamesh is still obsessed with Subha and wants to have sex with her one more time, so he arrives in Ooty and stays at their home. Kamesh starts to lust for her, but she refuses to cheat on her kindhearted husband. Kamesh then tortures her mentally for sleeping with her, and Subha eventually accepts and brings him to a hotel. There, she gives an interview for the journalists she has invited, and Kamesh is dazed. Subha tells them that she had premarital sex with someone and he is now torturing her. She then takes a knife and stabs Kamesh to death. Subha is arrested for the murder and is sentenced to five years in prison. The film ends with Anand comforting his wife in jail and swearing that he will wait for her.

Cast

• Santhosh as Kamesh
• Archana Galrani as Subha
• Krishna as Anand
• Chandrasekhar as Vijayakanthan, Subha's father
• Sabitha Anand as Sagunthala, Subha's mother
• Ilavarasu as Aadhi
• Jothisha as Jothi
• Meenakshi as Meenakshi
• Sundari as Mallika Devi, Anand's mother
• Kantharaj as Ramalingam, Anand's father
• Prathiba
• Selvakumar
• Amirtha Ganesh
• Samar
• Risha in a special appearance

Production

Ravi Bhargavan, who had directed films such as Well Done (2003) and Kadhal Seiya Virumbu (2005), returned with Oru Kadhal Seiveer under the banner of Selvi Productions. Santhosh who was also the hero of Ravi Bhargavan's earlier film Kadhal Seiya Virumbu teamed up again with the director. Newcomer Archana Galrani, who was studying eleventh grade at that time, had been signed as the female lead. Krishna, known for playing the lead role in the TV serial Chidambara Rahasiyam, was chosen to play a significant role.

Soundtrack

Oru Kadhal Seiveer
Soundtrack album by Bharani
Released	2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	22:45
Producer	Bharani

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Bharani. The soundtrack features 5 tracks.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mutham Koduda"	Harish Raghavendra, Pop Shalini	5:01
2.	"Osho Pennai"	Devan Ekambaram, Srimathumitha	4:08
3.	"Devathaye Devathaye"	Vijay Yesudas, Rajalakshmi	4:07
4.	"Gigu Gimba"	Tippu	4:14
5.	"Rottu Meley"	Ranjith, Malathy Lakshman	5:15
Total length:			22:45

Reception

S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu said, "Oru Kadhal Seiveer is a film with a message that has not been conveyed very well. The climax is a let down thus diluting the story". Malini Mannath wrote, "Santhosh reveals more maturity in his second film, and is more comfortable and confident here. Archana suits the role, acquits herself fairly creditably, but needs to work more on her expression" and concluded, "It's a film with a message, but could have done with more finesse". Another reviewer praised Santosh's acting but criticised the heroine's acting, the first half of the film and the double meaning dialogues.