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Kandukondain Kandukondain

February 12, 2024

For the television series, see Kandukondain Kandukondain (TV series).

Kandukondain Kandukondain (also released internationally under the translated title I Have Found It) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon. Based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility, it features an ensemble cast of Mammootty, Ajith Kumar, Tabu, Aishwarya Rai and Abbas. Veterans Manivannan, Srividya and Raghuvaran play supporting roles.[1][2] The film's soundtrack was scored by A. R. Rahman and the cinematographer was Ravi K. Chandran.[3][4]

Kandukondain Kandukondain
100-day run poster
Directed byRajiv Menon
Screenplay byRajiv Menon
Sujatha (dialogues)
Based onSense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
Produced byKalaipuli S. Thanu
Starring
CinematographyRavi K. Chandran
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
V Creations
Release date
  • 5 May 2000 (2000-05-05)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

After several delays, Kandukondain Kandukondain opened to Tamil Nadu audiences on 5 May 2000 and was commercially successful.[5] The producers released subtitled versions worldwide.[2][6] The film also won a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards South, and was featured in international film festivals.

Plot edit

Indian Peace Keeping Force personnel Major Bala, while fighting in the jungles of war-torn Sri Lanka, loses his right leg in an explosion triggered by Tamil militants. Elsewhere, Manohar, a film director, is greeted at a filming location by his parents, who want him to marry Swetha, so that he will inherit her family's company. Sisters Sowmya and Meenakshi are part of a close-knit family living in a Chettiar mansion in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, with their mother Padma, maternal grandfather Chandrasekhar, servant Chinnatha and younger sister Kamala. Sowmya is a school principal while Meenakshi is passionate about classic Tamil poetry, music and dance. Sivagnanam, a friend of Bala, lives with his mother. His mother is having breathing issues, which is fixed as soon as he says the word marriage. After his mother wants to see a marriage, Sivagnanam shows two cats, Raj and Viji, getting married much to her dismay.

Bala, who now runs a floral business, has become a depressed and alcohol-dependent man since losing his leg but he quits drinking after an argument with Meenakshi, with whom he falls in love and supports her family when in need. At her behest, he stops drinking in exchange for her to learn music, which she does. Meenakshi, who, considers Bala as a friend, falls in love with Srikanth, a charming businessman who shares Meenakshi's interests. Manohar visits Meenakshi's house for a film shoot where Sowmya and Manohar fall in love with each other.

On his deathbed, Chandrasekhar tries to say something about his will but no one understands him. After his death, their lawyer breaks open the box and find he has bequeathed all of his property to his younger son Swaminathan, at the time when his elder daughter Padma had eloped and married without his knowledge, but was unable to change the will as he was paralysed and unable to speak a few years down the lane when his daughter assisted him. Vidya and Sowmya silently submit themselves to Swaminathan and his wife, Lalitha's demands, but Meenakshi is unable to accept the change in lifestyle. Sowmya and her family move to Chennai when they can no longer stand Lalitha's arrogant behaviour upon inheriting the mansion.

Upon arriving in Chennai, the family struggles and they work as cooks at a local restaurant. While eating a vazhaipoo vada (banana flower vada), Bala and Sivagnanam recognise its taste and immediately go to the kitchen. They are surprised to see such a rich family working tirelessly in the restaurant. After attending several interviews, Sowmya gets a job as a telephone operator at a software company. She is later promoted to a junior programmer due to her qualifications while Meenakshi becomes a playback singer with Bala's help, but keeps searching for Srikanth whom she has lost contact with. After Sowmya's promotion she gets a home loan approved and they are able to buy their own apartment. Meanwhile, Lalitha is sad after Swaminathan dies of electrocution and offers the Chettinad house to Sowmya and her family, who refuse her offer to take the house back.

In the meanwhile, Srikanth's finance company goes bankrupt and he has to pay back his investors. A minister offers to bail out Srikanth and his company if Srikanth marries his daughter. Srikanth agrees but Meenakshi is shocked and overwhelmed at his hypocrisy. She meets Srikanth and his future wife at the time of her first recording and after recording her first song, Meenakshi falls into an open manhole and is rescued by Bala. Realising Bala's love for her, Meenakshi falls in love with him.

Manohar's first film project is in disarray and he is thrown out. While talking to Sowmya's family, he says the name chosen as the film's title was bad omen and attributed the failure to its bad luck. Sowmya who chose the name of the film translates it her being bad luck to him. For his next project, he plans to make an action film with Nandhini Varma, a well-known Telugu film actor, as the heroine. Nandhini is attracted to Manohar; rumours of an affair between them spread and his lack of attention to Sowmya hurts her deeply. Bala introduces Meenakshi to Vinod, an army officer, as he does not want Meenakshi to dedicate her life to caring for him because of his disability. Meenakshi tells Vinod and his family that she is not interested in him and declares her love to Bala. Manohar's film is a commercial success but when he visits Sowmya's house in Chennai, he finds she is moving to California for her company's project. Manohar and Sowmya tearfully argue and he tries to persuade Sowmya to marry him, and she accepts his proposal. The film ends with Manohar marrying Sowmya and Bala marrying Meenakshi.

Cast edit

As per the opening and closing credits:[7]

Guest appearances

Production edit

Development edit

After the success of his directorial debut Minsara Kanavu (1997), Rajiv Menon was signed by producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu to direct a film in the final quarter of 1998.[8] In November 1998, Menon announced he had begun pre-production work on a project titled Theekkul Viralai Vaithal, a title taken from a line by Subramania Bharati.[9][10] The initial idea of the film came from a conversation between Menon and director Mani Ratnam about the contrast between Menon's life and that of his brother. While Menon entered the film industry, his brother focused on an academic career and later became an officer in the Indian Railway Accounts Service. Ratnam later suggested Menon should make a film on the subject.[11]

Menon wrote a screenplay based on the Jane Austen novel Sense and Sensibility and the project was renamed Kandukondain Kandukondain. The title was inspired by the phrase "kanden kanden Seethaiyai kanden" from Kambar's epic Kamba Ramayanam. Menon said the film's story of two sisters was reminiscent of those of him and his brother during difficult parts of their lives.[11][12] The film was initially launched as a multilingual project in 4 languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi), though it was only released in Tamil with a subsequent Telugu-dubbed version titled Priyuraalu Pilichindi.[10] Menon first wrote the story in English then dictated the dialogue in Malayalam; this was then translated into Tamil by Sujatha.[13][14][11]

In November 1999, when most of the production was complete, Menon—whose previous film performed poorly in rural areas—wanted to show a rough copy of Kandukondain Kandukondain to a village audience to ensure they could relate to the subject.[12][15][16] After showing parts of the film to audiences in Udumalpettai and Pollachi, the team later held a group discussion before thanking the volunteers with gifts while receiving positive feedback.[12]

Casting edit

Tabu was the first actor to be cast in the film; she was cast in the role of the elder sister Sowmya and Revathi was signed to dub for her character.[17] The casting of the younger sister Meenakshi took longer to finalise; initially the team approached Meena for the role, but she declined due to other commitments.[18] Next, Menon approached Manju Warrier, who liked the script but was hesitant to commit to appear in the film due to her impending wedding with Dileep.[19] He next discussed the role with Soundarya, whose team wanted to read the script before committing to the project. However, Soundarya's brother was not interested in letting her play a second heroine.[19] Because Menon was still finalising the climax, he opted to explore other options and Kausalya was briefly considered.[20][21] Aishwarya Rai was then signed onto the project, making her third appearance in Tamil films after roles in Mani Ratnam's Iruvar (1997) and Shankar's Jeans (1998).[22] Despite being replete with Hindi film offers, Rai said she was a large fan of Menon's work and could strongly identify with the character, and accepted the offer.[23][20] Menon and writer Sujatha presented two points of view in the female leads; while Sowmya accepts her destiny, Meenakshi wants to make her own life choices. While finalising the character arc of Sowmya, Menon drew inspiration from a person with whom he was familiar.[20]

Initially Menon cast Prabhu Deva, the lead actor of his previous film, in a leading role. Deva had played a key role in introducing Menon to producer Thanu but soon left the project.[10][24] For the role of a former army general, Menon attempted to cast Parthiban but the actor's difficult relationship with Thanu meant they could not collaborate. Arjun Sarja was also approached but he was working in a different film genre during the period. Eventually, Menon cast Mammootty in the role.[25] Abbas was cast in a role of a young businessman while Vikram dubbed for his character.[20][10]

Menon approached Prashanth to appear in the film in place of Prabhu Deva, but the actor demanded to be paired opposite Rai rather than Tabu. Menon did not want to switch the female lead actors and decided not to cast Prashanth.[20] In January 1999, Menon met and narrated the script of Kandukondain Kandukondain to Ajith Kumar, who had been recovering from back surgery; Kumar agreed to portray the struggling film director character.[24][26][27] While writing the character, Menon was inspired by his experiences as a junior technician looking to make a breakthrough in the film industry.[25][8] Between signing for Kandukondain Kandukondain and its release in May 2000, Ajith Kumar had significantly expanded his box-office appeal through the commercial success of his other films.[25][28]

Srividya was signed to play the mother of Tabu and Rai while Shamili played their sister.[29] Nizhalgal Ravi and debutant Anita Ratnam were also cast in the film with Malayalam actor Unnikrishnan Namboothiri making his debut as the bedridden grandfather.[30][31][32] Prominent actors Raghuvaran and Manivannan were selected for supporting roles in the film while Hindi actors Dino Morea and Pooja Batra appeared in small character roles, with Batra playing an actor.[33] Cameraman Arvind Krishna appeared in a small role as Ajith Kumar's friend.[34]

Rajiv Menon and Dhanu retained several of the technical team from his previous venture, adding Sujatha as a writer. Menon said he often thought of dialogue in Malayalam—his native language—before telling writer Sujatha to translate it into Tamil.[12][20] A cinematographer himself, Menon chose to avoid that task in the project and appointed Ravi K. Chandran as the cinematographer. According to Menon, directing and filming at the same time was "strenuous", though he said he photographed almost 30% of Kandukondain Kandukondain because Chandran was briefly unavailable.[35] The film's music was composed by A. R. Rahman while lyrics were written by Vairamuthu; the pair argued during the production.[36] Suresh Urs edited the film while Vikram Dharma directed stunts, Nagu directed arts and Rekha Prakash, Brindha and Raju Sundaram choreographed the songs. Costumes were designed by Nalini Sriram.[37]

Filming edit

 
The title song was filmed at Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland.[38]

Scenes with Mammootty's soldier character were filmed in Munnar from February to April 1999, just before the outbreak of the Kargil War.[12] The team were able to borrow a former military helicopter for the sequences.[25] A large portion of the film's first half was filmed in the Kanadugathan area of Karaikudi. The team persuaded industrialist M. A. M. Ramaswamy to lend them his palatial Chettiar mansion for filming; they secured permission to use the property because the producer Thanu was an acquaintance of Ramaswamy.[20] Menon submitted a one-page synopsis of the film to Ramaswamy, who gave his permission under the condition that a death scene was filmed elsewhere. Menon hired the Rao Bahadur house for the extra scenes.[20] According to Menon, during filming in the Chettiar mansion, the unit bonded with Rai and Tabu, becoming good friends; Ajith Kumar learnt from Mammootty and the whole unit ate dinner together. Most of the project's first half was filmed within a week.[22]

In May 1999, the crew along with Rai and Abbas went to Scotland to film the title song in Dornie with the castle of Eilean Donan as a backdrop.[36][38][39][40] Menon used the location to show Rai's character Meenakshi is living in a fantasy world so he filmed the song with a blue and green theme. In comparison, the team wanted to contrast the colours for Tabu's song by using red and brown as the main colours.[20][29] The production team subsequently planned a four-day trip to Egypt to film the song "Enna Solla Pogirai" with the Giza pyramids as a backdrop; however, the trip turned into a week-long schedule.[20] The first part of the song was shot in Karaikudi with a train in the background.[20] Rajiv Menon and actors Ajith Kumar, Tabu, Raju Sundaram and Ravi K. Chandran travelled daily for three hours from Cairo to film in the heat; one filming day was cancelled after Tabu fainted.[36] Professional Kathakali artists were used for the song "Konjum Mainakale", and the video for "Yengay Yenedhu Kavidhai" was filmed against the backdrop of Chennai's monsoonal rains. Meanwhile, the song "Kannamoochi Yenada" was filmed with the leading cast at Kushaldas Gardens in Chennai.[20] Some scenes featuring Rai were filmed at Menon's flat in Chennai.[11]

Kandukondain Kandukondain was delayed for six months due to the success of Rai's films Taal and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which prompted the revival of other projects she had signed up to in that period.[12] Menon's insistence composer A. R. Rahman reworked some of the music to provide a better fusion of classical and contemporary music also delayed progress. Filming ended six months behind the schedule devised by Menon but according to him, everything happened as planned.[12]

Soundtrack edit

The songs in Kandukondain Kandukondain were composed by A. R. Rahman and the rights to the soundtrack album were bought by Saregama for a then-record sum of ₹2.2 crore.[3] The soundtrack includes eight songs, one of which is based on a poem written by Subramania Bharati.[41] The audio launch was held at Devi Theatre on 15 March 2000.[42][43]

"Kannamoochi" is set in the Carnatic raga Nattakurinji.[44] Rajiv Menon, who is a fan of this raga, presented Rahman with the song "Kavalaiyai Theerpathu Naattiya Kalaiye" from Sivakavi (1943) and asked him to compose at least one piece based on the raga.[35][45][29] "Kandukondain Kandukondain" is based on the Nalinakanthi raga, "Smayiyai" is based on jazz music, and "Enna Solla Pogirai" is a folksy and romantic song.[46] Menon personally asked Shankar Mahadevan to sing the song "Enna Solla Pogirai".[29] Venky of Chennai Online felt the album "is not in the class of `Minsara Kanavu'" calling "Kannamoochi" as the best song of the album and praised other songs but felt "'Konjum Mainakale' by Sadhana Sargam simply doesn't work because the singer seems completely out of sync with the music and her North Indian accent doesn't gel with the song".[47]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Enna Solla Pogirai"VairamuthuShankar Mahadevan6:00
2."Kandukondain Kandukondain"VairamuthuHariharan, Mahalakshmi Iyer5:22
3."Kannamoochi Yenada"VairamuthuK. S. Chithra4:49
4."Suttum Vizhi"Subramania BharatiHariharan2:21
5."Konjum Mainakkale"VairamuthuSadhana Sargam4:43
6."Kannamoochi Yenada" (Duet)VairamuthuK. S. Chithra, K. J. Yesudas3:30
7."Yengae Enathu Kavithai"VairamuthuK. S. Chithra, Srinivas5:15
8."Smayiyai"VairamuthuDevan Ekambaram, Clinton Cerejo, Dominique Cerejo5:09

Release and reception edit

A function was held to mark the release of the soundtrack to Kandukondain Kandukondain with Kamal Haasan in attendance.[48] The film was initially scheduled for release in the 1999 Diwali season but delays led to the producers announcing it would be released on 1 January 2000, becoming the first film of the new millennium. Further delays due to the success of other films, including Padayappa and Vaalee ensured the film missed that date. The release of Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey led to the further postponement of the release of Kandukondain Kandukondain to May 2000.[36]

Kandukondain Kandukondain opened to positive reviews from film critics. The Indian Express stated; "A progressive film encouraging female independence, yet staying a warm family tale in essence, Kandukondain Kandukondain is the kind of film every intelligent movie-goer ought not to miss. Almost every supporting character pitches in an impressive performance, thus making Kandukondain Kandukondain a wonderful watch".[49][50] In the review for Rediff, Shobha Warrier stated although the film has "too many songs, too little emotion", it has "a powerful story with intense and well-developed characters. One of the most poignant scenes in the film is Mammootty's outburst against the system, which forgets war heroes who lay down their lives for a cause."[51][52] Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki praised Rajiv Menon for crafting realistic scenes in an poetic manner and also called his strength of making people believe the thought process of characters and also added Ajith, Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Abbas, A. R. Raghuman and Sujatha have given their contribution without any slip.[53] S. Theodore Bhaskaran of The Hindu wrote "Menon's film works well because it tells a touching tale in an inventive manner and in the process, makes certain important social comments, through well-crafted cinema".[54] The film was a commercial success[55][56] and completed 150 days at the box office in Tamil Nadu.[31] It was also successful in Kerala.[57] It was initially unsuccessful in Kerala because Mammootty was not promoted as one of the lead artists.[24] Menon chose to take the film to North Indian audiences but avoided dubbing it to avoid its script being lost in translation, and submitted a final version with English subtitles.[17][58][59]

The film was later released by Shyam Shroff of Shringar Films in a limited number cinemas in Mumbai and New Delhi, earning positive reviews from critics and performing well at the box office.[60] Shroff said, "although the film didn't make pots of money ... it created tremendous brand equity".[61] Shobhaa De said the film's "word of mouth was spectacular" and the "reports were consistently good".[62] Outlook gave the film a favourable review and wrote, "This winner of a new-age entertainer is actually a tribute to the 'complete'-ness of the ancient Indian film structure."[63]

Kandukondain Kandukondain was showcased at the Regus London Film Festival in November 2000 and critics from the UK newspaper The Guardian rated it as one of the top-12 films of the event's 270. Critic Peter Bradshaw said it "is an entertaining reinvention of the novel" and that "the richly complicated plot allows it to be exuberantly transposed to modern-day India", ranking it alongside Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous.[61][2][8] Menon continued to show the film across the world, including having screenings at the Washington Film Festival in April 2001, Locarno Film Festival in August 2002 and the Tiburon International Film Festival in March 2004.[64][65] US-based Kino Films bought the home video rights to the film.[66]

Accolades edit

2001 National Film Awards
2001 Filmfare Awards South

Legacy edit

The script of Kandukondain Kandukondain was translated into English and published as a book by Westland Publishers in October 2000.[31] Sanjay Leela Bhansali discussed the possibility of making a Hindi version of the film with Menon. Irrfan Khan held discussions to reprise the role of Major Bala. The project did not go ahead.[11]

Kandukondain Kandukondain became an important film in the careers of Kumar and Rai, showcasing both actors' versatility and ensured their successful careers in cinema.[71] In an interview, Ajith Kumar stated how he understood his true self after acting in the film.[26] The film's songs inspired several film titles: Enge Enadhu Kavithai (2002),[72] Kannamoochi Yenada (2007),[73] Konjum Mainakkale (2012)[74] and Enna Solla Pogirai (2022).[75] The character Anjali in the Telugu film Chi La Sow (2018) was inspired by Tabu's character in Kandukondain Kandukondain.[76]

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kandukondain, kandukondain, television, series, series, also, released, internationally, under, translated, title, have, found, 2000, indian, tamil, language, romantic, musical, film, directed, written, rajiv, menon, based, jane, austen, 1811, novel, sense, se. For the television series see Kandukondain Kandukondain TV series Kandukondain Kandukondain also released internationally under the translated title I Have Found It is a 2000 Indian Tamil language romantic musical film directed and co written by Rajiv Menon Based on Jane Austen s 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility it features an ensemble cast of Mammootty Ajith Kumar Tabu Aishwarya Rai and Abbas Veterans Manivannan Srividya and Raghuvaran play supporting roles 1 2 The film s soundtrack was scored by A R Rahman and the cinematographer was Ravi K Chandran 3 4 Kandukondain Kandukondain100 day run posterDirected byRajiv MenonScreenplay byRajiv MenonSujatha dialogues Based onSense and Sensibilityby Jane AustenProduced byKalaipuli S ThanuStarringMammootty Ajith Kumar Tabu Aishwarya Rai AbbasCinematographyRavi K ChandranEdited bySuresh UrsMusic byA R RahmanProductioncompanyV CreationsRelease date5 May 2000 2000 05 05 Running time158 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamilAfter several delays Kandukondain Kandukondain opened to Tamil Nadu audiences on 5 May 2000 and was commercially successful 5 The producers released subtitled versions worldwide 2 6 The film also won a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards South and was featured in international film festivals Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Casting 3 3 Filming 4 Soundtrack 5 Release and reception 6 Accolades 7 Legacy 8 References 9 External linksPlot editIndian Peace Keeping Force personnel Major Bala while fighting in the jungles of war torn Sri Lanka loses his right leg in an explosion triggered by Tamil militants Elsewhere Manohar a film director is greeted at a filming location by his parents who want him to marry Swetha so that he will inherit her family s company Sisters Sowmya and Meenakshi are part of a close knit family living in a Chettiar mansion in Karaikudi Tamil Nadu with their mother Padma maternal grandfather Chandrasekhar servant Chinnatha and younger sister Kamala Sowmya is a school principal while Meenakshi is passionate about classic Tamil poetry music and dance Sivagnanam a friend of Bala lives with his mother His mother is having breathing issues which is fixed as soon as he says the word marriage After his mother wants to see a marriage Sivagnanam shows two cats Raj and Viji getting married much to her dismay Bala who now runs a floral business has become a depressed and alcohol dependent man since losing his leg but he quits drinking after an argument with Meenakshi with whom he falls in love and supports her family when in need At her behest he stops drinking in exchange for her to learn music which she does Meenakshi who considers Bala as a friend falls in love with Srikanth a charming businessman who shares Meenakshi s interests Manohar visits Meenakshi s house for a film shoot where Sowmya and Manohar fall in love with each other On his deathbed Chandrasekhar tries to say something about his will but no one understands him After his death their lawyer breaks open the box and find he has bequeathed all of his property to his younger son Swaminathan at the time when his elder daughter Padma had eloped and married without his knowledge but was unable to change the will as he was paralysed and unable to speak a few years down the lane when his daughter assisted him Vidya and Sowmya silently submit themselves to Swaminathan and his wife Lalitha s demands but Meenakshi is unable to accept the change in lifestyle Sowmya and her family move to Chennai when they can no longer stand Lalitha s arrogant behaviour upon inheriting the mansion Upon arriving in Chennai the family struggles and they work as cooks at a local restaurant While eating a vazhaipoo vada banana flower vada Bala and Sivagnanam recognise its taste and immediately go to the kitchen They are surprised to see such a rich family working tirelessly in the restaurant After attending several interviews Sowmya gets a job as a telephone operator at a software company She is later promoted to a junior programmer due to her qualifications while Meenakshi becomes a playback singer with Bala s help but keeps searching for Srikanth whom she has lost contact with After Sowmya s promotion she gets a home loan approved and they are able to buy their own apartment Meanwhile Lalitha is sad after Swaminathan dies of electrocution and offers the Chettinad house to Sowmya and her family who refuse her offer to take the house back In the meanwhile Srikanth s finance company goes bankrupt and he has to pay back his investors A minister offers to bail out Srikanth and his company if Srikanth marries his daughter Srikanth agrees but Meenakshi is shocked and overwhelmed at his hypocrisy She meets Srikanth and his future wife at the time of her first recording and after recording her first song Meenakshi falls into an open manhole and is rescued by Bala Realising Bala s love for her Meenakshi falls in love with him Manohar s first film project is in disarray and he is thrown out While talking to Sowmya s family he says the name chosen as the film s title was bad omen and attributed the failure to its bad luck Sowmya who chose the name of the film translates it her being bad luck to him For his next project he plans to make an action film with Nandhini Varma a well known Telugu film actor as the heroine Nandhini is attracted to Manohar rumours of an affair between them spread and his lack of attention to Sowmya hurts her deeply Bala introduces Meenakshi to Vinod an army officer as he does not want Meenakshi to dedicate her life to caring for him because of his disability Meenakshi tells Vinod and his family that she is not interested in him and declares her love to Bala Manohar s film is a commercial success but when he visits Sowmya s house in Chennai he finds she is moving to California for her company s project Manohar and Sowmya tearfully argue and he tries to persuade Sowmya to marry him and she accepts his proposal The film ends with Manohar marrying Sowmya and Bala marrying Meenakshi Cast editAs per the opening and closing credits 7 Mammootty as Bala Ajith Kumar as Manohar Tabu as Sowmya voice dubbed by Revathi Aishwarya Rai as Meenakshi voice dubbed by Jayageetha Abbas as Srikanth voice dubbed by Vikram Manivannan as Sivagnanam Srividya as Padma Raghuvaran as Ramshankar Nizhalgal Ravi as Swaminathan Shamili as Kamala Anita Ratnam as Lalitha Unnikrishnan Namboothiri as Chandrasekhar Rukumani as Sivagnanam s mother Mohan Raman as Parameshwaran Dr Mathrubootham as Manohar s father Sathya Priya as Manohar s mother S N Lakshmi as Chinnatha Sreeja as Vatsala Neelu as Allimuthu Varadharajan as Srikanth s interviewer Uma Padmanabhan as Srikanth s interviewer Malaysia Vasudevan as a film producer Arvind as Manohar s friend Gangai Amaren as himself Sundaramurthy as the Chennai house ownerGuest appearancesDino Morea as Vinod Pooja Batra as Nandhini Varma Senthil as himself Subhasree Thanikachalam as herself news reporter Shanthi as dancer uncredited Kalyani Menon as Meenakshi s music teacher uncredited A R Rahman as himself uncredited Vikram Dharma as himself uncredited Production editDevelopment edit After the success of his directorial debut Minsara Kanavu 1997 Rajiv Menon was signed by producer Kalaipuli S Thanu to direct a film in the final quarter of 1998 8 In November 1998 Menon announced he had begun pre production work on a project titled Theekkul Viralai Vaithal a title taken from a line by Subramania Bharati 9 10 The initial idea of the film came from a conversation between Menon and director Mani Ratnam about the contrast between Menon s life and that of his brother While Menon entered the film industry his brother focused on an academic career and later became an officer in the Indian Railway Accounts Service Ratnam later suggested Menon should make a film on the subject 11 Menon wrote a screenplay based on the Jane Austen novel Sense and Sensibility and the project was renamed Kandukondain Kandukondain The title was inspired by the phrase kanden kanden Seethaiyai kanden from Kambar s epic Kamba Ramayanam Menon said the film s story of two sisters was reminiscent of those of him and his brother during difficult parts of their lives 11 12 The film was initially launched as a multilingual project in 4 languages Tamil Telugu Malayalam and Hindi though it was only released in Tamil with a subsequent Telugu dubbed version titled Priyuraalu Pilichindi 10 Menon first wrote the story in English then dictated the dialogue in Malayalam this was then translated into Tamil by Sujatha 13 14 11 In November 1999 when most of the production was complete Menon whose previous film performed poorly in rural areas wanted to show a rough copy of Kandukondain Kandukondain to a village audience to ensure they could relate to the subject 12 15 16 After showing parts of the film to audiences in Udumalpettai and Pollachi the team later held a group discussion before thanking the volunteers with gifts while receiving positive feedback 12 Casting edit Tabu was the first actor to be cast in the film she was cast in the role of the elder sister Sowmya and Revathi was signed to dub for her character 17 The casting of the younger sister Meenakshi took longer to finalise initially the team approached Meena for the role but she declined due to other commitments 18 Next Menon approached Manju Warrier who liked the script but was hesitant to commit to appear in the film due to her impending wedding with Dileep 19 He next discussed the role with Soundarya whose team wanted to read the script before committing to the project However Soundarya s brother was not interested in letting her play a second heroine 19 Because Menon was still finalising the climax he opted to explore other options and Kausalya was briefly considered 20 21 Aishwarya Rai was then signed onto the project making her third appearance in Tamil films after roles in Mani Ratnam s Iruvar 1997 and Shankar s Jeans 1998 22 Despite being replete with Hindi film offers Rai said she was a large fan of Menon s work and could strongly identify with the character and accepted the offer 23 20 Menon and writer Sujatha presented two points of view in the female leads while Sowmya accepts her destiny Meenakshi wants to make her own life choices While finalising the character arc of Sowmya Menon drew inspiration from a person with whom he was familiar 20 Initially Menon cast Prabhu Deva the lead actor of his previous film in a leading role Deva had played a key role in introducing Menon to producer Thanu but soon left the project 10 24 For the role of a former army general Menon attempted to cast Parthiban but the actor s difficult relationship with Thanu meant they could not collaborate Arjun Sarja was also approached but he was working in a different film genre during the period Eventually Menon cast Mammootty in the role 25 Abbas was cast in a role of a young businessman while Vikram dubbed for his character 20 10 Menon approached Prashanth to appear in the film in place of Prabhu Deva but the actor demanded to be paired opposite Rai rather than Tabu Menon did not want to switch the female lead actors and decided not to cast Prashanth 20 In January 1999 Menon met and narrated the script of Kandukondain Kandukondain to Ajith Kumar who had been recovering from back surgery Kumar agreed to portray the struggling film director character 24 26 27 While writing the character Menon was inspired by his experiences as a junior technician looking to make a breakthrough in the film industry 25 8 Between signing for Kandukondain Kandukondain and its release in May 2000 Ajith Kumar had significantly expanded his box office appeal through the commercial success of his other films 25 28 Srividya was signed to play the mother of Tabu and Rai while Shamili played their sister 29 Nizhalgal Ravi and debutant Anita Ratnam were also cast in the film with Malayalam actor Unnikrishnan Namboothiri making his debut as the bedridden grandfather 30 31 32 Prominent actors Raghuvaran and Manivannan were selected for supporting roles in the film while Hindi actors Dino Morea and Pooja Batra appeared in small character roles with Batra playing an actor 33 Cameraman Arvind Krishna appeared in a small role as Ajith Kumar s friend 34 Rajiv Menon and Dhanu retained several of the technical team from his previous venture adding Sujatha as a writer Menon said he often thought of dialogue in Malayalam his native language before telling writer Sujatha to translate it into Tamil 12 20 A cinematographer himself Menon chose to avoid that task in the project and appointed Ravi K Chandran as the cinematographer According to Menon directing and filming at the same time was strenuous though he said he photographed almost 30 of Kandukondain Kandukondain because Chandran was briefly unavailable 35 The film s music was composed by A R Rahman while lyrics were written by Vairamuthu the pair argued during the production 36 Suresh Urs edited the film while Vikram Dharma directed stunts Nagu directed arts and Rekha Prakash Brindha and Raju Sundaram choreographed the songs Costumes were designed by Nalini Sriram 37 Filming edit nbsp The title song was filmed at Eilean Donan Castle Scotland 38 Scenes with Mammootty s soldier character were filmed in Munnar from February to April 1999 just before the outbreak of the Kargil War 12 The team were able to borrow a former military helicopter for the sequences 25 A large portion of the film s first half was filmed in the Kanadugathan area of Karaikudi The team persuaded industrialist M A M Ramaswamy to lend them his palatial Chettiar mansion for filming they secured permission to use the property because the producer Thanu was an acquaintance of Ramaswamy 20 Menon submitted a one page synopsis of the film to Ramaswamy who gave his permission under the condition that a death scene was filmed elsewhere Menon hired the Rao Bahadur house for the extra scenes 20 According to Menon during filming in the Chettiar mansion the unit bonded with Rai and Tabu becoming good friends Ajith Kumar learnt from Mammootty and the whole unit ate dinner together Most of the project s first half was filmed within a week 22 In May 1999 the crew along with Rai and Abbas went to Scotland to film the title song in Dornie with the castle of Eilean Donan as a backdrop 36 38 39 40 Menon used the location to show Rai s character Meenakshi is living in a fantasy world so he filmed the song with a blue and green theme In comparison the team wanted to contrast the colours for Tabu s song by using red and brown as the main colours 20 29 The production team subsequently planned a four day trip to Egypt to film the song Enna Solla Pogirai with the Giza pyramids as a backdrop however the trip turned into a week long schedule 20 The first part of the song was shot in Karaikudi with a train in the background 20 Rajiv Menon and actors Ajith Kumar Tabu Raju Sundaram and Ravi K Chandran travelled daily for three hours from Cairo to film in the heat one filming day was cancelled after Tabu fainted 36 Professional Kathakali artists were used for the song Konjum Mainakale and the video for Yengay Yenedhu Kavidhai was filmed against the backdrop of Chennai s monsoonal rains Meanwhile the song Kannamoochi Yenada was filmed with the leading cast at Kushaldas Gardens in Chennai 20 Some scenes featuring Rai were filmed at Menon s flat in Chennai 11 Kandukondain Kandukondain was delayed for six months due to the success of Rai s films Taal and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam which prompted the revival of other projects she had signed up to in that period 12 Menon s insistence composer A R Rahman reworked some of the music to provide a better fusion of classical and contemporary music also delayed progress Filming ended six months behind the schedule devised by Menon but according to him everything happened as planned 12 Soundtrack editThe songs in Kandukondain Kandukondain were composed by A R Rahman and the rights to the soundtrack album were bought by Saregama for a then record sum of 2 2 crore 3 The soundtrack includes eight songs one of which is based on a poem written by Subramania Bharati 41 The audio launch was held at Devi Theatre on 15 March 2000 42 43 Kannamoochi is set in the Carnatic raga Nattakurinji 44 Rajiv Menon who is a fan of this raga presented Rahman with the song Kavalaiyai Theerpathu Naattiya Kalaiye from Sivakavi 1943 and asked him to compose at least one piece based on the raga 35 45 29 Kandukondain Kandukondain is based on the Nalinakanthi raga Smayiyai is based on jazz music and Enna Solla Pogirai is a folksy and romantic song 46 Menon personally asked Shankar Mahadevan to sing the song Enna Solla Pogirai 29 Venky of Chennai Online felt the album is not in the class of Minsara Kanavu calling Kannamoochi as the best song of the album and praised other songs but felt Konjum Mainakale by Sadhana Sargam simply doesn t work because the singer seems completely out of sync with the music and her North Indian accent doesn t gel with the song 47 Track listingNo TitleLyricsSinger s Length1 Enna Solla Pogirai VairamuthuShankar Mahadevan6 002 Kandukondain Kandukondain VairamuthuHariharan Mahalakshmi Iyer5 223 Kannamoochi Yenada VairamuthuK S Chithra4 494 Suttum Vizhi Subramania BharatiHariharan2 215 Konjum Mainakkale VairamuthuSadhana Sargam4 436 Kannamoochi Yenada Duet VairamuthuK S Chithra K J Yesudas3 307 Yengae Enathu Kavithai VairamuthuK S Chithra Srinivas5 158 Smayiyai VairamuthuDevan Ekambaram Clinton Cerejo Dominique Cerejo5 09Release and reception editA function was held to mark the release of the soundtrack to Kandukondain Kandukondain with Kamal Haasan in attendance 48 The film was initially scheduled for release in the 1999 Diwali season but delays led to the producers announcing it would be released on 1 January 2000 becoming the first film of the new millennium Further delays due to the success of other films including Padayappa and Vaalee ensured the film missed that date The release of Mani Ratnam s Alaipayuthey led to the further postponement of the release of Kandukondain Kandukondain to May 2000 36 Kandukondain Kandukondain opened to positive reviews from film critics The Indian Express stated A progressive film encouraging female independence yet staying a warm family tale in essence Kandukondain Kandukondain is the kind of film every intelligent movie goer ought not to miss Almost every supporting character pitches in an impressive performance thus making Kandukondain Kandukondain a wonderful watch 49 50 In the review for Rediff Shobha Warrier stated although the film has too many songs too little emotion it has a powerful story with intense and well developed characters One of the most poignant scenes in the film is Mammootty s outburst against the system which forgets war heroes who lay down their lives for a cause 51 52 Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki praised Rajiv Menon for crafting realistic scenes in an poetic manner and also called his strength of making people believe the thought process of characters and also added Ajith Aishwarya Rai Tabu Abbas A R Raghuman and Sujatha have given their contribution without any slip 53 S Theodore Bhaskaran of The Hindu wrote Menon s film works well because it tells a touching tale in an inventive manner and in the process makes certain important social comments through well crafted cinema 54 The film was a commercial success 55 56 and completed 150 days at the box office in Tamil Nadu 31 It was also successful in Kerala 57 It was initially unsuccessful in Kerala because Mammootty was not promoted as one of the lead artists 24 Menon chose to take the film to North Indian audiences but avoided dubbing it to avoid its script being lost in translation and submitted a final version with English subtitles 17 58 59 The film was later released by Shyam Shroff of Shringar Films in a limited number cinemas in Mumbai and New Delhi earning positive reviews from critics and performing well at the box office 60 Shroff said although the film didn t make pots of money it created tremendous brand equity 61 Shobhaa De said the film s word of mouth was spectacular and the reports were consistently good 62 Outlook gave the film a favourable review and wrote This winner of a new age entertainer is actually a tribute to the complete ness of the ancient Indian film structure 63 Kandukondain Kandukondain was showcased at the Regus London Film Festival in November 2000 and critics from the UK newspaper The Guardian rated it as one of the top 12 films of the event s 270 Critic Peter Bradshaw said it is an entertaining reinvention of the novel and that the richly complicated plot allows it to be exuberantly transposed to modern day India ranking it alongside Ang Lee s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Cameron Crowe s Almost Famous 61 2 8 Menon continued to show the film across the world including having screenings at the Washington Film Festival in April 2001 Locarno Film Festival in August 2002 and the Tiburon International Film Festival in March 2004 64 65 US based Kino Films bought the home video rights to the film 66 Accolades edit2001 National Film AwardsWon National Award for Male Playback Singer Shankar Mahadevan for Enna Solla Pogirai 67 68 2001 Filmfare Awards SouthWon Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film Kandukondain Kandukondain Kalaipuli S Thanu 69 Won Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director Rajiv Menon 70 Legacy editThe script of Kandukondain Kandukondain was translated into English and published as a book by Westland Publishers in October 2000 31 Sanjay Leela Bhansali discussed the possibility of making a Hindi version of the film with Menon Irrfan Khan held discussions to reprise the role of Major Bala The project did not go ahead 11 Kandukondain Kandukondain became an important film in the careers of Kumar and Rai showcasing both actors versatility and ensured their successful careers in 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