''Kadhale En Kadhale'' () is a 2006
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
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**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
-language
romance film
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directed by
PC Shekhar
P Chandrasekhar, popular by the screen name PC Sekhar is an Indian film writer and a director. His directorial was a Tamil movie Kadhalae en Kadhalae which got released in 2006. He rose to fame in Sandalwood (Kannada film industry) with the movi ...
, making his directorial debut. The film stars newcomers Naveen, Shrutha Keerthi and
Roma Asrani
Roma Asrani is an Indian model turned actress who mainly appears in Malayalam-language films. She has starred in over 25 films. She is popularly known mononymously as Romah.
Life
Roma Asrani was born to Sindhi parents in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. S ...
, with
Ramakrishna,
Chitra Shenoy
Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, and Hindi. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film ind ...
,
Avinash, newcomer Vijayalakshmi, Jiju and Raviraj playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Prayog and was released on 4 August 2006. The film won the
. The film fared poorly at the box office.
Plot
Rajiv is a final-year student and also the son of a rich couple. His family friend's daughter Krithika, a shy girl, comes to stay in their house. She joins the same school as him as a first-year student, Rajiv helps her in many ways. At the college admission day, Rajiv falls under the spell of the fresher Pragathi. Krithika later left their home and moves to the college hostel. One day, Krithika falls sick and Rajiv takes care of her, therefore she falls in love with him. Every day, Krithika records her love for Rajiv in a journal in her computer. Whereas Rajiv is attracted by Pragathi's friendly approach, speech and graceful look. Rajiv does not have the courage to convey his love to Pragathi. On the final day of college, Rajiv reveals to Krithika that he is in love with her classmate Pragathi, Krithika is therefore heartbroken. Rajiv then proposes his love to Pragathi, but she doesn't reciprocate his love and humiliates him.
Rajiv later finds a job and has to go to
Singapore
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but he does want to leave his native place. Krithika then encourages him to go, captivated by her gentle words, he moves there. After his return to the homeland, his company gives Rajiv a promotion for his work and wants to send him to the
United States
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for a two-year project. His parents compel him to marry before he left for the US but he categorically refuses. His parents then force him to see a bride, she is none other than his ex-lover Pragathi and he refuses to marry her. One day, Pragathi meets Rajiv and apologizes for humiliating him when he proposed his love. She tells him that she has changed a lot since the suicide of her best friend Shalini.
Rajiv then decides to marry Pragathi. Their engagement goes as planned. Krithika, who seems to be happy on the outside, is, in fact, suffering on the inside. Thereafter, Krithika's father compels her daughter to get married but she could not forget Rajiv. Later, Rajiv tries to convince his well-wisher Krithika to get married, but to Rajiv's surprise, Pragathi reveals that Krithika is in love with Rajiv and was too shy to reveal her love. The film ends with Pragathi sacrificing her love.
Cast
*Naveen as Rajiv
*Shrutha Keerthi as Pragathi
*
Roma Asrani
Roma Asrani is an Indian model turned actress who mainly appears in Malayalam-language films. She has starred in over 25 films. She is popularly known mononymously as Romah.
Life
Roma Asrani was born to Sindhi parents in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. S ...
as Krithika
*
Ramakrishna as Rajiv's father
*
Chitra Shenoy
Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, and Hindi. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film ind ...
as Saradha, Rajiv's mother
*
Avinash as Mahendran, Pragathi's father
*Vijayalakshmi as Shalini
*Jiju as Jiju
*Raviraj as Sundaram, Krithika's father
*Sathish
*K. Ajay
*Shankar
*Sonia
*Baby Deepika as Deepika
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Prayog. The soundtrack, released in 2006, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by
Na. Muthukumar
Nagarajan Muthukumar (12 July 1975 – 14 August 2016) was a Tamil poet, lyricist, and author. Best known for his Tamil language film songs, he received the most Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist in Tamil and was a two-time recipient of the Nat ...
.
Reception
Sify
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stated, "The film looks more like a play than a candy floss romance as it is told at leisurely pace that induces sleep. The script is too silly and lead actors have miles to go as far as acting goes". In contrast, another critic said, "Debutant director P.C.Sekhar has succeeded in giving a good entertainer in the form of Kadhale En Kadhale" and praised the performance of the lead actors.
References
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2006 films
2000s Tamil-language films
2006 romantic drama films
Indian romantic drama films
Films shot in Bangalore
Films shot in Singapore
2006 directorial debut films