''Kannamoochi Yenada?'' () is a 2007 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

-language

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film written and directed by V. Priya. The film stars Prithviraj, Sandhya,

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also includ ...

and

Raadhika Sarathkumar Raadhika Sarathkumar is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, producer and politician who works predominantly in Tamil cinema along with Telugu cinema as well as a few Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the founder and CP of the Radaan Media ...

and

Sripriya Sripriya is an Indian actress, film director and politician from Tamil Nadu. She has acted in over 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages. She has also directed films in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages, includin ...

Radha Ravi Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi (born 29 July 1952) is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brother of Raadhika. He is a ...

and

Manobala Manobala (born 8 December 1953) is an Indian film director, producer, actor and comedian who predominantly plays supporting roles in Tamil-language films. He started his career in Tamil cinema in the early 1970s and with Kamal Haasan's referen ...

in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by

Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Wes ...

. The film, a remake of the 2005 American film ''

Guess Who Guess Who may refer to: *Guess Who (B.B. King album), ''Guess Who'' (B.B. King album), 1972 *Guess Who (Slim Whitman album), 1971 *Guess Who (EP), ''Guess Who'' (EP), a 2021 EP by South Korean girl group Itzy *Guess Who (film), ''Guess Who'' (film) ...

'', which is itself a remake of the 1967 American film ''

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy (in his final role), Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and featur ...

'', was jointly produced and distributed by Raadan Media Works, UTV, and

Pyramid Saimira Pyramid Saimira, an Indian multinational entertainment company, operating in 6 countries was one of the World's fastest growing entertainment group. Its diversified businesses included Exhibition (Theatre), Film and Television Content Producti ...

. The music was composed by

with cinematography by Preetha Jayaraman and editing by

Sathish Suriya Sathish Suriya is an Indian film editor, who has worked on Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada language films. Career Sathish Suriya began his career as an editor with Indian television channel Apt TV, before choosing to join the post-production ...

. It released on 8 November 2007 during

Deepavali Diwali (), Dewali, Divali, or Deepavali (IAST: ''dīpāvalī''), also known as the Festival of Lights, related to Jain Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas, Tihar, Swanti, Sohrai, and Bandna, is a religious celebration in Indian religions. It is on ...

. The film's title was inspired from a song from ''

Kandukondain Kandukondain ''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' (also released internationally under the translated title ''I Have Found It'') is a 2000 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon. Based on Jane Austen's 181 ...

''.

Plot

Harish Venkatraman ( Prithviraj), a software architect by profession who lives in Malaysia, is the millionaire nephew of Maheswaran Iyer (

). Having lost his parents early in life, he runs his uncle's business with impressive results. He stumbles upon the psychiatry student Devasena ( Sandhya) in the most cinematic manner and falls for her that very instant. Deva is the daughter of Commissioner Arumugam Gounder (

) and Dhamayanthi (

Raadhika Raadhika Sarathkumar is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, producer and politician who works predominantly in Tamil cinema along with Telugu cinema as well as a few Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the founder and CP of the Radaan Media ...

) in Chennai. As the plot progresses, Deva is being summoned by her parents for their silver jubilee wedding anniversary back home. Notwithstanding the fact he has a flourishing business to attend to and much to the wrath of his uncle (who arranges for his wedding with his business partner's daughter), Harish takes the next flight to Chennai to accompany Deva. He is subjected to a warm welcome by Dhamayanthi and a cold shoulder by Arumugam. To make matters worse, Maheswaran's vicious character assassination (in the name of a complaint he sends to the police commissioner's office) does not help Harish in the task of gaining enough confidence among his girlfriend's parents. Will Harish win his love back, now that his chance of impressing Deva's parents are doomed?

Cast

* Prithviraj as Harish Venkatraman * Sandhya as Devasena Arumugam Gounder *

as Commissioner Arumugam Gounder *

as Dhamayanthi Arumugam Gounder *

as Seetha *

as Maheswaran Iyer *

as Senthilkannu * Sundaram as Arumugam Gounder's father *Mahanadhi Shankar as Vellaichamy (cameo appearance) *

Mayilsamy Mayilsamy (born October 2, 1965) is an Indian actor and comedian who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he is also a regular guest judge on '' Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai. Career He is a popular ...

(cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was scored by

, teaming up with director V. Priya again after ''

Kanda Naal Mudhal ''Kanda Naal Mudhal'' ( there) is a 2005 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film written and directed by newcomer V. Priya, who had earlier assisted Mani Ratnam. Produced by Prakash Raj under the Duet Movies banner, the film stars Prasanna ...

'' (2005). The soundtrack was released on 23 August 2007 by

Vivek Oberoi Vivek Anand Oberoi (born 3 September 1976) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Hindi cinema, in addition to working in few Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films. Early life Vivek Oberoi was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, to a Punjab ...

. It features 5 tracks, including a retune of the yesteryear hit song "Andru Vandhadhum" from the M. G. R.-starrer ''

Periya Idathu Penn ''Periya Idathu Penn'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by T. R. Ramanna. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, M. R. Radha and T. R. Rajakumari. It was released on 10 May 1963. The ...

'', being just the second song to be retuned after A. R. Rahman's "Thottal Poo Malarum" from the film ''

New New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...

''. Noticeably, singer

Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tami ...

lent his voice for three songs. Lyrics were provided by

Thamarai Thamarai (born 10 November 1975) is a noted Tamil poet and lyricist. She is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. She made her debut in the Tamil film industry through the 1998 film Iniyavale, which was directed by Seeman and music co ...

. Yuvan Shankar Raja won accolades for creating an "interesting" and "thoroughly enjoyable" album, which was cited to be "an absolute treat to listen to". ''Behindwoods'', which described the song "Kannamoochi" as "this year’s one of the most enjoyable songs" and the song "Sanjaram" as a "masterpiece", said, that the Yuvan-Priya duo had even bettered their previous venture ''Kanda Naal Mudhal'', giving the album four out of five stars.

Critical reception

''Sify'' wrote "On the whole, the first half wins you over with its simple charm, its immensely likeable characters, and the intrinsic humour in the writing. But the latter half is too long, contrived and predictable to the extent of being seriously boring. In the final analysis, however, these are a few wrong turns in an otherwise entertaining film that'll bring a smile to your face". ''Behindwoods'' wrote "To sum it all up, V. Priya's effort is noteworthy, if her first movie was like a morning cup of coffee for the youth, this time she serves well for the whole family".

References

External links

* {{UTV Movies Indian remakes of American films 2007 films 2007 romantic comedy films 2000s Tamil-language films UTV Motion Pictures films Indian romantic comedy films