''Kanne Kalaimaane'' () is a 2019 Indian

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-language

romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

written and directed by

Seenu Ramasamy Seenu Ramasamy is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and poet who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Born on October 13, 1973 near Madurai, Tamilnadu, he is known for directing quality films like ''Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' (2010), ''Neerparavai' ...

. The film stars

Udhayanidhi Stalin Udhayanidhi Stalin (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer, actor, and politician who prominently works in the Tamil cinema. He is the Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development of Tamil Nadu in the ministry led by his father, ...

and

Tamannaah Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...

. The film is produced by Udhayanidhi under his

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. The music was composed by

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, and the film released on 22 February 2019.

Plot

Kamalakannan, an agriculture graduate doing organic farming, meets with the newly-appointed bank manager Bharathi regarding unpaid bank loans. She later learns about his aide to the poor village people by obtaining loans for them and comes to appreciate him. The romance opens to a wedding after a meeting between both families. Kannan's father Ramasamy and grandmother Appatha are skeptic about Bharathi as an educated and well-employed woman's integration to their simple rural family. Ramasamy arranges for the couple to live in a separate house to avoid problems between Appatha and Bharathi, as she does not approve that Bharathi continues her work after marriage. Suddenly, Bharathi loses her vision and Kannan takes her to hospital where it is diagnosed that the blindness is heredity related and there is no treatment available to cure (Bharathi's mother also lost her vision a few years back). Bharathi feels bad and requests Kannan to not to inform his family as they might develop even more hatred towards her. Kannan tries hard to get Bharathi cured by taking her to different hospitals. Kannan borrows money from a local money lender for meeting Bharathi's medical expenses. As Kannan is unable to repay, the money lender hits him in front of everyone which shocks Kannan's father and appatha. Appatha gets furious and repays Kannan's debt to the money lender. Appatha visits Kannan's home and finds the truth about Bharathi's situation. Appatha feels sad for Bharathi and takes her along with her to her home. Kannan, upon knowing this feels happy that Bharathi is accepted by his family. Bharathi also feels happy about the care shown by appatha. Kannan gets a phone call from the doctor referring Bharathi to meet a doctor in Delhi who seems to be able to cure her blindness. The movie ends with Kannan and Bharathi travelling to Delhi.

Cast

as Kamalakannan, an agriculture graduate and organic farmer *

as Bharathi, the manager of Madurai Grama Bank *

Vadivukkarasi Vadivukkarasi is an Indian actress. She made her acting debut in the Tamil film ''Sigappu Rojakkal'' (1978) and has acted in more than 350 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam and 40 television serials in Tamil. Film director A. P. Nag ...

as Kannan's grandmother *

Vasundhara Kashyap Vasundhara Kashyap is an Indian actress and model in Tamil language films. Career Vasundhara was born to a Tamil father and a Maharashtriann mother. She first appeared in the 2006 Tamil film, '' Vattaram'' and later starred in films includ ...

as Muthulakshmi, Kannan's classmate *Poo Ram as Ramasamy, Kannan's father *

Shaji Chen Shaji Chen (also credited as Shaji and Shaji Chennai) is an Indian writer and actor. Shaji's main area of writing is music and cinema related. Shaji writes in Tamil, Malayalam, English languages and acts in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. W ...

as Bank Manager *

Ambani Shankar Ambani Shankar is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil films. He has appeared in films including '' Ji'' (2005) and ''Ambasamudram Ambani'' (2010), and garnered his stage name from the latter film. Career Shankar grew up in Tirumangalam, ...

as Kannan's friend *

Saravana Sakthi Saravana Sakthi is an Indian actor and director who works in Tamil-language films. He has acted in more than twenty-five films. Career Saravana Sakthi began his career as an assistant director under R.Aakash before working on the directorial ...

as Karuppu, Kannan's friend *

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as Kannan's friend *Vinayak Raj as Kannan's friend *Chandran Pachamuthu as Chandran, Muthulakshmi's husband *Vetri Kumaran as Asst. Manager Vetri Kumaran *V. R. Nagendran as Nagendran *Devipriya as Kannan's mother *Aathmaarthi as Aathmaarthi *Thavasi as Saamy

Production

After the commercial success of ''

Dharma Durai Dharma Durai may refer to: * Dharma Durai (1991 film), an Indian Tamil-language action drama film * Dharma Durai (2016 film) ''Dharma Durai'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language slice-of-life drama film directed by Seenu Ramasamy. The film stars Vija ...

'' (2016) starring

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films. He is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award. Fo ...

who also has the credit of introducing Vijay Sethupathi in Tamil cinema announced the film title ''Kanne Kalaimaane''.

joined in as the hero and producer and

who also was the heroine of ''Dharma Durai'' was hired to play the female lead. Jalandhar Vasan, a former student from the

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Film School who was shooting a song for Arasiyalla Idhellam Saadharnamappa was signed to be the cinematographer.

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signed to edit the film. Filming started in January 2018 in the green villages near Madurai. The film shoot finished in 45 days in a single schedule on 14 March 2018. The film is titled after a song from the 1982 film ''

Moondram Pirai ''Moondram Pirai'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, while Y. G. Mahendran, Silk Smitha and Poornam Viswanathan play supporting roles ...

'' (1982) directed by

who was also the Guru of

. This line was written by

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and composed by

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and sung by

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by

, working with Udhayanidhi Stalin for the first time.

Reception

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gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "An interesting drama with a few quibbles".

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

wrote "A well-intentioned, well-performed drama that tries discussing more issues than it ought to" and praised the performances of the cast and criticized the screenplay.

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gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Kanne Kalaimaane feels like an amiable drama about genial characters".

References

External links

* {{Seenu Ramasamy 2010s Tamil-language films 2019 films 2019 romantic drama films Films about diseases Films directed by Seenu Ramasamy Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja Films shot in Madurai Indian romantic drama films