''Kavithai'' () is a 2004 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, nati ...

-language

romantic action 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, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

written and directed by Kicha. It stars

Vamsi Vamsy is an Indian film director, screenwriter and music director known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1985, he received the National Film Award for ''Sitaara''. Vamsy has his own style of making the movie with art like the director Bap ...

and

Chaya Singh Chaya Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Kannada films and television shows. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She has a reputation ...

. The score and soundtrack for the film was by

Deva Deva may refer to: Entertainment * ''Deva'' (1989 film), a 1989 Kannada film * ''Deva'' (1995 film), a 1995 Tamil film * ''Deva'' (2002 film), a 2002 Bengali film * Deva (2007 Telugu film) * ''Deva'' (2017 film), a 2017 Marathi film * Deva ...

Cast

as Sakthi *

as Subbulakshmi *

Sarath Babu Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (born 31 July 1951), known by his stage name Sarath Babu, is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He has worked in more than 200 films. He has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and ...

as Subbulakshmi's father *

Nalini Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a female gender Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.''Baby Names''"Nalini" Retrieved on 9 January 2016. The name ...

as Subbulakshmi's stepmother *

Fathima Babu Fathima Babu is a South Indian actress, former newsreader and socialite based out of Chennai who hails from Puducherry. Born in a Muslim family, Fathima began her public career as a newsreader for more than 25 years with DD Podhigai, the Tamil ...

Shakeela C. Shakeela, known mononymously as Shakeela, is an Indian actress and politician who has predominantly acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu language films. She is a member of Indian National Congress. Shakeela debuted in the film ''Playgirls'' ...

as 'Madam' *Sukran

Production

The film marked the acting debut of Hemachandran, who was credited in the film as Vamsi. The film was also known under the alternate title of ''Kavithai Kathalukku Mattum''.

Release and reception

Sify.com's review noted it was a "well-made youth oriented film with an innovative story and a good climax". A reviewer from the entertainment portal ChennaiOnline.com noted "it's a story of star-crossed lovers, and the director has managed to make it fairly appealing till the first half", adding "but then the innumerable twists and turns he introduces into the script keeps the audience wondering if the story would ever have an ending". Balaji Balasubramaniam of BBThots.com wrote "the problem with ''Kavithai'' is that makes its key twist rather obvious and then makes us wait until the midway point to unveil it, but to the movie's credit, it recovers quite well and presents a fairly engaging second half that is not as completely predictable".http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/2004/kavithai.html

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 9130202 2004 films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian romantic drama films 2004 romantic drama films