''Ulla Kadathal'' is a 2005 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 ...

directed by

Pugazhendhi Thangaraj Pughazhendhi Thangaraj is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil films. He often makes films set in the backdrop of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Career Pughazhendhi began his career with ''Kaatrukkenna Veli'' (2001), bef ...

. The film stars Vignesh,

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and

Kutty Radhika Radhika Kumaraswamy (born 1 November 1986), credited as Radhika and as Kutty Radhika in Tamil films, is an Indian actress. She has primarily appeared in Kannada films. Career Radhika started her acting career with the Kannada film ''Neela Megh ...

, with

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, Priyadarshini and

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playing supporting roles. The film, produced by S. Ganesan, had musical score by

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and was released on 18 February 2005.

Plot

Ramya (

) and her best friend Samyuktha (

) are students in visual communication. Ramya is a soft-spoken woman while Samyuktha is an outspoken and carefree woman. Ramya falls in love with Robert (

), a freelance photographer who comes to her college for a teaching stint. They begin to meet each other and they fall in love with each other. One day, Robert reveals that he grew up in an orphanage and he is willing to marry her. Ramya's brother Sakthi ( Vignesh) is overprotective and a stubborn person, Sakthi wants her to marry the man he has chosen: a USA-based groom. Ramya tries to convince her parents and her brother to marry her lover but Sakthi has a bad opinion of Robert. Sakthi and her parents then start the marriage preparation. Robert and Ramya decide to elope with the help of their friends and they get married in a temple. The night of their

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, an angry Sakthi finds their place and reveals his sister that their parents had committed suicide following her elopement. Ramya decides to stay with her brother for a few months, the problem escalates and Sakthi takes this opportunity to fulfil his wish but her sister-in-law Malar (Priyadarshini) tries to stop it. Later, Ramya becomes pregnant and Sakthi wants her to abort the baby but Ramya refuses. One day, he lies to his sister that they are going to the temple and he tries to bring her to the doctor. Robert comes to her rescue and saves her. During the fight between Sakthi and Robert, Sakthi falls from a building and they take him to the nearby hospital. Ramya sold her

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to pay the hospital bills and Sakthi is saved by the doctor. Sakthi finally understands his mistake. Robert and Ramya lived happily ever after.

Cast

* Vignesh as Sakthi *

as Robert *

as Ramya *

as Samyuktha *Priyadarshini as Malar, Sakthi's wife *

as Brahim *Priyanka as Samyuktha's mother *Suresh as Suresh *J. P. K. Gokul as Gokul *Udhay as Ezhil *Mahendran *Sathyan *Elango *Pramod *Stalin *Latha

Production

After directing the controversial film ''

Kaatrukkenna Veli ''Kaatrukkenna Veli'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language war drama film directed by Pugazhendhi Thangaraj. The film stars Sujitha and Sriman, with Khushbu, C. Arun Pandian, Chandrasekhar, Sudhangan, Sakthi Kumar, Arulmani, Kalairani, Diana and ...

'' (2001), Pugazhendhi Thangaraj had this time chosen to make a film whose story is based on love and affection between a brother and sister. Singer cum actor

signed to play the lead role while

, who made her acting debut in the national award-winning '' Eiyarkai'' (2003), was selected to play the heroine. The film also starred Vignesh in the lead role playing the role of a loving brother. "This film will not be caught inside any controversy", said the director. He also said that the exposure of glamour in the film will be in an acceptable fashion.

composed the music and the cinematography was by Pavan Sekhar. The film was shot in

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and

Munnar Munnar () is a town and hill station in the Idukki district of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around above mean sea level, in the Western Ghats mountain range. Munnar is also called the "Kashmir of South Indi ...

and is nearing completion.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack features 6 tracks written by

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, Kabilan and Su. Ganesan. The audio was released on 17 December 2004 in Kamarajar Arangam in

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. Veteran directors

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and Mahendran attended the audio function.

Release

Balaji Balasubramaniam of ''bbthots.com'' wrote, "the film has a flimsy story, weak characters behaving in illogical ways and uncharismatic actors". Malini Mannath stated, "The performances are bad, to say the least, particularly Vignesh, normally a competent performer, but who's given one of his worst performances to date here" and criticized the "hasty scripting and shoddy narration". The film bombed at the box-office and actress

wasn't paid the full amount of her salary for her performance in the film.

References

{{reflist 2005 films 2000s Tamil-language films 2005 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films Films shot in Ooty Films shot in Munnar Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer)