''Kadhal Azhivathillai'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-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, directed and produced by T. Rajendar, who also composed the music and portrayed a supporting role as Vakkeel Dada. It stars his son

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...

(his debut as a lead actor) and Charmi. The movie released on 4 November 2002. It got mixed reviews and was a box office failure.

Plot

Simbhu is elected college chairman after he beats Charmi, the daughter of Ravishankar, a minister. Predictably, the two soon fall for each other, though they never directly reveal it. But when Ravishankar learns of the love affair, he is staunchly against it and is willing to go any distance to make sure that it never succeeds. At Simbhu's house, his father mentally harasses his wife, since he suspects her of having an affair with her ex-lover. Outside the home, Simbhu is helped by Vakkeel Dada, a lawyer who makes sure justice is served, whatever the means.

Analysis

The movie deals with the oldest of stories – the poor boy-rich girl love story – and makes no attempts to treat it in a different way or in an interesting manner. It follows the typical sequence of events in such stories. We have the initial enmity between Simbhu and Charmi, the gradual thawing of the icy relationship between the two, the idiot suitor who Charmi's parents want her to marry, her family's horror on finding out about her romance, their attempts to kill it, and of course, the lovers' strong refusal to give up their love against all the opposition. There is no deviation from this at any point, and as a result, we can predict with great accuracy what would happen next in the story. In the end, Charmi is married to Simbhu.

Cast

as chimbu * Charmy Kaur as charmi * T. Rajendar as Vakkeel Dada (director) *

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as Sami *

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as Union Minister Ravishankar * Nalini as Charmi's mother * Prakash Raj as Fingerprint Expert, Simbhu's father * Seetha as Simbhu's mother *

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as Vasanth * Monica as Monica * Kuralarasan as Charmi's brother *

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as Police Inspector *

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as Simbhu's friend * V.K.Ramaswamy as Old man in the opening scene

Production

T. Rajender announced that his son

would play the lead role in ''Kadhal Azhivathillai'' in 2000. After failing to find a suitable lead actress to appear opposite Silambarasan, Rajender postponed the project and went on to make '' Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala'' (2001). Vadivelu's brother played a role in the film.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijaya T. Rajendar along with the lyrics.

References

External links

* {{T. Rajendar 2000s romantic action films 2000s Tamil-language films 2002 films Films directed by T. Rajendar Films scored by T. Rajendar Indian romantic action films Films with screenplays by T. Rajendar