Kandha Kadamba Kathir Vela

Kandha Kadamba Kathir Vela is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Rama Narayanan. The film is loosely based on Poova Thalaiya (1969).[1] The film was remade in Kannada as Namma Samsara Ananda Sagara (2001).

Kandha Kadamba Kathir Vela
Directed byRama Narayanan
Written byRama Narayanan
Pugazhmani (dialogues)
Produced byN. Radha
Starring
CinematographyN. K. Viswanathan
Edited byRajkeerthi
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Release date
6 May 2000
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Parvathi is a rich and arrogant woman who leads her life with her three sons – Kandha, Kadamba and Kathirvela. The sons are very obedient towards their mother and they run a restaurant in Chennai. Parvathi also had a daughter named Mallika who is married to Vadivelan, a barber following which Parvathi disowns her daughter. Vadivelan decides to teach a lesson for Parvathi. He understands that Parvathi's sons are in love with girls from an economically backward community and sets a plan to get them married against Parvathi's wishes. Kandha is married to Rupini, Kadamba to Rohini and Kathir to Ragini.

Parvathi has originally planned to get her sons married to a rich family from London with a hope of getting hefty dowry and she hates her daughters in law as they are poor. Also, her sons support their wives which angers her further. Parvathi sets a plan to separate her sons from their wives by staging a drama. She pretends to be affectionate towards her daughters in law and persuades them to stay away from their husbands. She also brings a new maid to their home and creates a fear in the minds of her daughters in law about their husbands having an illegitimate affair with the new maid.

Parvathi succeeds in her plan and her daughters-in-law leave her home following a misunderstanding with her sons. Now, she plans to convince her sons to divorce their wives and make them marry her choice. But the maid (appointed by Parvathi) threatens her and demands a sum of Rs. 5 crores for not revealing the truth. Parvathi is kidnapped by the maid and her men. But her sons along with their wives come and save Parvathi following which she understands the real nature of her daughters-in-law and accepts them. She also accepts her daughter and Vadivelan.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[2]

SongSingersLyrics
"Eduda Namma"Anuradha Sriram, S. A. RajkumarKalidasan
"Kandha Kadamba"Mano, Vadivelu, Vivek
"Nalla Pasamulla"Mano, Malaysia Vasudevan
"Pathumani"Anuradha Sriram, ManoViveka
"Thenatru Meena" (Not in film)K. S. Chithra, PrabhakarPiraisoodan

Reception

Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki wrote just like when the answer sheets are snatched away in an exam because it is time over, it is as if someone snatched the film roll from Rama Narayanan's hand to the point that it was enough to take the film and we laugh at the way the film ended so bluntly and concluded asking if is this a comedy film.[3]

References
  1. Rangarajan, Malathi (12 May 2000). "Film Review: Kandha Kadamba Kadhir-Vela". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. "Kandha Kadamba Kathir Vela". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  3. சிதம்பரம், கிருஷ்ணா (28 May 2000). "கந்தா கடம்பா கதிர்வேலா". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 67. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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