Parthiban Kanavu (transl. Parthiban's Dream) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by debutante Karu Palaniappan. The film stars Srikanth and Sneha in the lead roles, with the latter playing a dual role. It had Manivannan and Vivek in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar.
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| Directed by | Karu Palaniappan |
| Written by | Karu Palaniappan |
| Produced by | T. G. Thyagarajan (Presenter) Selvi Thiyagarajan T. Arjun |
| Starring | Srikanth Sneha |
| Cinematography | R. Diwakaran |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
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Release date |
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Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Parthiban Kanavu released on 16 May 2003 and became a major success.[1][2] In 2004, it was remade in Telugu as Ammayi Bagundi.[3]
Plot
editParthiban is a marketing executive who loves spending time with his friends. Parthiban's parents want him to get married but he does not believe in arranged marriage and waits to see a girl as per his likes and dislikes. One day, Parthiban is attracted to a girl he sees. He follows her and finds her office location. Everyday Parthiban sees her while she is on the way to her office. Also, Parthiban gets to know that her taste and interests match with him and starts to love her.
Meanwhile, Parthiban's parents decide to get him married to Sathya and force him to meet her. Parthiban goes to meet the girl without any interest. But to his surprise, the girl is the same person whom he was following for a few days and learns that her name is Sathya. Parthiban feels happy that he is about to marry the same girl whom he was secretly in love.
Parthiban and Sathya get married. On the way back to their home, Parthiban finds the girl in the same place where he sees her before daily. He is surprised to learn that Sathya is the look alike of the girl whom he loved. Parthiban visits the girl's office and enquires about her. He learns that the other girl's name is Janani and she has come for a project temporarily. Also Parthiban starts maintaining his distance from Sathya as he finds that her interests are different from his.
Sathya is more responsible person of the two and she understands that her husband is confused and tolerates his behaviour. Parthiban's friend Mano advises him to accept Sathya as his wife and to forget Janani. Slowly, Parthiban starts understanding his wife Sathya. But to everyone's surprise, Janani moves into a flat opposite to Parthiban's. Sathya meets Janani and is surprised to see her look alike.
Everyone from Sathya's family comes to meet Janani and is surprised. Janani is easygoing. Parthiban does not disclose that he knew Janani before and starts befriending her. Mano understands that Parthiban is slowly moving away from his wife Sathya and is getting attracted towards Janani. So he plans to reveal everything to Janani, so that she will leave the place. Mano meets Sathya and misunderstands her as Janani (as Sathya always wears saree while Janani is in modern attire). Without knowing that it is Sathya, Mano reveals all the truth about Parthiban's secret love towards Janani and requests her to vacate the place, so that Parthiban can lead a happy life with Sathya. Mano is shocked to know that it was Sathya and not Janani.
Sathya cries and leaves to her parents' home. Janani wants Parthiban to meet in a temple. Janani asks about his love towards her. But Parthiban replies that he loved her before and once when he got to know about his wife Sathya's true love towards him, he changed his mind. He also says that he will wait until Sathya changes her mind and returns to live with him. But now, it is Sathya in disguise of Janani and the meeting plan was set by Janani. Sathya feels happy hearing her husband praising her. Parthiban and Sathya lives happily while Janani vacates her flat wishing them good luck.
Cast
edit- Srikanth as Parthiban
- Sneha in a dual role as Sathya & Janani
- Vivek as Mano
- Ravi Prakash as Kalyana Sundaram, Parthiban's Father
- Shanthi Williams as Sivagami, Parthiban's Mother
- Manivannan as Manikkam, Sathya's Father
- Sathya Rangavasan as Gomathi, Sathya's Mother
- Mohan Sharma as Ramakrishnan, Janani's father
- Vijaya Bharathi as Kalyani, Janani's Mother
- Devadarshini as Amudha
- Devan Ekambaram as Prabhu
- Sonia as Kuyil
- "Nagesh" Krishnamurthy as Rangasamy, Parthiban's Grand Father
- Sri Kala as Padma
- Akshaya as Mekala
- Sakthivel as Shanmugam
- Jennifer in a special appearance in the song "Vaadi Machhiniyae"
- Dinesh in a special appearance in the song "Vaadi Machhiniyae"
Soundtrack
editSongs composed by Vidyasagar.[4] The song "Kanaa Kandenadi" is loosely based on Shuddha Dhanyasi raga.[citation needed]
| Song Title | Singers | Lyricist |
|---|---|---|
| "Aalanguyil Koovum Rayyil" | Harini, Srikanth | Kabilan |
| "Kanaa Kandaenadi" | Madhu Balakrishnan | Yugabharathi |
| "Theeradha Dum" | Devan, Tippu, Manikka Vinayagam | Na. Muthukumar |
| "Buck Buck Buck" | K. S. Chithra, Mano, T. L. Maharajan, Balram, Karthik, Manjula, Sandhya, Kalyani Nair | Pa. Vijay |
| "Vaadi Machhiniyae" | Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, Malathy Lakshman | Arivumathi |
| "Enna Seyya" | Karthik, Kalyani Nair | Pa. Vijay |
Reception
editMalathi Rangarajan of The Hindu gave the film a favourable review and noted that "It is not often that you get to see a wholesome film".[5] Sify opined that "This film is infinitely more watchable than the recent crop of mindless love stories".[6] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "Sathyajothi films returns to film production after a five-year gap. And it is to their credit that they have offered a decent, fairly engaging family entertainer".[7] Visual Dasan of Kalki praised the acting of Srikanth and Sneha, Vidyasagar's music and added although the screenplay is a bit sloppy, Karu Palaniappan is a winner as a director and dialogue writer who succeeds in using the same twist twice before the climax and concluded saying the way the characters are handled is a vivid dream that the fan feels close to.[8]
Accolades
editReferences
edit- ^ "Maiden success". The Hindu. 9 June 2003. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ ஏக்ஜி (27 July 2003). "சவால்தானே வாழ்கை!" [Life is a challenge!] (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 72–74. Retrieved 2 February 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Movie review - Ammayi Bagundi". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Parthiban Kanavu (2003)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (23 May 2003). "Parthiban Kanavu". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Parthipan Kanavu". Sify. 18 May 2003. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (20 May 2003). "Partibhan Kanavu". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ தாசன், விஷுவல் (8 June 2003). "பார்த்திபன் கனவு". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 16. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Saravanan, T. (6 June 2013). "In the right direction". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "5 Telugu-origin heroes who made it big in Tamil cinema". The Times of India. 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Padma Shri actor Vivekh no more, leaves behind rich cinematic legacy!". Zee News. 17 April 2021. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
