Parthiban Kanavu (2003 film)
Parthiban Kanavu (transl. Parthiban's Dream) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language magical realism romantic drama film written and directed by debutante Karu Pazhaniappan, an assistant to Parthiban. The film stars Srikanth in the title role with Sneha, where the latter plays a dual role. It had Manivannan and Vivek in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. The film released on 16 May 2003 and became a major success.[1][2][3]
| Parthiban Kanavu | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Karu Pazhaniappan |
| Written by | Karu Pazhaniappan |
| Produced by | T. G. Thyagarajan (Presenter) Selvi Thiyagarajan T. Arjun |
| Starring | Srikanth Sneha Manivannan Vivek Devadarshini |
| Cinematography | R. Diwakaran |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Satya Jyothi Movies |
Release date | 16 May 2003 |
Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
This movie was remade in Telugu as Ammayi Bagundi with ensemble cast Sivaji and Meera Jasmine of her Telugu Debut.[4]
Plot
Parthiban 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
- Srikanth as Parthiban
- Sneha in as Sathya & Janani (dual role)
- 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 Shan
mugam
Soundtrack
Songs composed by Vidyasagar.
| Song Title[5] | Singers | Lyricist |
|---|---|---|
| "Aalanguyil Koovum Rayyil" | Harini, Srikanth | Kabilan |
| "Kanaa Kandaenadi" | Madhu Balakrishnan | Yugabharathi |
| "Theeradha Dum" | Devan, Tippu, Manickka Vinayagam | Na. Muthukumar |
| "Buck Buck Buck" | Chitra, Mano, T. L. Maharajan, Balram, Karthik, Manjula, Sandhya, Kalyani Nair | Pa. Vijay |
| "Vaadi Machhiniyae" | Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram, Malathy Lakshman | Arivumathi |
| "Enna Seyya" | Karthik, Kalyani Nair | Pa. Vijay |
Reception
The Hindu gave the film a favorable review and noted that "It is not often that you get to see a wholesome film".[6] Sify opined that "This film is infinitely more watchable than the recent crop of mindless love stories".[7]
Awards
References
- "Maiden success". The Hindu. 9 June 2003 – via www.thehindu.com.
- Karu Pazhaniappan Interview Kalki
- "Partibhan Kanavu". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- "Telugu cinema Review - Ammayi Bagundi - Sivaji, Meera Jasmine - Bala Sekharan". www.idlebrain.com.
- "Parthiban Kanavu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Amazon. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- "Parthiban Kanavu". The Hindu. 23 May 2003 – via www.thehindu.com.
- "Parthipan Kanavu". Sify. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
- Saravanan, T. (6 June 2013). "In the right direction". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- "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.