Baana Kaathadi

Baana Kaathadi
Directed by	Badri Venkatesh
Produced by	Senthil Thyagarajan T. Arjun
Written by	Badri Venkatesh Lakshmikanth
Starring	Adharvaa Prasanna Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography	Richard M. Nathan
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Production company	Sathyajyothi Films
Release dates	6 August 2010
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Baana Kaathadi (Tamil: பாணா காத்தாடி; English: Kite) is a 2010 Tamil romance film written and directed by Badri Venkatesh. Adharvaa, son of Tamil actor Murali, makes his debut in the film as a lead actor, while Prasanna, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Karunas also play lead roles, while Murali makes a cameo appearance. Featuring music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Richard M. Nathan and editing by Suresh Urs, the film, which was launched in March 2009,^[1] released on 6 August 2010. It is the last movie of Murali, who made a special appearance in this movie, before his death in September 2010. This movie was an above average grosser but was an acclaimed film.

Plot

One day, in his rush to grab hold of a falling kite, Ramesh(Adharvaa) bumps into Priya (Samantha), a fashion technology student. In the process, her pendrive falls into his pocket, without either of them realising. The pendrive consists of six months' worth of Priya's project work, and she needed to submit it. Asking the principal for an extension, Priya searches for Ramesh, and finally manages to find him. She thoroughly humiliates him, while he denies the pendrive is with him. After college one day, Ramesh and his friends see Priya on the road. They tease her and infuriate her, eventually leading to her slapping him.

A few days later, while Ramesh's mother is washing his pants, she finds the pendrive. Ramesh realises the fault is his, and immediately goes to return the pendrive. Priya is impressed with his attitude, as she expected him to keep the pendrive because she slapped him. This marks the beginning of their friendship.

As time passes, Priya and Ramesh become closer. Urged by his friends, Ramesh goes to tell Priya that he loves her. However, while asking for money from his friend Kumar (Karunaas), he accidentally takes the condom from Kumar's pocket as well. When Ramesh sees the condom, he tries to hide it from Priya. However, just then, the police arrives, and he is forced to drop it. Priya sees the condom and is shocked. She denies knowing Ramesh, resulting in him being taken to the police station.

Ramesh is finally brought home, and refuses to talk to Priya. His friends try to talk to her, but she does not listen. However, when her friend tells her how much Ramesh actually loves her, she is finally convinced. Ramesh had actually bought Priya a grain of rice with her name written on it. Priya thus realises she also loves Ramesh and begins trying to get him to accept her. However, he refuses to accept her as he believes she thinks he is of lower-class.

In a subplot, Ramesh witnesses a murder committed by the local gangster Ravi (Prasanna). In shock, Ramesh runs away, and eventually trips over an elderly man. The next day, Ravi sends Ramesh to Gujarat as he fears for his safety. A few days later, the deceased's son appears in the Commissioner's office with the elderly man, who claims he can identify the boy who ran into him. Apparently, the deceased is an ex-MLA, and the Commissioner decides to deal with the matter himself. The Inspector warns Ravi and his gang, implying to them that the witness should be killed.

Meanwhile, Priya receives a call from her mother telling her that her father is going for surgery and asks her to return to the US. Priya tells Ramesh that she will be waiting at the bus stop the next day, at the same place where they first met. If he loves her, he would come. The next day, eventually being coaxed by Kumar, Ramesh goes to see her. On the way, Ravi tries to kill him, but his conscience gets the better of him. However, he also knows there is another goon in the same bus as Priya waiting to kill Ramesh. Ramesh manages to stand in front of Priya, and they hold hands for a while. Ramesh then slips off the steps and is run over by the bus. His mother, friends and Priya mourn his death while the goon who was supposed to kill him slips away.

The movie ends with Priya in a car, looking at the grain of rice that has her name on it which Ramesh presented to her for her birthday.

Cast

• Adharvaa as Ramesh
• Prasanna as Ravi
• Samantha as Priya
• Karunas as Kumar
• Manobala
• Mounika
• T. P. Gajendran
• Murali as 'Idhayam' Raja (Guest appearance)
• Debi Dutta in an item number.

Production

On 9 March 2009, the film's launch took place at AVM Studios in Vadapalani in Chennai, which was attended by the entire cast and crew and other prominent film personalities actor Murali and producer S. A. Chandrasekhar.^[2] A major portion of the film is said to have been shot at the International Kites Festival of Gujarat, which would be the first time in the history of Tamil cinema.^[3]

Soundtrack

Baana Kaathadi
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released	30 April 2010
Recorded	2009
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	24:32
Label	Think Music
Producer	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Goa (2010) Baana Kaathadi (2010) Kaadhal Solla Vandhen (2010)

Baana's soundtrack is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The soundtrack album, which was released on 30 April'10 at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai,^[4] features 5 songs, 4 of which being solo numbers. However, contrary to earlier reports, the album didn't feature a remix of the Ilaiyaraaja song "Aathadi Paavadai" from the film Poovilangu that starred Adharva's father Murali.^[5] Na. Muthukumar has written the lyrics for two songs, whilst Vaali, Snehan and Gangai Amaran have penned for each one song.All songs received positive comments and became hit instantly

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Thaakkuthe Kann Thaakkuthe"	Vaali	Yuvan Shankar Raja	4:08
2.	"Oru Paithiyam Pidikkudhu"	Na. Muthukumar	Karthik	5:29
3.	"Kuppathu Rajakkal"	Snehan	Haricharan, Rahul Nambiar, Sathyan	4:43
4.	"En Nenjil"	Na. Muthukumar	Sadhana Sargam	5:10
5.	"Ullara Poondhu Paaru"	Gangai Amaran	Roshini	5:02
Total length:				24:32

References

1. "Events - 'Baana Kaathadi' Exclusive Song Promo". IndiaGlitz. 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
2. "'Baana' Movie Launch". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
3. "A kite festival on screen - Tamil Movie News - Baana Kaathadi | Atharva | Samantha | Prasanna | Karunaas". Behindwoods.com. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
4. "Bana Kaathadi audio launched". Sify. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
5. ""Aathadi Pavada" song in Baana!". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-30.

External links

• Baana Kaathadi at the Internet Movie Database