Kannamoochi Yenada
| Kannamoochi Yenada | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | V. Priya |
| Produced by |
Raadhika Sarathkumar Zarine Screwvala P. S. Saminathan |
| Written by |
V. Priya Sivakumar |
| Starring |
Prithviraj Sandhya Sathyaraj Raadhika Sarathkumar Sripriya Manobala |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Cinematography | Preetha Jayaraman |
| Edited by | Sathish Suriya |
Production company | |
| Distributed by |
Raadan Media Works UTV Pyramid Saimira |
Release dates |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Kannamoochi Yenada? (Tamil: கண்னாமூச்சி ஏனடா?; English: Why Hide and Seek?) is a 2007 Tamil comedy-drama film written and directed by V. Priya. The film stars Prithviraj, Sathyaraj, Sandhya and Raadhika Sarathkumar in lead and Sripriya, Manobala and Radha Ravi in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film, a remake of the 2005 American film Guess Who, which is itself a remake of the 1967 American film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, was jointly produced and distributed by Raadan Media Works, UTV and Pyramid Saimira.[1] It released on 8 November 2007 during Deepavali.
Plot
Harish Venkatraman (Prithviraj Sukumaran), a software architect by profession who lives in Malaysia, is the millionaire nephew of Maheswaran Iyer (Radharavi). Having lost his parents early in life, he runs the business of his uncle with impressive results. He stumbles upon the psychiatry student Deva (Sandhya), in the most cinematic manner, and as script would have it, falls for her that very instant. Deva is the daughter of Commissioner Arumugam (Sathyaraj) and Dhamayanthi (Raadhika Sarathkumar) in Chennai.
As the plot progresses, Deva is being summoned by her parents for their silver jubilee wedding anniversary back home. Notwithstanding the fact that he has a flourishing business to attend to and much to the wrath of his uncle - who arranges for his wedding with his business partner’s daughter - Harish takes the next flight to Chennai to accompany Deva. He is subjected to a warm welcome by Radhika and cold shoulder by Arumugam. To make matters worse, Harish's uncle's (Radharavi) vicious character assassination – in the name of a complaint he sends to the Police Commissioner’s office – doesn’t help Harish in the task of gaining enough confidence among his girlfriend’s parents. Will Harish ever win his love back, now that his chance of impressing Deva’s parents are doomed, forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Prithviraj as Harish Venkatraman
- Sandhya as Devasena Arumugam Gounder
- Sathyaraj as Arumugam Gounder
- Raadhika Sarathkumar as Dhamayanthi Arumugam Gounder
- Sripriya as Seetha
- Radharavi as Maheswaran Iyer
- Manobala as Senthilkannu
- Vietnam Veedu Sundaram as Arumugam Gounder's father
- Mahanadhi Shankar as Vellaichamy (cameo role)
- Mayilsamy in a cameo role
Soundtrack
| Kannamoochi Yenada | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||||
| Released | 23 August 2007 (India) | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Big Music | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Behindwoods |   [2] |
The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up with director V. Priya again after Kanda Naal Mudhal (2005). The soundtrack was released on 23 August 2007 by Vivek Oberoi.[3] It features 5 tracks, including a retune of the yesteryear hit song "Andru Vandhadhum" from the M. G. R.-starrer Periya Idathu Penn, being just the second song to be retuned after A. R. Rahman's "Thottal Poo Malarum" from the film New. Noticeably, singer Shankar Mahadevan lent his voice for three songs. Lyrics were provided by Thamarai.
Yuvan Shankar Raja won accolades for creating an "interesting" and "thoroughly enjoyable" album, which was cited to be "an absolute treat to listen to".[4][5][6] Behindwoods, which described the song "Kannamoochi" as "this year’s one of the most enjoyable songs" and the song "Sanjaram" as a "masterpiece", said, that the Yuvan-Priya duo had even bettered their previous venture Kanda Naal Mudhal, giving the album four out of five stars.[6]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration (min:sec) | Notes |
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| 1 | "Megam Megam" | Haricharan, Shweta Mohan | 5:05 | |
| 2 | "Kannammoochi Aattam" | Palghat Sriram, Saindhavi, Prasanna, Dr. Narayanan | 3:55 | Incorporates elements of the Carnatic traditional wedding song "Kannoonjal Aadi" |
| 3 | "Andru Vandhadhum" | Shankar Mahadevan, Haricharan, Shweta Mohan | 3:48 | Retune from the 1963 Tamil film Periya Idathu Penn, written by Kannadasan |
| 4 | "Putham Pudhu" | Shankar Mahadevan, Vijay Yesudas | 3:56 | |
| 5 | "Sanjaram Seiyyum" | Shankar Mahadevan, Madhushree | 4:54 |
Critical reception
Sify wrote "On the whole, the first half wins you over with its simple charm, its immensely likeable characters, and the intrinsic humour in the writing. But the latter half is too long, contrived and predictable to the extent of being seriously boring. In the final analysis, however, these are a few wrong turns in an otherwise entertaining film that'll bring a smile to your face".[7] Behindwoods wrote "To sum it all up, V. Priya's effort is noteworthy, if her first movie was like a morning cup of coffee for the youth, this time she serves well for the whole family".[8]
References
- ↑ "Kannamoochi Yenada". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "Kannaamoochi enadaa music review music director yuvan shankar raja audio release". Behindwoods. 2006-11-26. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ↑ "Vivek Oberoi Releases Kannamoochi Yaenada Audio". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "Kannamoochi Enada has interesting music". Rediff. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "Kannamoochi Yenada (Tamil — Yuvan Shankar Raja)". milliblog.com. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- 1 2 "Kannaamoochi Enadaa — Music Review". Behindwoods. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ http://www.sify.com/movies/kannamoochi-yenada-review-tamil-pclwyUedicbih.html
- ↑ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-articles/movies-07/kannaamoochi-enadaa-review.html