​Celebrating 20 Years Of Classic Kandukondain Kandukondain

Kandukondain Kandukondain is a light-hearted film based on Jane Austen’s novel Sense and Sensibility. The film was directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon. The film stars and ensemble cast of Mammootty, Ajith, Tabu, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abbas supported by Srividya, Raghuvaran and Manivannan. The Mozart of Madras A.R. Rahman composed the music for the film and Ravi K. Chandran was the cinematographer. The film was produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under his banner V Creations

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All the songs in the movie were received well by the audience and avid music lovers. The song Enna Solla Pogirai  was clearly everyone’s favourite especially for its amazing picturisation. It was sung by Shankar Mahadevan and he went on to win the National Award for Best Male Playback Singer. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was appreciated for her performance in the song ‘Kannamoochi Yenada’ sung by Chitra. This song had a Carnatic touch.

A large portion of the film was shot in Karaikudi. Munnar, Scotland and Egypt are the other locations where parts of the film was shot. The film was showcased at the Regus London Film Festival in November 2011, and critics from the UK newspaper The Guardian rated it as amongst the top 12 films out of 270. Critic Peter Bradshaw noted it “is an entertaining reinvention of the novel” and adds that “the richly complicated plot allows it to be exuberantly transposed to modern-day India“, ranking it alongside Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous.

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>Prabhudeva was approached for playing one of the leads in the film but turned it down.>Director Rajiv Menon had Prabhudeva, Soundarya and Tabu in mind for the roles>Abbas approached Rajiv Menon for the roles. When narrated the script and asked which role he preferred he said he was okay with any role the director chose.>After Prabhudeva turning down the offer, Top Star Prashant was approached for the roles. He wished to be cast opposite Tabu​>Due to certain reasons, Soundarya walked out and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was roped in for the role of Tabu’s younger sister>Prashant wished to be cast opposite Aishwarya. >Due to various reasons, Prashant opted out and Ajith was approached for the same>Ajith signed the dotted line while in hospital recovering from his surgery.​>Shalini’s sister Shamili who was seen as a child artist in Anjali was seen playing Tabu and Aishwarya’s sister>Manju Warrier was approached for the lead role as well but was hesitant and hence we missed seeing her in an amazing film like this.>Chiyaan Vikram dubbed for Abbas in the film.>The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Priyuraalu Pilichindi