Kana Kandaen

Kana Kandaen (transl. I had a dream) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by debutant K. V. Anand and produced by P. L. Thenappan. The film stars Srikanth, Prithviraj, Gopika, and Vivek in the lead roles. The music was composed by Vidyasagar with cinematography by Soundarrajan and editing by V. T. Vijayan. It was dubbed into Hindi as Muqabala, Telugu as Karthavyam, and Malayalam as Kana Kandaen. The film released on 13 May 2005.

Kana Kandaen
Poster
Directed byK. V. Anand
Produced byP. L. Thenappan
Written bySubha (Dialogues)
Screenplay byK. V. Anand
Story bySubha
StarringSrikanth
Prithviraj
Gopika
Vivek
Music byVidyasagar
CinematographySoundarrajan
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Production
company
Rajalakshmi Films International
Release date
  • 13 May 2005 (2005-05-13)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹2 crore (equivalent to ₹5.5 crore or US$770,000 in 2019)
Box office₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹22 crore or US$3.1 million in 2019)

The film marks Prithviraj's Tamil debut, and he played the antagonist.

Plot

Bhaskar (Srikanth) and Archana (Gopika) are childhood friends who grew up in the same village. Bhaskar receives a marriage invitation card from Archana. Only then does he realizes his love for her, but he still decides to attend the marriage. The day before the marriage, Archana finds out that her fiancé is not a good man and decides to call off the wedding. Her mother (Vanitha Krishnachandran) helps her escape with Bhaskar. The couple begins to live in a small house owned by Sivaramakrishnan (Vivek). Bhaskar, a research scholar in chemistry, succeeds in coming out with a prototype of a desalination plant which he wants to give to the government and solve a water crisis. He gets discouraged by the government authorities and State Minister. Because of this, he decides to set up his own desalination plant based on methods of his research. Along with Archana, he runs from pillar to post for a loan. Bhaskar is hesitant to express his love towards Archana as she may misinterpret his intentions for helping her, but she soon realizes his love for her.

Madhan (Prithviraj) is a college mate of Archana. He gets acquainted with their family. Coming to know of their troubles, the rich Madhan volunteers to help them and lends money. However, Madhan is a '"business consultant" who lends money to companies, corporates, and individuals at exorbitant rates of interest and uses his might to recover them. In Bhaskar's case, he fakes the bond papers that Bhaskar has signed and begins to trouble them, demanding his money back and threatening to take over Bhaskar's research works with which he aspires to make a huge sum. When everything goes out of hand for Madhan, he sets a bomb in Bhaskar's research plant, but Bhaskar thwarts the plan. The video records that Bhaskar had recovered earlier from Madhan's office showing his cruel side was released to the press, and an arrest warrant was issued for him. The film ends with Bhaskar getting recognized for his research work, while Madhan was shown roaming aimlessly around as a mentally affected person.

Cast

Production

Noted cinematographer K. V. Anand made his directorial debut with this film.[1] Malayalam actor Prithviraj was signed to make his Tamil debut with this film. He portrays the antagonist.[2]

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Vidyasagar and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.

Kana Kandaen
Soundtrack album by
Vidyasagar
Released7 April 2005
GenreWorld Music
LabelNew Music
ProducerVidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Chandramukhi
(2005)		 Kana Kandaen
(2005)		 Sivappathigaram
(2006)
Song TitleSingers
"Kaalai Arumbi"Srinivas, Kalyani
"Chinna Chinna"Tippu, Sunitha Sarathy
"Chinna Ponnu"Sayanora Philip
"Aiyya Ramaiah"Udit Narayan
"Thai Sollum"Manikka Vinayagam

Release

Rediff gave the film a favourable review and wrote that "On the whole, K. V. Anand has made a very good romantic thriller".[3]

Legacy

Prithviraj went on to portray negative roles in Raavanan (2010) and Kaaviya Thalaivan (2014).[2][4] He also acted in the Telugu movie Police Police along with Srikanth. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Kutrappirivu.

References
  1. "Refreshing dream". The Hindu. 20 May 2005.
  2. "Prithiviraj is a bad man! - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Kana Kandein rocks!". www.rediff.com.
  4. "Prithviraj wins Tamil Nadu State Award for his performance in Kaaviyathalaivan - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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