Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam
| Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam | |
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| Directed by | Balu Mahendra |
| Produced by | Sai Suresh |
| Written by | Balu Mahendra |
| Starring |
Dhanush Priyamani |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Balu Mahendra |
| Edited by | Balu Mahendra |
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Release date
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam | |
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| Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja | |
| Released | 4 December 2003 |
| Recorded | 2005 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Hit Music |
| Producer | Ilaiyaraaja |
Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam (English: That was a period of dream) is a 2005 Tamil drama film written and directed by Balu Mahendra. The film featured Dhanush and Priyamani in lead roles, while Karunas and Delhi Ganesh played supporting roles. The music for the film was scored by Ilaiyaraaja, while Sai Suresh produced the venture. The film was loosely based on the director's 1982 Telugu film Nireekshana as well Yathra (1985), which featured Mammootty in the lead role. The film was released on 2 November 2005, coinciding with Diwali, and received a below average response commercially.
Srinivasan (Dhanush) escapes from jail and hitches a ride on a truck to meet his love Thulasi (Priya Mani). He reveals his flashback to the lorry driver, telling him of the disputes between his ambitious father and himself. When the parents leave home for a week, Srinivasan is left in the maid's care.
Soon, he meets the maid's daughter, Thulasi, his childhood playmate and they fall in love. As expected, his father objects to his son falling in love with the servant's daughter. One day, Srinivasan and his friends land up in prison for crashing their car on a police vehicle. While at the police station, Srinivasan locks horns with an inmate in jail and when he pushes him in a fit of rage, he sustains a serious head injury subsequently killing him. Eventually Srinivasan gets convicted for 10-year-rigorous imprisonment. His mother dies; Thulasi's family goes bankrupt and leaves to their native village in Ooty. A dejected Srinivasan escapes from prison to meet Thulasi. Whether the two join together forms the rest of the story.
Following the success of Kadhal Kondein (2003), Balu Mahendra signed on Dhanush to appear in his next film in July 2003. Initially the director revealed that the film titled Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam would be an extension to his 1979 film Azhiyadha Kolangal stating that Dhanush would play a teenager infatuated by a woman who is fifteen years older than him to be played by Ramya Krishnan. However he opted against doing that story and decided to build his film around two of his Malayalam films from the 1980s - Nireekshana and Yathra, and the title of the film was subsequently changed to Unakkae Uyiranaen. It was later changed back to the original title before release.
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