Dil Hi Dil Mein

Kadhalar Dhinam
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Directed by	Kathir
Produced by	A. M. Rathnam
Starring	Kunal Sonali Bendre Nassar
Music by	A. R. Rahman Vaali (lyrics)
Cinematography	P. C. Sriram
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Sri Suriya Movies
Release date	9 July 1999
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kadhalar Dhinam (English: Valentine's Day) is a 1999 Tamil-language Indian romance film directed by Kathir. It is based on a relationship which begins through an internet chatroom and takes a turn after the protagonist has second thoughts about the relationship. The film featured newcomer Kunal Singh and Sonali Bendre in the lead roles, while Nassar, Manivannan, Goundamani and Chinni Jayanth appeared in supporting roles. The film produced by A.M. Ratnam, had music composed by A. R. Rahman and cinematography by P. C. Sriram. The film was released in July 1999 and became a huge commercial success. The songs in the movie itself won great credits.

The film was also dubbed in Telugu as Premikula Roju, while the producer reshot a few new scenes and cast regional actors before dubbing it in Hindi as Dil Hi Dil Mein.

Raja (Kunal) is from a very poor, illiterate family, from south tamilnadu. People from his region consider that " education is meant only for the rich". There, poor boys are made to work from 5, either at factories or farms, so that they can support their families. But, raja's mother forced his father to let raja study upto +2, without any work. But he refuses to fund him, and orders him to start work as accountant for their landlord. Raja's dad is violent and an alcoholic. He spends the family's income on alcohol. Raja's family struggles to work hard everyday. Raja's mom requests him to move to Mumbai to start a new life. Raja approves his mom's request and moves to Mumbai to attend Ramachandra College.

The movie starts off at a train station on New Year Day,2000. Raja talks with a person (Manivannan) who was well-wishing him. Due to insistence, Raja goes into a flash back. 3 years ago, he reaches Mumbai, where he plans to get admitted into the prestigious Ramachandra College of management, one of the most premier institutes in the nation. He gains admission for an MBA program at the Ramachandra College in Mumbai, though he was in 41st rank,in admission tests, for the 40 member class, with the help of the college chairman, Ramachandra (Nassar), but he doesn't realize this at first. He thought that he managed to get a seat due to his own abilities. This was because Ramachandra saw raja sleeping on the same enclave-side bench, where he slept without anything else than providing quality education, 40 years ago. Ramachandra was born to a poor illiterate family and his father abandoned them after his sister's birth. out of his desire to become a student, his mother rents the baby sister for beggars, to pay fees. But the poor baby dies and this pushes ramachandra to create the best institue in India, by hardwork.