Kadhal Kottai
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| Directed by | Agathiyan |
| Produced by | Sivashakthi Pandian |
| Written by | Agathiyan |
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Ajith Kumar Devayani Heera Rajgopal Karan |
| Music by | Deva |
| Cinematography | Thangar Bachan |
| Edited by | Lancy-Mohan |
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Sivashakthi Movie Makers
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| Distributed by | Sivashakthi Movie Makers |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Kadhal Kottai ("The Castle of Love") is a 1996 Tamil-language Indian epistolary romance film directed by Agathiyan, in which Ajith Kumar and Devayani play lead roles, apart from Heera Rajgopal, Thalaivasal Vijay, and Karan who played important roles.
The film was a major commercial success at the box office and also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, the National Film Award for Best Direction as well as the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Agathiyan. It garnered positive critical acclaim upon release in July 1996, and was subsequently remade into several Indian regional languages.
Kamali (Devayani) lives with her sister and brother-in-law in Ooty and is searching for a job. While in Madras, her purse is stolen and she fears she has lost her university certificates. Suriya (Ajith Kumar) who works in Jaipur finds the purse and sends it back to her, and a love develops through letters and phone calls. They agree to love each other without meeting, and Suriya eventually moves to Madras for work. However Kamali's brother-in-law is pressuring her to marry a suitable man and Suriya's boss keeps trying to seduce him. Eventually, Kamali and Suriya unite through a run of coincidences.
The basic theme of the film was inspired from "Puranaanooru" literature on the relationship between King Kopperum Chozhan and poet Pisirandhaiyar, though they never met but they developed a strong relationship until their deaths. Agathiyan confirmed this in his interviews. Agathiyan initially wanted to make his directorial debut with this subject since no producer were willing to produce the film, he made few films and earned his breakthrough with Vaanmathi. Post its success, he chosen Ajith, actor from that film to play the leading role with Sivasakthi Pandian agreeing to produce the film.
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