Kandukondain Kandukondain

Kandukondain Kandukondain
KANDUKONDAIN
Directed by	Rajiv Menon
Produced by	Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Written by	Sujatha
Screenplay by	Rajiv Menon
Based on	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Starring	Mammootty Ajith Kumar Abbas Tabu Aishwarya Rai Raghuvaran Srividya Manivannan Nizhalgal Ravi
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Production company	V Creations
Distributed by	V Creations
Release date	5 May 2000
Running time	158 min.
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kandukondain Kandukondain (English: I have seen, I have seen) is a 2000 Indian Tamil romance film, an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility. Directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon, the film features an ensemble cast of Mammootty, Ajith Kumar, Tabu, Aishwarya Rai, and Abbas. Veteran actors Srividya, Raghuvaran and Manivannan also play other supporting roles. The highly successful soundtrack was scored by A. R. Rahman, while Ravi K. Chandran was the film's cinematographer.

The film opened to Indian audiences, after several delays, on 5 May 2000 gaining positive reviews and box office success. Kandukondain Kandukondain was dubbed and released in Telugu as Priyuraalu Pilichindi, and the producers released subtitled versions worldwide. The film went on to feature in international film festivals and gain notable awards. Additionally, Shankar Mahadevan won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Enna Solla Pogirai" in the film.

Kandukondain Kandukondain opens with army commando Major Bala (Mammootty) fighting in a war and losing his left leg in a grenade explosion. After the opening credits, Sowmya (Tabu) and Meenakshi "Meenu" (Aishwarya Rai) are shown as the adult daughters of Pathma (Srividya) living in a Chettiar mansion in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu with their maternal grandfather Chandrasekhar (Unnikrishnan Namboothiri), maidservant Chellatha (S. N. Lakshmi) and younger sister Kamala (Shamili). Sowmya is a school principal while Meenu is passionate about classic Tamil poetry, music and dance. Major Bala, one of the rich men in their village falls in love with Meenu, but Meenu falls in love with Srikanth (Abbas). Manohar (Ajith Kumar) is a director who comes to Meenu's house for a film shoot. Sowmya and Manohar fall for each other but an issue crops up between the two and whether Manohar manages to win her back forms the rest of their part of the story.