Khushi (2000 film)

Kushi
poster
Directed by	S. J. Surya
Produced by	A. M. Rathnam
Written by	S. J. Surya
Screenplay by	S. J. Surya
Story by	S. J. Surya
Starring	Vijay Jyothika
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	Jeeva
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Sri Surya Movies
Distributed by	Sri Surya Movies
Release date	19 May 2000 (2000-05-19)
Running time	170 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kushi (English: Happiness) is a 2000 Tamil romantic comedy film directed by S. J. Surya and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film featured Vijay and Jyothika in the leading roles, while Mumtaj, Vivek and Vijayakumar play other supporting roles. The film had cinematography by Jeeva, while music was composed by Deva. The film was released in May 2000 and spawned several remakes. In Hindi, the film was released as Khushi and in Telugu as Kushi and in Kannada as Eno Onthara. Jyothika went on to win the Filmfare Best Actress Award in Tamil for her performance in the film.

The story begins when Jenny (Jyothika) and Shiva (Vijay) are born in different states of India they meet as babies, when their parents left they were pulled apart. They are in their childhood and both want to represent their home town in a camp they are next to each other but don't speak or see each other. Ten years later, Jenny wants to pursue higher studies but her father wants her to get married. At first she gets angry at him but decides to marry according to her father's wishes. On the night of the wedding her groom elopes with his lover. Seeing Jenny depressed and disappointed, her father lets her study further. Shiva lives in a big city and is accepted to a college in Canada.

On the way to the airport, he gets in an accident and has to give up his dream of studying abroad. Shiva and Jenny enroll in the same college in different classes, they meet each other at a temple. They introduce themselves to each other and both say "I feel like I've seen you before". Then they meet again when Shiva's friend Babu is in love with a girl named Shanthi to give her a love letter Shiva goes to her house guarded. Shiva get out of his car and runs to Jenny when she walks out of Shanthi's house and explains to Jenny about the situation. So Shiva and Jenny work together to get Babu and Shanthi together. One day Shiva and Jenny have a very heated argument and this eventually hurts both of them especially Jenny. They try avoiding each other but can't because their friends need them to meet their lovers.