Rhythm (2000 film)

Rhythm
Film poster
Directed by	Vasanth
Produced by	Pyramid Natarajan
Written by	Vasanth
Starring	Arjun Jyothika Meena Ramesh Arvind
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	P. S. Vinod 2nd Unit Cinematography: Arthur A. Wilson Additional Cinematography: R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Sreekar Prasad
Production company	Pyramid Films International
Distributed by	Pyramid Films International
Release date	15 September 2000 (2000-09-15)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Rhythm (Tamil: ரிதம்) is a 2000 Tamil musical film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by V. Natarajan. The film stars Arjun and Meena in lead roles with Lakshmi, Nagesh and Manivannan in supporting ones. Jyothika and Ramesh Aravind also appear in main roles in the film. The music is composed by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was predominantly handled by P. S. Vinod and Sreekar Prasad edited the film. The film was released in September 2000, receiving highly positive reviews from critics and became commercially successful.

Karthikeyan (Arjun) is a photographer-cum-editor working in Indian Express. Chitra (Meena) is a bank employee. Both reside in Navi Mumbai. Karthik meets Chitra while opening a bank account. While returning home, Karthik again meets her in a train. He offers his seat, but Chitra does not want to accept it. During a train strike, he invites her to travel in an auto to reduce expenses, but she declines. When Chitra hesitated to travel in the same train with Karthik, he became angry and explained that he talked to her because both are from same area, both are Tamilians, and he promises her that he will never talk to her anymore. After some days Chitra volunteerily talks to him. Karthik, in return, accompanies her to a police station to get back her snatched handbag. Karthik invites Chitra to his home to meet his parents.

Karthik's parents like Chitra and all become friends. Karthik's mother requests Chitra to tell Karthik to get married. When she conveys his parent's wish, Karthik explains about his wife Aruna (Jyothika), who died in a train accident. Karthik learns that Chitra's husband Srikanth (Ramesh Aravind) died in the same train accident. Chitra adopted a boy, Shiva, as per her husband's wish. Karthik's parents want them to get married.