Sangamam

Sangamam
Directed by	Suresh Krishna
Produced by	V. Natarajan
Written by	E. Ramadoss (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Suresh Krishna
Story by	Bhoopathy Raja
Starring	Rahman Vindhya
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	S. Saravanan
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Production company	Pyramid Films International
Release date	16 July 1999 (1999-07-16)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Sangamam (Tamil: சங்கமம், English: Consensus) is a 1999 Tamil romantic musical film directed by Suresh Krishna and produced by V. Natarajan of Pyramid Films. The film featured Rahman and a newcomer Vindhya in the lead roles with Manivannan, Vijayakumar and Radharavi playing other important roles. The film's music was composed by A. R. Rahman, while Saravanan handled the cinematography. The film was released in 1999 but despite of the award-winning soundtracks and rave reviews, the film became a financial failure.

This film depicts the disputes between two forms of the dance styles and music, Classical Indian (in particular Carnatic music and Bharathanatyam danceform) against rural Tamil folk music and dance. The film depicts the misunderstanding and mutual ignorance of the two factions. The parallel plot in the movie is of the children and intended successors of the respective dance doyens falling in love with each other. The climax ends with a consensus of both the music genres as well as the young couple, hence the name Sangamam.

V. Natarajan launched a film to be directed by Suresh Krishna and A. R. Rahman was signed on to compose the music for the film in early 1998, while he was also working with the producer Natarajan in Rhythm and Udhaya. In an interview in August 1998, A. R. Rahman revealed that he was working on " a very small budget movie called Sangamam which is based on classical and folk dance". The film would feature his namesake and brother-in-law, Malayalam actor Rahman in the lead role with newcomer Vindhya roped in to play the lead female role.