Parthiban Kanavu (2003 film)

Parthiban Kanavu
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Directed by	Karu Pazhaniappan
Produced by	T. G. Thiyagarajan Selvi Thiyagarajan T. Arjun
Written by	Karu Pazhaniappan
Starring	Srikanth Sneha Manivannan Vivek Devadarshini
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	R. Divakaran
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Production company	Satya Jyothi Movies
Distributed by	Satya Jyothi Movies
Release dates	23 May 2003
Running time	172 mins
Language	Tamil

Parthiban Kanavu(2003) [English: Parthiban's Dream] is a Tamil film directed by Karu Pazhaniappan. The film stars Srikanth and Sneha in lead roles. It had Manivannan and Vivek in supporting roles. Sneha featured in Dual Role for the first time. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. The film was a sleeper hit in 2003.

This movie was remade in Telugu as Ammayi Bagundi and later in Malayalam as Manju Peyyum Munpe. Note that a movie of the same name, reflecting the historical fiction by Kalki Krishnamurthi, was released in 1960.

Plot

Parthiban (Srikanth) is a recent college grad, still young and undeterred by the pressures of the real world to hold down any one job for a long period of time. He falls in love with a girl (Sneha) he sees on the bus when loitering about with his friends. He finds that her tastes matches his perfectly. His parents, fed up with his ways, force him into an arranged marriage. Parthiban is surprised to learn that the girl he has been set up with is the same one he fell in love with. Unfortunately, he realizes that Sathya (Sneha), the girl he has married is a different woman, and that he actually loves a free-spirited, look-alike, Janani (Sneha again).

He begins to hate his wife, who is demure and quiet. He avoids her, and rebukes her kind actions and words. After some miscommunication, he reveals that he has fallen in love with his wife.

Cast

• Srikanth as Parthiban
• Sneha as Sathya and Janani (Dual Role)
• Vivek as Mano
• Manivannan as Sathya's father
• Devadarshini as Amudha
• Raviprakash
• Mohan Sharma as Janani's Father
• Nagesh Krishnamurthy
• Shanthi Williams
• Jennifer

Soundtrack

Song Title	Singers	Lyricist
"Aalanguyil Koovum Rayyil"	Harini, Srikanth	Kabilan
"Kanaa Kandaenadi"	Madhu Balakrishnan	Yugabharathi
"Theeradha Dum"	Devan, Tippu, Manickka Vinayagam	Na. Muthukumar
"Buck Buck Buck"	T. L. Maharajan, Balaram, Karthik, Chitra, Manjula, Sandhya, Kalyani. Mano	Pa. Vijay
"Vaadi Machhiniyae"	Seerkhazhi SivaChidambaram, Malathi Lakshman	Arivumathi
"Enna Seyya"	Karthik, Kalyani	Kabilan

Awards

Tamil Nadu State Awards-2003 Best Film

Best Director- Karu Palaniappan

Best Actor- Srikanth

Best Comedian (male) - Vivek

Best Comedian (female) - Devadarshini

Best Lyrics – Kabilan

Best Playback Singer (female) - Harini