Kannamoochi Yenada

Kannamoochi Yenada
Directed by	V. Priya
Produced by	Raadhika Sarathkumar Zarine Screwvala P. S. Saminathan
Written by	V. Priya Sivakumar
Starring	Sathyaraj Prithviraj Sandhya Raadhika Sarathkumar Sripriya Manobala
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography	Preetha Jayaraman
Edited by	Sathish Suriya
Production company	Raadan Media Works UTV Pyramid Saimira
Distributed by	Raadan Media Works UTV Pyramid Saimira
Release dates	8 November 2007 (2007-11-08)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kannamoochi Yenada? (Tamil: கண்னாமூச்சி ஏனடா?; English: Why Hide and Seek?) is a 2007 Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by V. Priya. The film stars Sathyaraj, Prithviraj, Sandhya and Raadhika Sarathkumar in lead and Sripriya, Manobala and Radha Ravi in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film, a remake of the 2005 American film Guess Who, which is itself a remake of the 1967 American film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, was jointly produced and distributed by Raadan Media Works, UTV and Pyramid Saimira.^[1] It released on 8 November 2007 during Deepavali.

Plot

Harish Venkatraman (Prithviraj Sukumaran), a software architect by profession who lives in Malaysia, is the millionaire nephew of Maheswaran Iyer (Radharavi). Having lost his parents early in life, he runs the business of his uncle with impressive results. He stumbles upon the psychiatry student Devasena (Sandhya), in the most cinematic manner, and as script would have it, he falls for her that very instant. Deva is the daughter of Commissioner Arumugam Gounder (Sathyaraj) and Dhamayanthi (Raadhika Sarathkumar) in Chennai.

As the plot progresses, Deva is being summoned by her parents for their silver jubilee wedding anniversary back home. Notwithstanding the fact that he has a flourishing business to attend to and much to the wrath of his uncle - who arranges for his wedding with his business partner’s daughter - Harish takes the next flight to Chennai to accompany Deva. He is subjected to a warm welcome by Dhamayanthi and a cold shoulder by Arumugam. To make matters worse, Maheswaran Iyer's vicious character assassination – in the name of a complaint he sends to the police commissioner’s office – doesn’t help Harish in the task of gaining enough confidence among his girlfriend’s parents. Will Harish ever win his love back, now that his chance of impressing Deva’s parents are doomed?

Cast

• Sathyaraj as Commissioner Arumugam Gounder
• Prithviraj as Harish Venkatraman
• Sandhya as Devasena Arumugam Gounder
• Raadhika Sarathkumar as Dhamayanthi Arumugam Gounder
• Sripriya as Seetha
• Radharavi as Maheswaran Iyer
• Manobala as Senthilkannu
• Vietnam Veedu Sundaram as Arumugam Gounder's father
• Mahanadhi Shankar as Vellaichamy (cameo role)
• Mayilsamy in a cameo role

Soundtrack

Kannamoochi Yenada
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released	23 August 2007 (India)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Big Music
Producer	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Thottal Poo Malarum (2007) Kannamoochi Yenada (2007) Kattradhu Thamizh (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Behindwoods	[2]

The music was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up with director V. Priya again after Kanda Naal Mudhal (2005). The soundtrack was released on 23 August 2007 by Vivek Oberoi.^[3] It features 5 tracks, including a retune of the yesteryear hit song "Andru Vandhadhum" from the M. G. R.-starrer Periya Idathu Penn, being just the second song to be retuned after A. R. Rahman's "Thottal Poo Malarum" from the film New. Noticeably, singer Shankar Mahadevan lent his voice for three songs. Lyrics were provided by Thamarai.

Yuvan Shankar Raja won accolades for creating an "interesting" and "thoroughly enjoyable" album, which was cited to be "an absolute treat to listen to".^[4][5][6] Behindwoods, which described the song "Kannamoochi" as "this year’s one of the most enjoyable songs" and the song "Sanjaram" as a "masterpiece", said, that the Yuvan-Priya duo had even bettered their previous venture Kanda Naal Mudhal, giving the album four out of five stars.^[6]

Critical reception

Sify wrote "On the whole, the first half wins you over with its simple charm, its immensely likeable characters, and the intrinsic humour in the writing. But the latter half is too long, contrived and predictable to the extent of being seriously boring. In the final analysis, however, these are a few wrong turns in an otherwise entertaining film that'll bring a smile to your face".^[7] Behindwoods wrote "To sum it all up, V. Priya's effort is noteworthy, if her first movie was like a morning cup of coffee for the youth, this time she serves well for the whole family".^[8]

References

External links

• Kannamoochi Yenada at the Internet Movie Database