Engeyum Kadhal

 ( 2010s Indian Films ) 

Engeyum Kadhal () is a 2011 Indian Tamil language-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Prabhu Deva that stars Ravi Mohan (credited as Jayam Ravi) and Hansika Motwani. Featuring music by Harris Jayaraj, it was produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram and released on 6 May 2011. The story revolves around an Indian girl living in France who falls in love with an Indian man and is inspired from the English film Love in the Afternoon /ref>

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Plot The film is set in France and Italy. Kamal, a young billionaire, doesn't believe in love. He works hard for 11 months and takes a month's break from all the work related commitments. Celloist Kayalvizhi (Kayal for short or Lolita for Kamal) believes in true love and is highly fascinated with Indian culture. Then she sees Kamal one day and it is love at first sight for her, but before she can follow him he gets into his car and goes away. Her father Rajasekhar runs a small detective agency in France and Kayal often reads her father's case files for interesting stories. One day, Rajasekhar gets a new client who wants to know about his girlfriend's mystery man. After a brief investigation, Rajasekhar finds that his client's girl friend is dating Kamal.

Sonu gets angry and decides to kill Kamal. Kayal overhears the conversation and deciding to save them, rushes to their hotel. Sonu has sent some men to kill Kamal and he is on his way there. When Kayal reaches Kamal's room she finds the door locked from inside. Without knowing what to do Kayal tries to get inside through the balcony. When she was about to enter she hears a gunshot and faints in the balcony. By this time Sonu's girlfriend has escaped from there. Just when Kamal is about to win the fight Sonu enters the room and threatens Kamal with a gun. Then he searches for his girlfriend he cannot find her, instead he find Kayal in the balcony. Then he thinks that Rajasekar has made a mistake and apologises to Kamal. Understanding that Kayal has saved him, he tries to get to know her better during their incidental meetings and, even though Kayal tries to resist, she cannot. Kamal leaves Paris for some board meetings and Kayal is heart broken.

When he returns he does not remember her immediately even though she has been waiting for him. Kayal tries to make Kamal love her by pretending to have many boyfriends. Kamal does get a bit jealous and he decides to get a detective to know everything about her and her possible boyfriends. Initially the detective he chooses is Rajasekar Kayal's dad. Kamal does not know Kayal's name, but he says about all her fake boyfriends. Rajasekar realises that the girl's boyfriends' names are same as the names of the people in his case files realises that Kamal is actually inquiring about his daughter, Kayal, as only she has seen them. He tells Kamal about it and asks him to leave his daughter as he always does when someone falls in love with him. Kamal agrees and tells Kayal that he will be leaving for Germany and that he does not know when he will return. Kayal is heartbroken. Kamal tries to forget her but find that he cannot as he realises that he too loves her. So he returns to Paris and finds her. But Kayal is angry with him and walks away. Kamal runs after her saying that he is in love with her and will never leave her and they will be together thereafter.

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Cast

Opening credits

• Ravi Mohan as R. Kamal
• Hansika Motwani as Kayalvizhi (Lolita)
• Suman as Rajasekhar
• Raju Sundaram as Raju
• Manoj Pahwa as Rajasekhar's client
• Kotapadi J. Rajesh as Rajesh

Uncredited

• Marion Arnaud as Raju's girlfriend
• Prakash Raj as himself
• Prabhu Deva as the narrator

Special appearances in the song "Dhimu Dhimu"

• Uma Padmanabhan as Kamal's mother
• Ishari K. Ganesh as Kamal's MD
• J. Rajiv Choudhry as Kamal's father

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Production The film began development in 2009. It was developed under the title Ich until it was finally renamed Engeyum Kadhal in 2010. 158 women auditioned for the heroine before Hansika Motwani was selected. The film was predominantly shot in Paris. The song "Nenjil Nenjil" was shot at Santorini, and the song "Thee Illai" was shot in New Zealand. Savitha Radhakrishnan dubbed for Motwani.

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Soundtrack

The music is scored by Harris Jayaraj. The audio rights were purchased by Sony Music. The audio launch was held on 8 November .

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Critical reception

Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff.com gave 2.5 out of 5 stating that " Engeyum Kadhal is one of those movies that promises a lot, but delivers little. Watch the film only if you're in the mood for arm-chair travel to Paris and foot-tapping music". Sify stated that the film "tries too hard to maintain a tempo, but save for the crackling chemistry and some charming moments involving Ravi and Hansika, the film is just average". The New Indian Express wrote, "The director has exploited well the locales of exotic Paris and the result is the film has a colourful glossy look. But the style scores over content. What is dampening is the predictability of the sequence of events". Reviewing the Telugu version Ninnu Choosthe Love Vasthundi, The Times of India wrote, "The music is the best part of the movie, however the extreme predictability of the narrative is what weighs it down".

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Accolades

	6th Vijay Awards	Best Music Director	Harris Jayaraj
Best Western Song (Nangai)		Harris Jayaraj
Big Tamil Melody Awards	Best Music Director	Harris Jayaraj
	Best Album of the Year	Harris Jayaraj

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External links

Categories: 2010s Indian Films, 2010s Tamil-language Films, 2011 Films, 2011 Romantic Comedy Films, Ags Entertainment Films, Films Directed By Prabhu Deva, Films Scored By Harris Jayaraj, Films Set In Paris, Films Shot In Greece, Films Shot In New Zealand, Films Shot In Paris, Indian Romantic Comedy Films, Tamil-language Indian Films, Tamil-language Romantic Comedy Films

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