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Kannathil Muthamittal is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language musical war drama film produced and directed by Mani Ratnam. It was based on a short story called 'Amuthavum Avanum' authored by writer Sujatha. It features Madhavan, Simran and P. S. Keerthana in the leading roles with Nandita Das, J. D. Chakravarthy, Prakash Raj and Pasupathy portraying other pivotal characters. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman, while Ravi K. Chandran handled the cinematography. Mani Ratnam presents the story of a child of Sri Lankan Tamil parentage adopted by Indian parents, whose desire is to meet her biological mother in the midst of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The film was a box-office success and was received positively by critics at its release. Later on, the film was dubbed in to Telugu as Amrutha and in Malayalam by the same title.
Original Release
02/14/2002
US Release
02/26/2010
Cast
Name | Character |
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Keerthana Parthiepan | Amudha |
Simran | Indira / Indra |
Madhavan | G. Thiruchelvan |
Nandita Das | M.D. Shyama / Shyama |
Delhi Kumar | Ganesan |
Prakash Raj | Dr. Herold Vikramsinghe / Harold Wickramsinghe |
Pasupathy | Pasupathy |
Master Suraj | Vinayan |
Master Kethan | Akhilan |
Bala Singh | Devanathan / Shyama's father |
Directors
Writers
Mani Ratnam, Sujatha, Sujatha Rangarajan
Cast
Name | Character |
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Keerthana Parthiepan | Amudha |
Simran | Indira / Indra |
Madhavan | G. Thiruchelvan |
Nandita Das | M.D. Shyama / Shyama |
Delhi Kumar | Ganesan |
Prakash Raj | Dr. Herold Vikramsinghe / Harold Wickramsinghe |
Pasupathy | Pasupathy |
Master Suraj | Vinayan |
Master Kethan | Akhilan |
Bala Singh | Devanathan / Shyama's father |
M.S. Bhaskar | Shankaralingam |
Sashikumar | Suicide Bomber |
Easwari Rao | Shyama / Shyma |
Chakravarthy | Dileepan |
J D Chakravarthy | |
Keerthana | |
P S Keerthana | Amudha |
Kethan | Akhilan |
Lakshmi Krishnamurthy | Old Lady |
Kamala Krishnaswamy | Kamala |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Fenon J. Rodriguez | Executive Producer |
Mani Ratnam | Producer |
G. Srinivasan | Producer |