Sandhitha Velai

Sandhitha Velai (English: Time we met) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Ravichandran, his second film after Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998). The film stars Karthik in two roles. Roja and Kausalya play the female leads, while Vijayakumar, Sujatha, Moulee, Chinni Jayanth, Vivek, Manivannan, and Nassar play supporting roles alongside an ensemble cast. The film was released on 14 April 2000 during Tamil New Year. It received negative reviews and was a moderate success at the box office. The Telugu film Gentleman (2016) starring Nani was loosely inspired by this film.[1]

Sandhitha Velai
Directed byRavichandran
Produced byKaja Mohideen
Written byRavichandran
StarringKarthik
Roja
Kausalya
Music byDeva
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byB. Lenin,
V. T. Vijayan
Production
company
Roja Combines
Release date
14 April 2000
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Aadalarasu (Karthik) is an unemployed youth looking for a job. He is constantly taunted on this account by his father, Gurumoorthy (Vijayakumar), while his mother (Sujatha) comes to his support. In Madras for a job interview, he stays with his father's friend Sivaraman (Moulee). Aadalarasu has run-ins with Sivaraman's daughter Thilaka (Roja) and she develops a dislike for him. However, she bows to her father's wishes and weds Aadalarasu. Just when she starts liking him, he has to travel again. In the train, he meets Thirunaavukkarasu (Karthik again), who asks him for a favour. Instead of the usual comedy, the mistaken identity is then played for sentiment. With Thirunaavukkarasu dying and being mistaken for Aadalarasu, Aadalarasu's family think that he is dead while he takes Thirunaavukkarasu's place and helps them, but he has to do so without arousing the suspicions of his wife Akalya (Kausalya) and the rest of his family.

Cast

Production

The filming began in 1998 and was the second directorial work by Ravichandran. It was briefly delayed due to the selection of heroines. Isha Koppikar and then Suvalakshmi were selected for a role, but their refusal meant that Roja was signed. For another lead role, Simran was selected but due to date clashes, she too was replaced by Kausalya.[2] There were rumours that the film was delayed because of Karthik experiencing trouble due to his health.[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva.[4]

No.SongSingersLyrics
1Ceylon Singala PenneSukhwinder Singh, SabeshK. Subash
2Chinna PonnuT. K. KalaVairamuthu
3Kobapadathe MuniammaSabeshPonniyin Selvan
4PennkiliyeP. Unnikrishnan, SujathaVairamuthu
5Vaa Vaa En ThalaivaHarini, P. Unnikrishnan, 'Mahanadi' Shobana

References
  1. Balaji Balasubramaniam. "Sandhitha Velai". Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. "Simran replaced by Suvalaxmi". Tamil Star. Archived from the original on 18 August 2000. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. "Tamil New Year Special 2000". Indolink Tamil. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
    - "Karthik teams with Simran and Isha Gopigar in a new film". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on November 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
    - "It's Kausalya Now!". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. "Sandhitha Vellai Songs". Raaga. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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