Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal (2014)

★ 5.3 2h 36m IMDb
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Kathir (Udhayanidhi) a Madurai lad goes to Coimbatore with a purpose and very soon flips for the charms of a beautiful Pavithra (Nayanthara) who is their neighbor. But Pavithra is already in love with her friend Gautham (Sundar) who is 'not a nice guy'. Kathir who was looking out for his friend at college Mayil (Santhanam) bumps into suddenly and he turns love advisor for Kathir.

Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal

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Cast

Udhayanidhi Stalin
Udhayanidhi Stalin as Kathirvelan Age 48 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Udhayanidhi Stalin is a former Indian film producer & actor, who has worked on Tamil language films. The grandson of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Udhayanidhi Stalin entered the fi...
Nayanthara
Nayanthara as Pavithra Age 41 · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Nayanthara, is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films. Nayanthara made her acting debut in the 2003 Malayalam film Manassinakkare and followed with Vis...
Chaya Singh
Chaya Singh as Vineethra Shanmugam Age 44 · Bangalore, India Chaya Singh is an Indian actress. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Telugu and Oriya films. She has a reputation of being very selec...
Santhanam
Santhanam as Mayilvaganam Age 46 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Santhanam is an Indian film actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films as a comedian. Beginning his career as a comedian on television shows, he rose to fame through his performances in Vija...
Saranya Ponvannan
Saranya Ponvannan as Yasothammal Age 55 · Alappuzha, Kerala, India Sheela better known by her stage name Saranya is an Indian film actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's Nayagan and went...
Sunder Ramu
Sunder Ramu as Gautham Age 52 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Sunder Ramu is an Indian film and stage actor, who has also worked a photographer. He made his first film appearance in the 2011 drama film Mayakkam Enna. After winning critical acclaim for his perfor...

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timesofindia 6/10 Jul 07, 2014
Kathirvelan is your average boy next door, with a loving family. He is a Hanuman devotee who doesn't want to be interested in girls. He goes to Coimbatore to patch up his sister with her husband (she has eloped top marry the guy but has returned after a minor tussle) and there, he meets Pavithra, the girl living opposite his brother-in-law's house. He, not surprisingly, falls in love with her and with the help of his friend Mayilvaganan tries to woo her. But she thinks she loves Gautham, her friend who is actually a rogue. There is also an enmity between her dad and Kathir's brother-in-law. And, then, there is Kathir's dad, who, already betrayed by his daughter, expects his son to stay true to him.

If Udhayanidhi wanted to play it safe in his debut Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, he continues in the same vein here and so, your reaction to this film, obviously, is OK OK. He is the happy-go-lucky guy who is not above going after his girl (read stalking) but is decent enough to wish her happiness even after she rejects him. And, with a plot that feels only too familiar, director Prabhakaran (who earlier directed Sundarapandian) loosely strings together scenes that are funny in parts (largely due to Santhanam's one-liners) and sentimental enough to bring in the "family audience".

The film isn't bad per se but displays very little ambition and is only mildly interesting.

Every conflict is resolved in a matter of two or three scenes — and in very convenient fashion — that nothing seems to be a serious-enough obstacle. Gautham only wants to bed Pavithra, while she has fallen in love with him, but this sub-plot gets resolved through a scene in which Kathir overhears Gautham's intentions and warns Pavithra. The long-standing enmity between Kathir's brother-in-law and Pavithra's father, which could come between their romance is resolved lightheartedly with a mimicry artist, in a cinematic manner! Even the final problem — of convincing Kathir's dad — is resolved with a couple of heavy-handed sentimental dialogues. In one scene, Santhanams exclaim how many flashbacks he will be made to suffer, and it is as is the director is telling us that he realizes these problems, and assuring us that as long as it is entertaining, we needn't bother.

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