Kadhalar Dhinam

Kadhalar Dhinam (1999)

காதலர் தினம்

Valentine's Day

Two college students, the slum child Raja and the dean's daughter Roja, chat with each other over the Internet and fall in love. However, Roja is engaged and Raja cannot bear to disrespect her father, to whom he owes his livelihood.

Date of release
1999-07-09
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Music
Director
Kathir

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New Zealand

Kadhalar Dhinam is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Kathir. Produced by A. M. Rathnam of Sri Surya Movies, the film stars Kunal and Sonali Bendre in the lead roles, while Nassar, Manivannan, Goundamani and Chinni Jayanth play supporting roles. The film follows two youngsters whose romance begins through an internet chatroom but is threatened when the hero has second thoughts after discovering his lover's true identity.

Production

Kathir, being an inveterate surfer of the cyber cafés of Chennai and Bangalore, decided to make a film on what he felt the internet could develop and be used for – romance. He initially titled the film as Lovers Day and began pre-production work in 1997, before giving the project a Tamil title, Kadhalar Dhinam.

Shaam was amongst the auditionees for the debut lead role, before Kunal Singh was selected after Kathir spotted him outside a Bangalore cyber café. Singh was in Bangalore only to bulk up his body before joining the army, but with the offer chose to make a career in films.

For the Hindi version Dil Hi Dil Mein, Anupam Kher, Johnny Lever, and Raju Shreshta partially replaced Manivannan, Goundamani, and Chinni Jayanth, respectively.

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