Bharathi Kannammaa

Bharathi Kannammaa (1997)

பாரதி கண்ணம்மா

Bharathi, who works for a rich man, and Kannama, the daughter of a rich landlord, fall in love. Kannama commits suicide by burning herself as she cannot marry Bharathi because of their caste difference.

Date of release
1997-01-15
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 48m
Genres
Drama
Director
Cheran

Casting

Interesting facts

Bharathi Kannamma is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Cheran in his directorial debut, starring R. Parthiban and Meena. The film marks Cheran's debut as a director and screenwriter. It was released on 15 January 1997 and emerged a success, winning three Filmfare Awards South including Best Film – Tamil. The film was remade in Kannada as Usire (2001).

Production

Bharathi Kannamma is the directorial and screenwriting debut of Cheran. Arun Vijay and Karthik were initial choices for the lead actor before Parthiban was finalised. Scenes that Parthiban had written for a shelved film Karupannasamy were included, despite Cheran's initial reluctance. Though Parthiban was against the film's ending, feeling it was too tragic, Cheran remained firm on not changing it.

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