Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum

<p>Thulasi comes to village along with her grandmother after her parents desert her. She joins a government school in the village to pursue her studies. Enters Koochan, also a student who instantly falls for her. Koochan’s mother Chandra, helps the poor Thulasi pursue her studies. However, coming to know about their romance, Agavamma insults Thulasi and her grandmother and drives them out of the village, when Koochan was out on a school tour. A shocked Koochan returns only to meet with a road mishap. Meanwhile, Thulasi, who seeks refuge in a family at , is forced to marry a rowdy named Dharman. On the day of their marriage, when Dharman kiss and hugs Thulasi, Koochan got jealous, and he eventually gets his gun, and he had to shoot the evil tribes. Koochan shoots Dharman. Dharman gets shot by a gun with one time, he had injured his right side of his neck, and he eventually got arrested by the police. His wayward lifestyle invites trouble, and he eventually gets arrested for murdering a youth. A sad Thulasi returns to Muttam only to see that Koochan has lost himself in liquor after his love failure. Meanwhile, Koochan resolves to set Thulasi’s life right by helping her grandmother for getting Dharman out in bail. Thulasi was sent to Dharman’s house. Thulasi returns, and she visited Dharman. Eventually, Dharman returns to Muttam, but ends up murdering someone in his drunken state. In order to save Thulasi’s misery being all alone, Koochan takes up the blame of the murder committed by Dharman, gets beaten by an angry mob before policemen take him away. Thulasi realising Koochan’s sacrifice, despite being stopped by Dharman, rushes to stop the police arresting Koochan but gets hit by a lorry. Thulasi dies on spot. Koochan too succumbs to his wounds while watching Thulasi’s dead eyes staring at him. The entire village lament upon the tragedy they witnessed. Rajamohan first approached for the lead role, but the actor was keen to debut with another project. Ramakrishnan, who initially aspired to become a director, was approached by Charan and accepted, debuting as a lead actor. Tharshana, who later changed her name to Thananya, a second year medical student hailing from , was picked as the heroine to play the female lead after she was discovered by Charan and Rajamohan in a medical college. Though she was hesitant at first, she eventually agreed to take over the role of Thulasi, after Charan and Rajamohan explained her the importance and the scope of her role in the film and convinced her. Filming began on 9 June 2008 in . The soundtrack is composed by . The songs and score were recorded using a live orchestra and without any such as synthesizers so as to create a rural feel to the film’s music. Pavithra Srinivasan of wrote “It might not contain a set of rocking tunes but this album is a collection of familiar tunes packaged in a refreshing way. Not blockbuster material but worth a listen.” of stated ” sees Yuvan in a dithering form”. wrote, “There is no denying the fact that debutant director Rajmohan has genuinely attempted to make a love story with realistic developments and well etched characters. He has made a film, which appeals in parts basically because of his honest approach toward the subject. The movie however, fails to impress as a whole, as the movie resembles many old films by and many other films set in rural backdrop”. Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “By taking up a serious theme this time, with a new director and an unknown cast, producer Charan seems to say that the trick lies in selecting a strong story with a well-chalked out screenplay. Directing so many debut-making faces couldn’t have been easy for writer-director Rajamohan, a first timer himself. He turns the challenge into an advantage because the fresh casting enhances the realism of ‘KPKP’ — it is as though you are in Muttam and the nearby areas watching a true-to-life tale unfold…”. wrote, “Rajamohan, the writer and director follows the new formula seen in films like and . However something is missing in this film with its non-happening story and pace”.</p>