Kalvanin Kadhali

<p>Sathya is a casanova and pursues Tina. Later, he sets his sights on Haritha and manages to woo her. She starts loving him wholeheartedly, but he is not in favour of that. At one moment he falls for Haritha, but at the same time, she discovers his real character, and ends their relationship. The story is about how Sathya changes himself and earns her love back. The film is the directorial debut of Tamilvannan. It is notably, Suryah’s first film as the hero, which was not directed by himself. The filming was held at Munnar and Kochi, while a song sequence was shot at AVM Studios, Chennai. , and were initially approached for an ; however was finally chosen. The soundtrack was composed by and was released on 29 November 2005 at Albert Theatre, by actor . The music generally received praise and positive responses, topping the charts. The song “Ivan Kattil” was based on ” ” by the British duo . was released on 17 February 2006. During its release, lawyers demanded the makers to remove banner hoardings of the film in , citing their vulgarity and the fact that there was a school near the in the same area. said, “This love story has the Suryah stamp of humour and is sure to satisfy his fans, who enjoy his smutty comedies”. Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “That Suryah is honing his skills as an actor, is evident. The increasing spontaneity in his expressions is heartening. But it is hard to swallow the contrived emotions when he tries to fool the heroine’s people”. Lajjavathi of wrote the director has given a film by mixing vulgarity and message together however found the screenplay without any confusion but felt it would have been a film for everyone if it had removed the embarrassing lines and scenes. wrote, “If we thought that this was not S.J.Suryah’s film, but Tamilvanan’s, we were thoroughly disappointed”.</p>