Coffee with Kadhal

<p>In , Kathir is an aspiring entrepreneur who has completed hotel management and wants to own a 5-star hotel. Saravanan is working in a startup abroad and lives with his live-in partner Neetu and Ravi is a music school teacher. Their sister Varshini is expecting, who complains about her workaholic husband Santhosh, and Radhika is Ravi’s wife, who tries to get back her romantic relationship with Ravi and tries losing weight but he lost interest long back. Shruthi is their daughter. Though Saravana is successful, his girlfriend dumps him with “Shining star” Rohan and soon resigns from his job and comes back to Ooty. He hides the truth from the family but tells only to Varshini as she is close to him. Meanwhile, the land where Kathir wants to build his hotel belongs to a Colonel, who will give the land only within his family. Abi is Kathir’s close friend who also has a secret crush on him. At the 25th wedding anniversary of the Colonel, Kathir devises a plan to marry the Colonel’s daughter Diya so that he will get the land. Both the parents accept the alliance and plan to get both Saravana’s and Kathir’s marriage together. Initially hesitant, Saravana still manages his lie. Meanwhile, Ravi is infatuated by Sarah, who runs a music troop and they both have a one-night stand. Later Sarah completely avoids Ravi, and Ravi later gets heartbroken. Kathir asks Saravanan to pick up Diya from the airport as he will be going to celebrate Abi’s birthday. Saravanan reluctantly agrees while Kathir finds Abi’s secret wishes in her diary and makes them come true among the last wish being to kiss her favorite person and they share a kiss. After the kiss, Kathir informs that he is getting the land, and breaks Abi’s heart. On the other hand, Saravanan and Diya grow closer every day, and slowly they fall in love and Saravanan feels guilty about it. Kathir reveals that the school girl, in his childhood, actually proposed him, but rejected as he didn’t want to break their friendship. Knowing this, Saravanan avoids Diya. Meanwhile, Abi goes absconding and Kathir misses her and realizes he is in love with her. As Kathir goes to meet her, he finds her engaged to Arvind and doesn’t propose her. The family gets to know about Neetu, so Saravanan asks them to find another girl in order to avoid Diya. The wedding planners find a bride for Saravanan, who turns out to be Sarah. Ravi tries many ways to stop the wedding, but everything goes in vain. Radhika grows suspicious about Ravi’s behavior. On the engagement day, Kathir proposes Abi and she takes it as a joke. Kathir promises to get her to fall in love with him within 30 days. He makes some changes in the wedding card without anyone’s knowledge. Varshini notices Saravanan and Diya and confronts him to which he says Kathir must be happy and promises to get Diya’s heart changed within 30 days. Ravi also vows to stop Saravanan and Sarah’s marriage within 30 days. Meanwhile, Saravanan plans for a surprise on Diya’s birthday with her favorite and gives credit to Kathir. All the family members have a photo shoot and Ravi provokes Sarah’s grandmother resulting in breaking Saravanan’s marriage. Saravanan wants the family to move on with Kathir’s marriage. Kathir tells Varshini about him being in love with Abi. Kathir kidnaps Arvind and leaves him in a pub where girls misbehave with him, but Abi finds out about Kathir’s involvement in this. She confronts Kathir for not having canceled his marriage if he loves her truly. She also says he always had her as a second plan and never truly loved her and breaks their friendship. Saravanan gets visa to and gets informed by Sarah that Ravi leaked photos of him and Neetu to stop the marriage. Furious, Saravanan chases Ravi and gets to know about Kathir’s love and proposes Diya at her home unaware of Kathir’s breakup. Ravi confesses his affair with Sarah and apologises, but Radhika leaves the house with Shruthi. Saravanan denies loving Diya to her parents and brings Neetu home as he is confronted by Kathir about his breakup. Heartbroken, Diya thinks of going to . Abi finds the wedding card with Kathir’s name and believes he always loved her and accepts his love. All the family members reunite at Shruthi’s school dance program where she mocks the chief guest, Rohan, which was taught by Diya to bring peace in Saravanan’s heart. Saravanan realizes this and goes to stop Diya at the airport. The security stops them and Varshini falsely pretends delivery pain and says that she wants to talk to the pilot of the plane Diya is flying who is actually her husband, Santhosh. The film ends with the brothers getting happily married to their respective lovers and attending Varshini’s baby naming ceremony. After the success of (2021), in February 2022, it was reported Sundar C will collaborate with for a new film with , although later it was announced that Jiiva would collaborate with Raashii Khanna for a different project titled with lyricist as the director. After then, it was announced as an untitled project with a pooja ceremony with , and in the lead roles bankrolled by actress , A. C. S. Arun Kumar, and under their banners and Benzz Media respectively. The film also marks ’s second collaboration with and after . The film was tentatively titled as (35th film of Jiiva). On 6 June 2022, the title was announced to be . was announced to be writing the dialogues for the film while was announced as the music composer. Later E Krishnasamy and Fenny Oliver were bought on board for the project to handle cinematography and editing for the film respectively. It was reportedly announced that would be presenting this film under the banner . , and confirmed in on April, and in the same month, it was reported that will play the female lead to star opposite , however announced as female lead, the film marks her debut into , with was announced as another female lead opposite . The film also has an ensemble cast of actors in supporting roles which include , , (of fame), , , , , , , Baby Vrithi. of the film began on 31 January 2022. The film was shot extensively across , including and . On 6 September 2022, it was reported that 90% of the shoot has been completed. The music and original score is composed by , reuniting with Sundar C after 19 years since their last film (2003). It mark Yuvan Shankar Raja’s fourth collaboration with Sundar C and his fifth time with Jiiva after , , and . The album consists of eight songs. The audio rights acquired by . Yuvan remixed and sing a popular classical song “Rum Bum Bum” from (1990) which was composed by his father Ilaiyaraaja, and was released as a first single on 1 July 2022. The second single “Baby Gurl” was released on 16 July 2022. A promo video of the third single titled “Thiyagi Boys” was released on 6 August 2022. The entire song of the third single is scheduled to be released on 8 August 2022. It also marks the second collaboration of Adhi with Yuvan Shankar Raja after . The fourth single “Naalaya Pozhudhu” was released on 24 August 2022. The audio launch was held on 26 September 2022. The entire soundtrack album was released on 11 October 2022. Yuvan remixed a popular classical song “Poda Poda Punnaku” from (1991) which was composed by his father Ilaiyaraaja, and was released as a last single on 7 December 2022 after the film’s release. The film was released theatrically on 4 November 2022. Initially, the film was planned to release in theatres in July 2022. However, there were reports stating that the film would release on 7 October 2022, but again got postponed due to for record breaking success. The trailer of the film was released on 26 September 2022. The distribution rights of the film in were acquired by under the banner of . The digital streaming rights of the film were acquired by , while the satellite rights of the film is sold to . The film began its digital premiere on the streaming platform from 9 December 2022. The film received mixed reviews from critics and audiences. M. Suganth of rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, “We see how much the film’s entertainment quotient improves when he goes back to his trademark comedy of confusions in the pre-interval stretch.” P. Sangeetha of rated the film 1.5 out of 5 and wrote, “This coffee is best avoided!” A critic for wrote, “Simple yet funny conflicts that have so much potential to make an enjoyable cinema, but nothing can save this flick which is messy in every aspect.” Praveen Sudevan of wrote, “Neither Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music nor any of the performances salvage the film, beset by a weary screenplay.” Avinash Ramachandran of rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, “A premise like Coffee With Kadhal needed a bit bolder approach where the boundaries are not just pushed but broken entirely.” Kirubhakar Purushothaman of rated the film<br /> 1 out of 5 stars and wrote, “Why take so much effort for a film, that doesn’t extend the same gesture?” A critic from wrote, “Moreover, the director did not think of a logical answer even at the dialogue level for how Aishwarya, who comes back at the end, went back and why she went back.” rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars.</p>