Kaadhal Kavithai

<p>Vishwa spends his time hanging out with Anandham to avoid his mother, who always quarrels with his father. To find peace, he plays tricks on others. Among the victims is Jothi. The story moves to London, where Vishva visits ‘s grave and leaves a beautiful poem behind. At the same time, Jothi too visits the grave and leaves a note after reading the poem. Then begins a warm relationship between Jothi and Vishwa without seeing each other. Whether the two are united form the rest of the story. After the success of the 1998 film , its co-producer agreed to work with actor again in his next film and thus signed on to finance a film to be directed by . The film, initially untitled, began filming in in August 1998. Amritraj later sold the project, later titled , to of Cee I TV Limited. made her debut as an actor in Tamil cinema with this film. The team had earlier approached to be a part of the film, though she did not accept the offer. auditioned for the film, but did not make the final cast. was originally chosen for an important role; however he was replaced by while was originally offered ‘s role which she refused due to the role being glamorous. made a cameo appearance for a song which was originally offered to . choreographed a belly dance song shot in Rajasthan featuring Kasthuri. Part of the film was shot in , with locations including near the , the , and , where the memorial to was located. Songs were shot in Morocco as well. The soundtrack was composed by , and became one of the most sold Tamil albums in 1998. D. S. Ramanujam from gave the film a positive review, praising the director’s work. Kala Krishnan Ramesh from mentioned that the film is “visually a delight, the songs and music are pleasant, especially when they harmonise with the locations, which they don’t always.” The reviewer adds that “Prashanth is alright though he seems a little narcissistic, you always feel that he’s looking at a mirror someone’s holding up. The heroine is new, and not unpleasant. Srividya is wasted, though brightening.” G. Ulaganathan from wrote that both Prashanth and Koppikar performed well and “Prashanth, especially after his has matured as an actor”. R. P. R. of praised the acting of Manivannan and Ambika and poetic dialogues and felt the characterisation of parents of both main leads were more memorable than the lead pair but questioned Agathiyan for reusing the plot of his instead of coming up with something new while panning the acting of Prashanth and Kasthuri’s character design and concluded saying certain special features from the film may not attract the attention of fans because it is a familiar story but if you think the story doesn’t matter, there are many other aspects of the film to consider. Prashanth, with , capped off a hat-trick of hit films in 1998 after the successes of Shankar’s and Ravichandran’s . Koppikar won plaudits from critics for her performance with Rediff.com stating that with her “strong screen presence, and acting skills that belie her newbie status, she could be the latest to storm the TN industry”. The film won her further offers and signed her on for his next after seeing her performance in . She went on to win the .</p>