UpdateBot at 12:10, 8 June 2022

2022-06-08T12:10:47Z

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham
| image = Aasaiyil_Oru_Kaditham.jpg
| director = [[Selva (director)|Selva]]
| writer = Murthy Ramesh Nagulan Ponnusamy
| screenplay = [[Selva (director)|Selva]]
| story = [[Posani Krishna Murali]]
| starring = [[Prashanth]] [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] Riva Bubber [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] [[Sathyapriya]] [[Rajan P. Dev]] [[Santhana Bharathi]] [[Charle]] [[Vaiyapuri]]
| producer = V. Ramesh
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = K. S. Selvaraj
| editing = Venkateswara Rao
| distributor = Udhaya Arts
| released = 17 December 1999
| runtime = 133 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}

'''''Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham''''' ({{translation|A Letter With Love}}) is a 1999 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Romance film|romantic]] [[family drama film]] directed by [[Selva (director)|Selva]]. The film stars [[Prashanth]], [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]], [[Anand (actor)|Anand]], and Riva Bubber alongside an ensemble supporting cast including [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]], [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Sathyapriya]], [[Rajan P. Dev]], and [[Santhana Bharathi]]. The film was the Tamil remake of Telugu film ''Snehitulu''. The music was composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] with cinematography by K. S. Selvaraj and editing by Venkateswara Rao. Upon the film's release on 17 December 1999, it became a critical and commercial failure.

==Plot==
Karthik ([[Prashanth]]) is on his way from Chennai to attend his friend Anand's ([[Anand (actor)|Anand]]) wedding in a village. In the bus stand, Karthik sees a girl ([[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]) and gets attracted towards her. To his surprise, he meets the same girl in the village again. Karthik writes a love letter to her and gives it through a small girl. Karthik gets shocked now as he finds that the girl is Lakshmi and is also Anand's fiancé.

Lakshmi's relatives get furious upon knowing that someone has given a love letter to her, and they keep searching for the guy who has written it. Once the wedding is complete, Karthik reveals to everyone that it was him who had given the love letter to Lakshmi and apologizes that he did not know that Lakshmi is the bride in the wedding. Lakshmi's relatives forgive him, while Anand and Lakshmi leave to Chennai.

However, Anand gets suspicious that Lakshmi might have an affair with Karthik and starts suspecting her. He also keeps secretly monitoring her while being alone at home. Anand's father ([[Rajan P. Dev]]) is also a sadist, and he tortures Lakshmi. Anand openly reveals to Lakshmi that he does not trust her and accuses of having an illegitimate affair with Karthik. Lakshmi is worried and keeps trying to win the trust of her husband.

Meanwhile, Shantini (Chandini) is Karthik's college mate who loves him, but he does not reciprocate. Despite Karthik avoiding Shantini, she tries to woo him continuously. Finally Karthik accepts Shantini's love, and her father ([[Santhana Bharathi]]), a local rich man, decides to get them married.

Unfortunately, Anand's suspicion over Lakshmi increases, and he starts torturing her. He even goes to the extent of throwing acid on her face. One day, Lakshmi's cousin comes to meet her, but Anand behaves very rude towards him. Lakshmi requests her cousin not to inform about the torture that she undergoes to her father ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]) as he will keep worrying. Lakshmi decides to commit suicide and goes to a nearby bridge, but she luckily gets saved by Karthik. Lakshmi reveals about Anand's behavior to Karthik, and he feels bad that it was him who is responsible for all the fiasco.

Karthik goes to meet Anand and again tries to prove that he does not have an affair with Lakshmi. However, Anand does not listen to him. Anand also decides to spoil Karthik's relationship with Shantini. Anand meets Shantini and informs that Karthik and Lakshmi are in an illegitimate relationship, which shocks Shantini. Shantini's father gets furious upon hearing this, and he sends a few goons to beat Karthik, but Karthik beats them up and comes to meet Shantini. He decides to break up with Shantini as she did not trust him and instead believed all the false stories cooked up by Anand.

Lakshmi could no longer bear her husband's torture and decides to return to her parents. Karthik meets Lakshmi and decides to accompany during her travel until the village. However, Anand informs Lakshmi's father that Lakshmi has decided to elope with Karthik. Lakshmi's father also believes Anand's words and accuses Lakshmi and Karthik when they reach the village.

Lakshmi worries that even her parents did not trust her. Anand and his father come to Lakshmi's village and try to tarnish her image in front of the villagers. However, Lakshmi's cousin (who met Lakshmi at her home before) comes to the spot and clarifies about the hardships that she had faced. Lakshmi's father realizes his mistake and apologizes to her. Meanwhile, Lakshmi decides to ditch Anand and throws the “thali” on his face. She also does not want to stay with her parents as they too doubted her character. Lakshmi decides to walk away from the village, while Karthik says that he will accompany her as a good friend. The movie ends with both Karthik and Lakshmi leaving the village together as good friends.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Prashanth]] as Karthik
* [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] as Lakshmi (Voice dubbed by Jayageetha)
* [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Anand
* Riva Bubber as Chandini
* [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Ramalingam
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Lakshmi's father
* [[Sathyapriya]] as Lakshmi's mother
* [[Rajan P. Dev]] as Anand's father
* [[Santhana Bharathi]] as Chandini's father
* [[Charle]] as Servant
* [[Vaiyapuri]] as Jambulingam
* [[Dhamu]] as Sundaralingam
* [[Thalapathy Dinesh]]
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album|
|
| name = Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 21 October 1999
| recorded = 1999
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = Star Music
| producer = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. The soundtrack, released on 21 October 1999, features five tracks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_free_download.asp?MovieId=468 |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 April 2014 |archive-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002204/http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_free_download.asp?MovieId=468 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics
|-
|1 || "Aasaiyil Or Kaditham || [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]] || [[Vairamuthu]]
|-
|2 || "French Classile" || [[Naveen]] || [[K. Subash]]
|-
|3 || "Karthigai" || [[Malgudi Subha]] || rowspan=3|[[Vairamuthu]]
|-
|4 || "Nee Irunthal Naan" ||[[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
|-
|5 || "Vennilave" || Srinivas, [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
|}

==Reception==
''Indolink'' wrote "Though the movie has some novel appealing situations, its lack of focus on the central theme leads to boredom at times."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Asaiyil_Oru_Kadidham_132248.html |title=Asaiyil Oru Kadidham: Movie Review |work=Indolink |access-date=30 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034555/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Asaiyil_Oru_Kadidham_132248.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Chennai Online'' wrote "It is a fairly engaging film, one of the better movies from Selva. Comedy, sentiment and action blend cleverly. The closing scene is commendable, one of those 'different' frames that film-makers these days aim for".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov5.asp|title=Asseyil Orr Kadidham|work=Chennai Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828085107/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov5.asp|archive-date=28 August 2004|access-date=23 Sep 2019}}</ref> ''Oocities'' wrote "This movie could have been very very great, but the shot misfired, and so we're left with a mediocre work. If the storyline had been concentrated better, and Prasanth's character had come only when necessary [..], the movie might have been much much better.".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/subashworld/1999/27aasaiyil.htm|title = Subash Awards : Film Review: ''Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham''}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Selva (director)}}

[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
[[Category:Films directed by Selva (director)]]

Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham - Revision history

UpdateBot at 12:10, 8 June 2022