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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kantha<br />
| image = Kantha poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --><br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = Babu Vishwanath<br />
| producer = Pazhanivel<br />
| writer = <br />
| starring = [[Karan (actor)|Karan]]<br />[[Mithra Kurian]]<br />[[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]]<br />
| music = Shakthi R. Selva<br />
| cinematography = Sivakumar<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = VP Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|2013|3|22|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Kantha''''' is a 2013 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[drama]] film directed by Babu Viswanath. It stars [[Karan (actor)|Karan]] and [[Mithra Kurian]] in the lead roles. The film was released after a five-year delay, in March 2013.<ref name="sify">{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kandha-is-ready-for-release-imagegallery-kollywood-lf4kClifjadsi.html|title=Kandha is ready for release|publisher=sify.com|accessdate=2015-12-01}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Kantha<br />
*[[Mithra Kurian]]<br />
*[[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]]<br />
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Thangamagan<br />
*[[Riyaz Khan]]<br />
*[[Dhandapani]]<br />
*[[Sathyan (Tamil actor)|Sathyan]]<br />
*[[Aarthi (actress)|Aarthi]]<br />
*Cell Murugan<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Viswanath, who had earlier worked as an assistant to director [[Saran (director)|Saran]] in the films ''[[Jay Jay]]'', ''[[Attagasam]]'' and ''[[Vasool Raja MBBS]]'', announced that he would make a film featuring actor [[Karan (actor)|Karan]] and Shakti R. Selva, a keyboard player with [[A. R. Rahman]], made his debut as a music director through the film.<ref name="indiaglitz">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/karans-kandha-for-pongal-tamilfont-news-42500|title=Karans Kandha for Pongal - தமிழ் Movie News|publisher=indiaglitz.com|accessdate=2015-12-01}}</ref> Production began in mid 2008 and the team initially announced a release in January 2009, but this was not met. The film was entirely shot in Thanjavur, with scenes shot at the bus stand and at SB Nagar Grounds.<ref name="indiaglitz2">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/karan-and-kandha-tamil-news-55972.html|title=Karan and Kandha – Tamil Movie News|publisher=indiaglitz.com|accessdate=2015-12-01}}</ref><br />
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In March 2012, a City Civil Court suspended the release of the film after a dispute arose of money transaction between the producer and a financier. Petitioner Mohan Kumar, the financier had lent Rs. 25&nbsp;lakh to assist the producer, Pazhanivel, in the production of the film with a promise that the money should be paid within the stipulated time mentioned in the agreement. But, the producers did not pay the amount in cash instead they produced two cheque leaves to the financier that bounced at the bank for lack of funds in the account. As Mohan Kumar could not get the amount from the producers, he approached the court to stop the film release till the producers pay him the amount.<ref name="sify2">{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/release-of-karan-s-kandha-stayed-news-tamil-mdqkj4ceifgsi.html|title=Release of Karan`s `Kandha` stayed|publisher=sify.com|accessdate=2015-12-01}}</ref><ref name="cinediary">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinediary.in/2012/03/karans-kantha-in-release-trouble.html|title=Karan’s ‘Kantha’ in Release Trouble! ~ Cinediary|publisher=cinediary.in|accessdate=2015-12-01}}</ref> The film faced further troubles when actor Karan complained of non-payment of his salary and when Babu Vishwanath walked out of the film to direct another venture titled ''Theradi Veethi''.<ref name="tamilomovie">{{cite web|url=http://tamilomovie.com/tamilo/kandha-to-hit-the-screens-after-three-years/|title=Kandha to hit the screens after three years – Tamil Cinema News, Movies, TV Serial, TV Shows|publisher=tamilomovie.com|accessdate=2015-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208041144/http://tamilomovie.com/tamilo/kandha-to-hit-the-screens-after-three-years/|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was later released in March 2013 on a small scale, almost five years after production had begun.<br />
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