Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)

The film is indeed a lovely film. Mesmerizing, hypnotizing, and colorful! This movie when understood, will cause you to fall in love with the cultural scenes, the culture itself, and the people. The movie was not dubbed since some viewers tend to think. The subtitles where excellent and easy to read. The DVD player I have picks up everything to enjoy. Jane Austen had nothing to do with this film, since she is born of a different cultural decent. A wonderfully written storyline! Aishwarya Rai, is a stunningly beautiful woman. Whom in Bollywood is not arrogant as the folks in Hollywood. So, we should stay tuned for her upcoming films.They should be wonderful as well. I recommend films like Jaaneman and Umaro Jhan.

At first, I didn't understand why the movie had to be in Tamil and why the main actors and actresses voices had to be dubbed when they were obviously speaking the language. But as long as you can get passed all that stuff, then you're in for a real treat! The acting is superb and the twist on Jane Austen's popular novel from which the idea is taken from is very well executed and accepted. I also enjoyed the jabs the Tamil director took at the Hindu film industry (i.e. making one of the main characters a playback singer, showcasing an popular actress who shuts down a film production because she cannot lip-sync properly, giving all the women in the film backbones, showcasing unsafe working conditions on film sets, just to mention a few). Aishwarya Rai and Tabu are excellent as two sisters who seem unlucky in love. Aishwarya's emotional range rivals that of Kate Winslet, who won an Oscar nomination for the same role in the English version, directed by famed director Ang Lee. And Tabu channels Emma Thompson very well! The songs and costumes are beautiful and the film's backdrop is magnificent. This is a definite must see! And a gem for Kollywood! A++++++++++ I HAVE FOUND IT!

At first I didn't really know what to think and I was a bit lost, but as I got used to who was who and what was going on in the story I LOVED IT! It was a great story and the one of the ending scenes surprised me with how well the actors did. I'm not going to lie...I cried a bit. Jane Austen's stories are always good no matter how lose the adaptation. I started to like it for comedic value and then ended up loving it for serious! It is of course not trying to be just like Sense and Senseability so a few of the main story lines are out of order when it comes to the movie, but I think it worked well. The only really odd part was that on the DVD we were watching it seemed as if every line was being dubbed over. I'm sure that wasn't the case in reality, but it almost looked like I was watching a dubbed film at parts.

I have seen this movie over 3 times, it has got the best cinematography work for songs.Some sheer hard work has been put in by Ravi K Chandran, 'Konjum Minakalea' is an enthrawling song, it has completely different visualisation Tamil movie has even seen! The dressing, the location, and Aishwrya looks so good in here. I guess thats the best of her I have seen so far..! Though the movie did not do well in the stands, there has been great effort put in by Rajiv Menon.The movie was not a buster, but I give it a 10 on 10. Really 'found it' interesting!