O Kadhal Kanmani (2015) on Netflix
NR20152h 19mDramaMusicalRomance
Aadi moves to Mumbai for a video game job and lodges with Ganapathy and Bhavani. He meets Tara, an architect bound for Paris. Both reject marriage, so they try living together.
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Plot summary
Aditya Varadarajan, called Aadi, leaves Chennai for Mumbai to work as a video game developer. He rents a room from Ganapathy, a retired bank manager, and Ganapathy's wife Bhavani, a former classical singer with Alzheimer's disease. A colleague's wedding brings Aadi and Tara Kalingarayar together; she is an aspiring architect. Both dislike the idea of marriage. Tara hopes to study in Paris to escape her mother, who wants her to run the family business in Coimbatore. The two spend time together and fall in love. Tara's parents went through a bitter divorce, which shaped her views. Aadi and Tara decide on a temporary live-in arrangement before their careers take them abroad. Ganapathy refuses at first to host an unmarried couple, but Tara's manner changes his mind, and she moves into Aadi's room.
Cast
- Prabhu Lakshmanas Buddy
- Rama Ramasamyas Chandrika
- John Devasahayamas John
- Chandrika Chandranas Ratna
- Baby Rakshanaas Jaya Vasudevan
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about O Kadhal Kanmani (2015)
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- Alia Bhatt was first offered the female lead but opted out because she could not speak Tamil, and Pooja Hegde also refused the part, citing her commitment to Ashutosh Gowariker's Mohenjodaro (2016), before Nithya Menen was cast.
- In February 2015 the film's title was changed from OK Kanmani to O Kadhal Kanmani so the makers could seek an entertainment tax exemption in Tamil Nadu by using a pure Tamil title.
- Mani Ratnam first approached Telugu actor Ram Charan for the lead in early 2014, but Charan felt the role would not work for him; Dulquer Salmaan was confirmed for the part in August 2014.
- The Central Board of Film Certification gave the film a U/A certificate on 8 April 2015 for "adult content", and its makers' attempt to get a Universal certificate from a revising committee failed.
- Song titles from the film's soundtrack later became the titles of other films, Parandhu Sella Vaa (2016), Sinamika and the Telugu Mental Madhilo, and choreographer Brindha named her 2022 directorial debut Hey Sinamika, starring Dulquer Salmaan.
