Kandukondain Kandukondain is a 2000 Tamil musical and romantic film based on Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility. Directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon, the film features an ensemble cast of Mammootty, Ajith Kumar, Tabu, Aishwarya Rai and Abbas in the lead roles. Veteran actors Srividya, Raghuvaran and Manivannan also play other pivotal roles. The plot features two young sisters with differing views on love who find themselves with three suitors. The elder sister attracts the attention of an aspiring film director, while a wounded commando falls for her younger, hopelessly romantic... sister but hesitates because he is much older than she. Meanwhile, the younger sister meets and falls for an upcoming businessman with a passion for Indian poetry. However, problems lap up from different directions, resulting in emotional turmoil for both sisters. Whom the sisters marry forms the crux of the story. The film opened to Indian audiences, after several delays, on 5 May 2000 gaining positive reviews and becoming a successful venture commercially.
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| Release date: | 2000 |
| Directed by: | Rajiv Menon |
| Runtime: | 151 Minutes |
| Producer: | Kalaipuli S. Dhanu, A. M. Rathnam |
| Editor: | Anthony Gonsalves |
| Music by: | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography: | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Screenplay by: | Rajiv Menon |
| Adapted from: | Sense and Sensibility |
| Genre: | Musical |