| Kadhal Desam | |
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| Directed by | Kathir |
| Produced by | K. T. Kunjumon |
| Written by | Kathir |
| Starring | Abbas Vineeth Tabu S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Vadivelu Chinni Jayanth Srividya |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | K. V. Anand |
| Release date(s) | September 1996 |
| Language | Tamil |
Kadhal Desam (Tamil: காதல் தேசம்; English: Land of Love) is a 1996 Tamil film. The film stars Abbas, Vineeth, Tabu, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vadivelu, Chinni Jayanth and Srividya and is directed by Kathir and produced by K. T. Kunjumon.[1] The The music is by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman. Abbas debuted his acting career through this movie. The movie is a Love story base on college students. The college set's were very grand designed by the art director Thotta Tharani on 72 acres of land in G V Garden, Mahabalipuram at cost of around Rs 2 Crores, ever before in Tamil film. This Film was also released in Hindi and Telugu as Duniya Dilwalon Ki and Prema Desam respectively.
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In a city in Southern India traditional rivalry has always existed between the students of Pachaiyappas and Loyola Colleges respectively. Karthik (Vineeth) is poor and an orphan, who studies in Pachaiyappa's College, lives in a rented room, travels by the bus, hangs out with a number of friends, and is the Captain of his football team. He is also a good poet and daydreams about his dream girl. Arun (Abbas), on the other hand, comes from a rich and wealthy family, studies in Loyola College, drives his own car, hangs out with number of friends, and is also the Captain of his football team. In a nasty inter college riot Arun saves Karthik's life. So in return Karthik lets Arun win in a soccer game because he thinks Arun can't take losses easily. Both become good friends, and they both show a good example of friendship to the others in the college road. Divya is the new girl in town who causes barbers to shave their clients head off, flowers to cry because she is not walking on them etc. Both fall in love with her, but neither realize that they both love the same woman.When they realize,their friendship is strained.The end of the movie shows whether Divya will fall in love with one of them and will their friendship be effected.
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| Soundtrack album by A.R.Rahman | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 35:23 | |||
| Label | Pyramid | |||
| Producer | A.R. Rahman | |||
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The soundtrack for the film was composed by A.R.Rahman with lyrics penned by Vairamuthu and Vaali. It featured 7 songs and many background musics with backing vocals by the composer himself. It was yet another massive hit soundtrack from Rahman. It also received positive reviews from critics especially for the use of different genres of music for all songs. The soundtrack was also released in Hindi with title Duniya Dilwalon Ki and its lyrics were written by P. K. Mishra and Mehboob.
Original version
| # | Song | Singer(s) |
| 1 | "Ennai Kaanavillaiye" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, O. S. Arun, Rafee |
| 2 | "Hello Doctor" | A. R. Rahman, Storms, Neol, Anupama |
| 3 | "Kalluri Salai" | A. R. Rahman, Hariharan, Aslam Mustafa |
| 4 | "Mustafa Mustafa" | A. R. Rahman |
| 5 | "Thendrale" | Mano, Unni Krishnan, Dominique Cerejo |
| 6 | "O Vennila" | Unni Krishnan |
Hindi version (Duniya Dilwalon Ki)
| # | Song | Singer(s) |
| 1 | "Hello Doctor" | Kay Kay, A. R. Rahman, Storms, Neol, Anupama |
| 2 | "Jaana Jaana" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| 3 | "College Ke Saathi" | Hariharan, A. R. Rahman, Kay Kay, Aslam Mustafa |
| 4 | "Jaari Jaa Ae Havaa" | Sonu Nigam, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Dominique Cerejo |
| 5 | "O Meri Jaa" | Sonu Nigam |
| 6 | "Mustafa Mustafa" | A. R. Rahman |
Telugu version (Prema Desam)
| # | Song | Singer(s) |
| 1 | "College Style" | Hariharan, Kay Kay, Aslam Mustafa |
| 2 | "Hello Doctor" | Kay Kay, A. R. Rahman, Storms, Srinivas, Neol, Anupama |
| 3 | "Mustafa Mustafa" | A. R. Rahman |
| 4 | "O Vennela" | Unni Krishnan |
| 5 | "Prema Prema" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, OS. Arun |
| 6 | "Vennela Vennela" | Mano, Unni Krishnan, Dominique Cerejo |