Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham

Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham
Directed by	Selva
Produced by	V. Ramesh
Written by	Murthy Ramesh Nagulan Ponnusamy
Screenplay by	Selva
Story by	Posani Krishna Murali
Starring	Prashanth Kausalya Anand Chandini (Debut) Vivek Vijayakumar Rajan P. Dev Santhana Bharathi Charlie Vaiyapuri
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	K. S. Selvaraj
Edited by	Venkateswara Rao
Release dates	17 December 1999
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Aasiyil Oru Kaditham (English: A Letter With Love) is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Selva. The film stars Prashanth and Kausalya Vivek in the lead roles along with Chandini(Debut) Vijayakumar Rajan P.Dev (late), Santhana Bharathi, Charlie, Vaiyapuri, Dhamu,. The film was a remake of Telugu film Snehitulu.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Kartik (Prashant), on his way to attend close friend Anand's (Anand) marriage, sets eyes on Lakshmi (Kausalya) at a bus stop and falls for her. He with his friends reach the village and Kartik to his delight finds Lakshmi there. He sends her a love letter (as in the title) and then to his horror discovers that Lakshmi was the intended bride of Anand. The matter becomes public, with the whole village going in search of the anonymous letter writer. The scenes where Kartik's friends (Vivek, Damu, Vyapuri) are mistaken for the senders of the letter and get a sound thrashing in turn, gives some comic relief. The marriage is meanwhile over and it is time to leave. Then Kartik comes out with his confession and makes a public apology to his friend and the family. His gesture is appreciated, the matter settled and the newlyweds return to the city.

And then the harassment begins. Lakshmi to her shock discovers that her husband has a nasty suspicious mind, and that her father-in-law was a sadist. The duo makes sly innuendos, even accusing her of having an affair with Kartik. The friends are shocked to see this side of Anand. Kartik meanwhile gets drawn to Shantini, the wealthy headstrong college mate who had persistently wooed him till he had responded. Matters reach a crescendo when Anand, in a fit of rage and frustration, nearly throws a bottle of acid at his wife. A sympathetic by-stander all along, Kartik now steps in and takes the mortally frightened Lakshmi to his own dwellings. Anand creates a misunderstanding between the lovers by poisoning Shantini's mind against Kartik. Seeing his daughter's misery, Shantini's father hires some rowdies to take care of the problem. Lakshmi's father who comes to see his daughter is also fed stories of her infidelity. Hounded from all sides, Kartik decides to take Lakshmi to the safety of her village. The characters all converge there. The much-maligned Lakshmi gathers courage to give a piece of her mind to all her tormentors, and throws the 'thali' back at her husband. She walks away and one wonders where to. Fortunately for her, Kartik once again steps in, offering her - his friendship and protection.

Cast

• Prashanth as Karthik
• Kausalya as Lakshmi
• Anand Kausalya's husband
• Chandini
• Vivek as Karthik's friend
• Vijayakumar
• Rajan P. Dev
• Santhana Bharathi
• Charlie as Karthik's friend
• Vaiyapuri as Karthik's friend
• Dhamu as Sundaralingam

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1999, features 5 tracks. All the songs were Massive Hits.^[4]

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