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Kanna
Kanna
Directed by	Anand
Starring	Raja; Sheela; Prakash Raj; Livingston; Seetha
Cinematography	Tajmal
Music by	Ranjit Barot
Production; company	Kosmic Film Productions
Release date	21 December 2007;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kanna is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film by Anand starring Raja and Sheela.

Plot

The story takes place in Coimbatore, where Annapoorani, the daughter of Raghunath, a managing director of a company, has everything in life; loving family and friends and, studies in year 10 in a Catholic secondary school. She goes on a school organised educational tour to Ooty with her class mates and is accompanied by her class teacher Aashirvaatham and her biology teacher.

Whilst they were staying in a bungalow in Ooty, Poorani meets Kannaa, a florist by profession. Kannaa is introduced as Eric to the tourist group and agrees to be the group's tour guide on the request of the bungalow's caretaker. Since meeting, both Poorani and Kannaa are at loggerheads. Though Kannaa enjoys teasing her in a friendly manner knowing Poorani's wariness, Poorani seems to think that he has bad intentions. Eventually, her animosity towards him vanishes and she begins to develop an interest in him.

When Annapoorani returns to Coimbatore, she is unable to forget Kannaa and longs to be with him. One day when her friend tells her of how she is planning to meet her boyfriend in person, Poorani becomes influenced and decided to meet Kannaa in person with a gift in hand. She borrows a Scooter and leaves to Ooty. On the way, the bike breaks down, so she continues her journey on foot. In the meantime at home, her parents panic when they find that she has not returned from school and begin searching for her everywhere.

The rest of the movie depicts the learnings of Annapoorani, who is at the cusp of becoming an adult, on life and responsibilities.

Cast

Raja as Eric aka. Kannaa
Sheela as Annapoorani aka. Poorani
Prakash Raj as Raghunath, Annapoorani's father
Seetha as Annapoorani's mother
Livingston as Aashirvaatham Sir, Annapoorani's class teacher
Sona Nair as Teacher
Crane Manohar as Bus driver

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ranjit Barot.^[1] The audio was launched on 14 November 2007 in Chennai.^[2]

"Kuyil Paadum" - Shreya Ghoshal
"Ragasiya Kanna" - Sujatha
"Thullum" - Balaraman, Mahalakshmi Iyer
"Sembaruthi" - Manikka Vinayagam, Mukesh Mohamed, Vinaya
"Aayiram Kelvigal" - Hariharan
"Azhagiya Penne" - Karthik

Reception

Sify wrote "Director Anand has come out with a sweet movie with a nice message that shows how an adolescent mind due to immaturity falls to infatuation. However the trouble with the film is that it moves at snail pace, and is made like a mushy television serial."^[3] Rediff said "movie that tries very hard to be subtle and sensuous, exhibiting the Art of Love but instead falls flat on its face."^[4] Anamika of Kalki praised the acting of Prakash Raj, Sheela, Tajmal's cinematography and Ranjit Barot's music but panned Raja's acting in serious scenes and Sheela's characterisation as immatured however appreciated director Anand for taking up an risky subject in his debut film and for giving perfect ending to the film.^[5]

References

^ "Kanna Tamil movie songs". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ "Kanna audio CD released". Chennai Online. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
^ "Review: Kanna (2007)". Sify. 22 December 2007. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ "Kanna: A wasted effort". Rediff. 22 December 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ அனாமிகா (13 January 2008). "கண்ணா". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 31. Retrieved 15 June 2024.