Kadhal Desam

Kadhal Desam is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Kathir and produced by K. T. Kunjumon. The film stars Tabu with Vineeth and Abbas in the main leads. This film marked Abbas's feature debut film and Tabu's Tamil debut film. The film stars with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vadivelu, Chinni Jayanth, Srividya and others are featured in other pivotal characters. K. V. Anand was the cinematographer for the project and A. R. Rahman composed the film's soundtrack and score. The film was released in August 1996 and became a box office success. The film was remade in Bangladeshi Bengali as Narir Mon. Plot In Chennai, a traditional rivalry has always existed between the students of Pachaiyappa's and Loyola colleges. Karthik is a poor orphan who studies in Pachaiyappa's, a hobo 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, by contrast, comes from a wealthy family, studies in Loyola, drives his own car, hangs out with numerous friends, and is also the captain of his football team. In a nasty intercollege riot, Arun saves Karthik's life. So in return, Karthik lets Arun win in a soccer game because he thinks Arun cannot take losses easily. Arun realises that the victory is because of Karthik's sacrifice. They become good friends, setting a good example of friendship to others in their college. Things go smooth until a new girl Divya joins the college. Both Arun and Karthik fall in love with her, but neither of them realises that both are in love with the same girl. Following a sequence of events, when they realise that both are loving the same girl, their friendship is strained, and they fight with each other. At the end, Divya says that she likes them both but does not want to choose one, thereby losing the other and disrupting their friendship. Hence the film ends with Arun and Karthik regaining their friendship and remaining friends with Divya.