Pyaar Prema Kaadhal
Pyaar Prema Kaadhal is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Elan, and produced by Yuvan Shankar Raja, under the banner YSR Films, who also composed music for the film. Co-produced by S. N. Rajarajan under the banner K Productions. The film stars Harish Kalyan and debutant Raiza Wilson in the lead roles. The film marked the first project of both the lead actors, after rising to fame from the television series Bigg Boss Tamil. Anand Babu, Pandian, Rekha, Ramadoss and Subbu Panchu appear in supporing roles. The film's cinematography was handled by Raja Bhattacharjee, with editing done by S. Manikumaran. The film was launched on December 2017, along with the commencement of pricnipal photography and was completed in June 2018. The film released on 10 August 2018, to positive response from audience as well as critics, praising the lead actors' performances, the screenplay and the film's soundtrack. The film become a commercial success. The film won two Filmfare Awards South and two SIIMA Awards, including the Best Debut Actress Award for Raiza in both ceremonies.
Plot
Sree is an innocent and fun loving IT employee from Chennai who lives with his parents. He has a crush on Sindhuja a beautiful and independent modern day girl who works in the office opposite to his. Sindhuja, eventually joins Sree's office and invites him to hangout with her at the club to which Sree happily agrees. At the club, he realises, Sindhu drinks alcohol, swears freely and is a complete party girl. He comes to know of the surprising fact that Sindhu doesn't know her own birthday because nobody except her mom knew it and her mom died when she was very young. Over time they become good friends and Sree falls head over heels in love with her.One day the duo get stuck in an elevator and end up kissing instinctively. Sindhuja brings Sree home and they have sex after which Sree confesses his love for Sindhuja. To his shock, she rejects him saying that they are only good friends and insists that she does not love him. She refers to their sex as a casual indulgence whereupon Sree leaves her house in complete disgust. Sindhuja constantly tries to pacify him and Sree finally gives in, agreeing to continue being friends with her and begin to hang out like before. At a party, Sindhu tries to get intimate with a drunk Sree but he gets upset and shouts at her for merely using him and criticizes her character. He also reveals to everyone that he had sex with Sindhuja, making her angry. Sindhu confesses that now she also loves Sree but is disheartened by his behavior and mindset, thus ending the party on an unpleasant note.
Sree seeks the help of the local tailor Thangaraj and his colleague Satish and attempts to reconcile with Sindhuja. He joins the dance classes conducted by Sindhu's father and eventually they patch up. As per Sindhu's wish they decide to begin a live in relationship without the knowledge of Sree's parents since they would clearly disapprove of the idea. Sree makes a plan for his daily routine, to keep his parents oblivious of his relationship and moves into a rented house near his home with Sindhu. While Sindhu starts becoming slightly aggressive, Sree continues to steer the boat of their relationship. One night, when Sindhu is moody and irksome, Sree takes her out and reveals to her that it is her birthday and tells her that he had traced it out after a lot of difficulty. Sindhu is extremely touched and her aggressiveness comes to an end.
Sree constantly tries to talk Sindhu into agreeing for their marriage but she sternly refuses since she wants to achieve her dream of opening a restaurant in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Sree's mother is hell bent on finding a good bride for him which puts Sree in a complete dilemma. Sindhu's father invites the couple for his dance show but Sree's mother falls sick and he comes in late for the show, making Sindhu upset. At the show, he pesters her about their marriage citing his mother's ill health as his imminent reason to soon marry. When Sindhu refuses to budge, he decides to break up with her for his mother's sake and to marry a girl, that his parents fix an alliance with.
A day before his marriage, Sindhu turns up at his home to bid him goodbye before leaving Chennai. The two part with heavy hearts. On the day of his wedding, while Sindhu's father is driving her to the airport he confesses about how he did not acknowledge Sindhu's mother's love for him and how he regretted it after she died and asks Sindhu not to make the same mistake. Suddenly Sindhu realises she has to stop the marriage and rushes back to Sree's wedding avenue only to realize that the wedding is over and she turns to leave in tears.
Three years later Sindhu has opened her dream restaurant. She eventually comes to know that Sree is getting a divorce. Sindhu's father visits Sree's parents and tells about his daughter's love for Sree, while Sree's parents lament over his failed marriage. Sree's wife had got an abortion, as revenge for an argument which Sree won. Sree's mother accepts the fact that happy live in relationships are better than unhappy marriages. Suddenly, Sree's parents and Sindhu's father realize that both of them have been missing for three days and wonder where they are. The film ends as Sree and Sindhu are seen having sex secretly as their parents call them. Their mindsets are shown to have reversed as Sree now wants a live-in relationship but Sindhu prefers marriage.
Cast
- Harish Kalyan as Sree Kumar
- Raiza Wilson as Sindhuja
- Anand Babu as Sindhuja's father
- Pandian as Sree's father
- Rekha as Sree's mother
- Ramdoss as Tailor Thangaraj
- Subbu Panchu as Manager
- Deepz as Sathish
- Ivaney Prem as Ivaney
- Umadevi as Shanthi
Production
Titled Pyaar Prema Kaadhal after the lyrics of Silambarasan's "The Love Anthem", production began during mid-November 2017 in Chennai, with cinematographer Raja Battacharjee selected to work on the film. Yuvan Shankar Raja's wife Zafroon Nizar was given the opportunity to work as the costumes designer for Raiza, thus making her debut in the film industry, too.
The first schedule of the film was finished in early December 2017, with Bhanupriya also joining the cast to portray Harish Kalyan's mother; she, however, was replaced later by actress Rekha. By mid-January 2018, Elan revealed that "seventy percent" of the film was completed and that the editing process was going on simultaneously. After completing the talkie portions by March 2018, the team flew to Azerbaijan to film the last two songs, making Pyaar Prema Kaadhal, reportedly, the first Tamil film to be shot in that country.
Music
The soundtrack album of Pyaar Prema Kaadhal was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which features 12 tracks, the most ever in his album. The lyrics were written by Niranjan Bharathi, Vivek, Madhan Karky and Mohan Rajan, for one song each. Sid Sriram, Sanjith Hegde, Al Rufian and Teejay Arunachalam recorded for the film's songs, collaborating with the composer for the first time, as well as lyricists Vivek and Mohan Rajan. Director Elan provided the lyrics for five songs, while Malaysian lyricist and artist Oviya Oomapathy, who had worked on several independent single for U1 Records wrote the song "Never Let Me Go" and its solo female version.Ahead of the album launch, two singles were released; on 13 February 2018, coinciding with the occasion of Valentines Day, the first track from the album, "High On Love", which was sung by Sid Sriram and had lyrics by Niranjan Bharathi, the grandson of the Mahakavi Subramanya Bharatiyar, was released as a single, opening to positive response from listeners. A teaser of the second single, "Dope Track" was released on 8 June 2018, and the full song was released the following day, on 9 June 2018. The song consist of variation of melody in the beginning, with a variation of EDM and dubstep, before turning into a melody in the end.
The film's tracklist was released on 26 July 2018. The audio was released on 29 July 2018 at a launch event held at the AVM Studios in Chennai, with several film personalities and friends of Yuvan Shankar Raja, including actors Dhanush, Silambarasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Arya, and Jayam Ravi; directors Ameer, Ram, and Seenu Ramasamy; and composers Ilaiyaraaja, Santhosh Narayanan, and D. Imman attending the event. The audio launch was telecasted on Zee Tamil on 4 August 2018.
The soundtrack received positive reviews from critics. The Times of India, reviewed it as "Thirteen songs in an album could make for an exhaustive listen, but the biggest plus is that almost seven of them are short, and sweet, pieces." Behindwoods gave the album 3 out of 5 stating "The romantic musical falls in place for Yuvan as he hits the high note effortlessly." Indiaglitz gave the album a rating of 3 out of 5. Milliblog commented "Pyaar Prema Kaadhal is a delightful follow-up to Irumbuthirai!" OnlyKollywood gave 4 out of 5 and stated "Pyaar Prema Kaadhal is an exquisitely spaced soundtrack that plays around with different genres to exhibit well-composed, enjoyable music. Yuvan stamps his class once again etching out a fantastic album with terrific repeat value written all over. The songs could have been named in Tamil in order to achieve better recall value, but that does not stop the quality of music that has been served on the table. Nothing more is required to bring this film attention." Moviecrow gave 3 out of 5 stating "Pyaar Prema Kaadhal is Yuvan effortlessly offering 100+ trending ringtones and viral clips to do dubsmash and musically for youngsters. The soulfulness of the songs depends upon our opinions about how we look at love. But as standout numbers.. Yuvan is unstoppable in this romantic soundtrack that doesn't blink an eye about being cheesy and super cheesy."
Release
Trident Arts, acquired the Tamil Nadu theatrical rights of the film for 3 crore. Pyaar Prema Kaadhal was released on 10 August 2018. It was initially brought forward to 9 August 2018, to avoid a box office clash with Vishwaroopam II, but as a mark of respect to the former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi who died on 7 August 2018, it was pushed back to the original release date. On the day of its release, the film was illegally uploaded by piracy sites which irked controversy. The film was dubbed into Telugu version under the same name and was released on 21 September 2018.Marketing
The first look posters of the film were released on 17 November 2017, with one of the posters shown Harish Kalyan, Raiza and composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, as Tom, Jerry and Elvis Presley. The motion poster was released on 12 February 2018. The trailer of the film was released on 15 July 2018. The promotion of the film also proceeded by actor Harish Kalyan and actress Raiza Wilson in the ongoing reality TV series Bigg Boss Tamil 2. Ahead of the film's release, the makers unveiled a promo from the film on 9 August 2018.The trailer of the Telugu version was launched by actor Chiranjeevi on 17 September 2018.