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Kannathil Muthamittal ()


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A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her real mother, she begs to be taken to Sri Lanka, where her mother works with a militant group of activists.

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Amudha
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Indra
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G. Thiruchelvan
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Shyama
Delhi Kumar ...
Ganesan
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Dr. Herold Vikramsinghe
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LTTE fighter
Master Suraj ...
Vinayan
Master Kethan ...
Akhilan
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Shyama's father
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Shankaralingam
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Dhileepan
Sashikumar ...
Suicide Bomber
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Shyama
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
M S Bhaskar ...
Shankaralingam
J D Chakravarthi ...
Dileepan
Chakravarthy ...
Dileepan
J D Chakravarthy
Keerthana
P S Keerthana ...
Amudha
Kethan ...
Akhilan
Lakshmi Krishnamurthy ...
Old Lady
Kamala Krishnaswamy
Sashi Kumar ...
Suicide Bomber
R Madhavan ...
Thiruchelvan
Kukku Parameshwaram ...
Sundari
Kukku Parameswaran ...
Sundari
Eswari Rao ...
Another Shyama
Pondy Ravi ...
Dhanraj
Suraj ...
Vinayan
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Refugee (uncredited)
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Bus passenger (uncredited)

Directed by

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Mani Ratnam

Written by

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Sujatha Rangarajan ... (dialogue)
 
Sujatha Rangarajan ... (dialogues)
 
Sujatha Rangarajan ... ()
 
Mani Ratnam ... (screenplay)
 
Mani Ratnam ... (story)
 
Sujatha ... () (as Sujatha Rangarajan)
 
Sujatha ... (dialogue)

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Mani Ratnam ... producer
Fenon J. Rodriguez ... co-executive producer
G. Srinivasan ... producer

Music by

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A R Rahman ... original music composer
A.R. Rahman

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Ravi K Chandran
Ravi K. Chandran

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A. Sreekar Prasad
Sreekar Prasad

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Sabu Cyril

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Madras Talkies ... production

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Dhinesh Babu ... assistant director
R. Kannan ... assistant director
Latha ... assistant director (as Latha Menon)
Latha Menon ... assistant director
Milind Rau ... assistant director (as U. Milind Rau)
Siddharth ... assistant director (as R. Siddharth Narayan)

Sound Department

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Ajith Abraham George ... assistant engineer
A.S. Laxmi Narayanan ... audiographer / re-recording mixer
A S Laxmi Narayanan ... sound mixer
H Sridhar ... sound mixer
H. Sridhar ... sound mixer: DTS mix

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Ramesh Jayaraman ... digital compositor
Kamalakkannan ... digital compositor
Mukesh Kumar ... digital compositor
Purushothaman ... visual effects artist
Bvr Shivakumar ... compositor
Ashok Smith ... senior compositor
Srirengaraj ... digital compositor

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Brinda ... choreographer
Vikram Dharma ... stunt coordinator
Vikram Dharma ... stunts coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ravi K Chandran ... director of photography
Steven Desbrow ... camera operator: helicopter (uncredited)

Music Department

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Annupamaa ... playback singer
Anupama ... playback singer
Balram ... playback singer
Clinton Cerejo ... music producer and/or vocal arranger
Devan Ekambaram ... playback singer
Hariharan ... playback singer
Noel James ... playback singer
Jayachandran ... playback singer
P Jayachandran ... playback singer
Karthik ... playback singer
Febi Mani ... playback singer
Minmini ... playback singer
Sujatha Mohan ... playback singer
Rafique ... playback singer
A R Rahman ... music / playback singer
A.R. Rahman ... playback singer
A.R. Reihana ... playback singer
Srimathumitha ... playback singer
Chinmayi Sripaada ... playback singer
Chinmayee Sripada ... playback singer / vocalist
Sujatha ... playback singer
Swarnalatha ... playback singer
Tippu ... playback singer
Tipu ... playback singer
Vairamuthu ... lyricist / lyrics
Manicka R. Vinayagam ... playback singer
Manikka Vinayagam ... playback singer
M.S. Viswanathan ... playback singer

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Vikram Dharma ... action director
Brinda Master ... choreographer (as Brinda)
Deepa Venkat ... dubbing artist: Simran

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Dhileepan and Shyama are Tamil-speaking residents of Mankulam, Sri Lanka, who get married with the blessings of their respective families. After the marriage, Shyama confides that she would like to be a mother of eight children, but she is stunned when her husband tells her that he cannot father any children until there is peace between the mainstream and the Tamils in this country. Nevertheless, they do get intimate, which results in Shyama getting pregnant. Dhileepan goes into hiding because of his connections with the Tamil Tigers, while Shyama returns to her father's house. A storm threatens their village, and they are forced to flee to a Refugee Camp in Rameswaram, India. Alone, without any support, Shyama gives birth to a girl, leaves her, and returns to Sri Lanka to be with her husband. The child gets noticed by noted Tamil author Thiruchelvan, who lives with his sister, her husband, and their son and writes books under the pen-name of Indra, who is actually an attractive TV newswoman who lives next door. When he comes forward to adopt her, he is initially refused, as he must be married in order to adopt any child. He accordingly gets married to Indra, and they adopt the child and name her Amudha. Subsequently, they become parents of two sons, Vinayan and Akhilan. After Amudha completes her ninth year, she is told that she has been adopted, which compels her to start searching for her biological mother. Amudha initially runs aways to Rameswaram, but she is unable to locate her and continues to be distraught until Thiruchelvan promises to take her to Mankulam. They do come across a woman named Shyama, but she denies having any children, and it is then that they find out that there is another Mankulam in the north of Sri Lanka. They travel there, among almost war-like conditions, and it is here that Thiruchelvan and his guide, Dr. Herold Vikramsinghe, will be abducted by Tamil Tigers, who, in turn, will arrange for a meeting with Shyama. Watch what happens when Amudha finally gets to meet her birth mother--who may outrightly disown her or induct her as one of the many child warriors among the Tamil Tigers. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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Also Known As
  • Amritha (India, Telugu title)
  • A Peck on the Cheek (United States, English title)
  • Um Beijo na Bochecha (Brazil)
  • След от поцелуя на щеке (Russia)
  • Amrutha
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  • 136 min
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Trivia The movie is inspired by a Time magazine article about an American couple who took their daughter to Philippines to meet her biological mother. See more »
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