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''Sundara Kandam'' () is 1992 Indian
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-language
romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...
film, written and directed by
K. Bhagyaraj Krishnaswamy Bhagyaraj (born 7 January 1953) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, composer, film producer and politician active mainly in Tamil films. He has also written and directed Hindi films and TV serials. As an actor, he has ...
, and produced by his wife
Poornima Pūrṇimā () is the word for full moon in Sanskrit. The day of Purnima is the day (''Tithi'') in each month when the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnights (paksha), and the Moon is aligned exactl ...
. The film stars Bhagyaraj,
Bhanupriya Bhanupriya (born Manga Bhanu; 15 January 1967) is an Indian actress and dancer. In a four decade old career, she has appeared in 155 feature films, predominantly in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil, and a few in Malayalam cinema, M ...
and Sindhuja. It revolves around a student (Sindhuja) who loves her teacher (Bhagyaraj), but he does not reciprocate. ''Sundara Kandam'' was released on 15 January 1992, in the week of Pongal, and emerged a success. Bhagyaraj won the Best Story Writer award at the
13th Cinema Express Awards The 13th Cinema Express Awards were held on 14 June 1993, and honoured the best of Cinema of South India, South Indian films released in 1992. The awards were announced in March. Tamil Telugu Malayalam Solidaire excellency awards ...
. The film was remade in
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as '' Sundarakanda'' (1992), in
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as '' Andaz'' (1994) and in
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as ''Sundara Kanda'' (2001).


Plot

Shanmugamani arrives as a Tamil teacher to a school. He is an alumnus of the same school, from where he studied very well, despite his poor background, he was state first in his twelfth standard examinations. He is fooled by the students of the current twelfth standard batch, headed by a brilliant, but mischievous student Priya. Shanmugamani is irritated by her indiscipline and finds fault for whatever she does. But this does not stop Priya to crack pranks on him. There is also a student in the same class, who studied in school with Shanmugamani, and has not yet passed twelfth standard. Priya's classmates create a fake love letter written by Priya and put it in Shanmugamani's desk. Shanmugamani misunderstands that, it is also one of the pranks of Priya, warns her and gives the letter to her. But Priya considers that he wrote the love letter and falls in love with him. Priya's classmates repeat the mischief again and again and Shangmugamani misunderstands it as Priya's mischief and complaints to the Headmaster, because of which Priya is suspended without any chance to defend herself. Later on, Shanmugamani understands that there is no fault with Priya and apologises to her. Priya, who also finds the truth insists since both their reputations have been spoiled in the school, it is better that both get into love and marry. Scared by her acts, Shangmugamani keeps away from her. But Priya does not lose her heart and she chases him to win his love. But Shanmugamani insists that it is not a good ethic for a teacher to fall in love with his student and reveals that he is not willing to marry her. Priya seeks TC from her school, discontinues her studies and pressures that she is not his student any more and he can marry her. Yet Shanmugamani does not yield to her. Priya shifts to her friend's home as a paying guest, which is next to Shanmugamani's house and makes her full-time job to love him. Unable to resist her torture, Shanmugamani marries a girl named Deivanai from an orphanage, which shocks Priya. Shanmugamani has a great dream about his wife, but Deivanai does not have any qualities of his dream girl, yet she manages somewhat to live to her husband's expectations. Priya understands her situation and helps her without her knowledge. But when Deivanai finds the truth she gets furious that Priya tries to snatch away her husband from her and warns her that if she ever turns her face towards her husband, she would go violent. But later, Deivanai finds that Priya was his student and feels bad for her acts. Priya and Deivanai become good friends. Priya helps Deivanai to cook, to speak in English and all the ways to attract her husband. But the Priya-Deivanai relationship is not liked by Shangmugamani and he insists Priya to keep away from their life. Priya, on one hand, helps Deivanai and on the other hand, makes her attempt to win Shangmugamani's love and become his wife before her death. He gives a final warning to her that Deivanai will not keep quiet if she ever discovers Priya's attempt on him. Deivanai hears their conversation, but does not react to that, instead she her drags to hospital for a check-up. When Shangmugamani wonders why, Deivanai explains that she got a handkerchief of Priya with blood stains. Finally both come to know Priya is battling with her life with cancer and counting her days. Deivanai insists Shangmugamani to marry Priya so that her last wish is fulfilled. But Priya dies in her school in her classroom in the place where she sat wearing her school uniform. In her last speech recorded on a tape, she praises Shangmugamani for being stubborn that a teacher should not marry his student at any cost. She presents her jewels to Deivanai and says she will be born again as their child. At the end, Shanugamani and Deivanai put the jewel on their baby, considering that Priya is born again.


Cast

*
K. Bhagyaraj Krishnaswamy Bhagyaraj (born 7 January 1953) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, composer, film producer and politician active mainly in Tamil films. He has also written and directed Hindi films and TV serials. As an actor, he has ...
as Shanmugamani *
Bhanupriya Bhanupriya (born Manga Bhanu; 15 January 1967) is an Indian actress and dancer. In a four decade old career, she has appeared in 155 feature films, predominantly in Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil, and a few in Malayalam cinema, M ...
as Deivanai * Sindhuja as Priya *
Junior Balaiah Raghu Balaiah (28 June 1953 – 2 November 2023), popularly known as Junior Balaiah, was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language films. The son of actor T. S. Balaiah, he primarily featured in supporting roles throughout his career, whi ...
as Iyer, a teacher *
Chelladurai Chelladurai (1941 - 7 February 2015) was an Indian comedian who worked in Tamil-language films. He acted in over 350 films. Career Chelladurai made his film debut with '' Thooral Ninnu Pochchu'' (1982). He is known for his comic sequences ...
as a school principal * Takla Ramu as Somasundaram, a teacher *
Ganeshkar Ganapathi, credited as Ganeshkar, is a Tamil comedian actor who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films (Kollywood), he is also a host for '' Super 10'' on Sun TV in Chennai. He took part in Kalaignar TV's dance sh ...
as Krishnamurthy aka Kichan, student * Ravikumar *
Kovai Babu Kovai Babu is an Indian Tamil actor and comedian. He is 45 years old and was born in Coimbatore, India. Career Kovai Babu became popular for his comedy track sequence in the role of Minor Kunjumani where he eventually shared screenspace with ...
as Babu, a student * Nandagopal as Namachivayam * K. R. Vatsala as Shanmugamani's neighbour


Production

''Sundara Kandam'' was written and directed by
K. Bhagyaraj Krishnaswamy Bhagyaraj (born 7 January 1953) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, composer, film producer and politician active mainly in Tamil films. He has also written and directed Hindi films and TV serials. As an actor, he has ...
, who also played the male lead. His wife
Poornima Pūrṇimā () is the word for full moon in Sanskrit. The day of Purnima is the day (''Tithi'') in each month when the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnights (paksha), and the Moon is aligned exactl ...
produced the film. The film initially began production in the late 1980s under the title ''Sir I Love You'' with Bhagyaraj himself and
Rupini Komal Mahuvakar, better known by her stage name Rupini, is an Indian former actress who has appeared in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu language films during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Early life Mahuvakar was born in Mumbai i ...
starring, but was shelved.


Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deepak.


Release and reception

''Sundara Kandam'' was released on 15 January 1992, in the week of Pongal, was distributed by J. S. S. Combines, and emerged a success. Reviewing the film for ''
Kalki Kalki (), also called Kalkin, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hinduism, Hindu god Vishnu. According to Vaishnavism, Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages i ...
'', Ammu played on the title by saying "Sundara Commercial Kavithai" (Beautiful commercial story). At the
13th Cinema Express Awards The 13th Cinema Express Awards were held on 14 June 1993, and honoured the best of Cinema of South India, South Indian films released in 1992. The awards were announced in March. Tamil Telugu Malayalam Solidaire excellency awards ...
, Bhagyaraj won the Best Story Writer award.


Remakes


References


External links

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