Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi
Kadhilil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (transl. How to mess up in love)[2] is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed Balaji Mohan based on the same‑titled short film he made. The film stars Siddharth and Amala Paul.[3] A few scenes of Siddharth, Amala Paul, Suresh and Surekha Vani were reshot for the Telugu version, which was titled Love Failure. It was released worldwide on 17 February 2012 to critical acclaim and was declared a hit.
Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi
Balaji Mohan
Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (short)
by Balaji Mohan
Siddharth
Amala Paul
Etaki Entertainment
- 17 February 2012[1]
India
- Tamil
- Telugu
Plot[edit]
Arun (Siddharth) and Parvathi (Amala Paul) give an interview about their love story, but they fight even before the interview gets over. The movie then rewinds five months earlier. Arun meets Parvathi in a college canteen, and they soon become friends. Parvathi has problems at her home, as her mother Saroja (Surekha Vani) wants to divorce her father Akilan/Aravind (Suresh). Arun and Parvathi fight for trivial reasons and then get together. The movie revolves around how little things may contribute to break-up of a relationship.
One day, while Parvathi is stressed and wants to talk to Arun, he does not answer his phone. They fight on that issue, and gradually, the frequency of their fights grows. Arun introduces her to his parents, and Arun's father Prabhu (Ravi Raghavendra) recognises her as one of his client's daughter. He tells his son that Parvathi's parents are getting divorced. As time progresses, they break up, but the reason is not revealed. Arun's friend Vignesh tries to propose to his college junior Rashmi (Dhanya Balakrishna), but she addresses him as brother and then introduces her boyfriend, who is Vignesh's college senior. Arun tries to recover from the break-up just as his friend invites him to a trip to Pondicherry/Yanam to see his friend John (Shyam). John's girlfriend Cathy (Pooja Ramachandran) starts chatting up with Arun and asks him why they broke up. Arun says that he does not have any reason, and that is his problem. Since Cathy becomes friendly with Arun, a misunderstanding crops up between Cathy and John.
Meanwhile, Prabhu advises Akilan/Aravind to reconcile with Saroja after learning that Akilan/Aravind is Parvathi's father. Akilan/Aravind and Saroja unite during Parvathi's grandparents' marriage anniversary. Consequently, John realises that Arun and Cathy are just being friendly, and he reunites with Cathy. Also, while Rashmi realises that her boyfriend is a playboy and accepts Vignesh true love. At last, Parvathi and Arun reunite after a silly quarrel in the same canteen that they met earlier.
Production[edit]
Siddharth had said that he watched the ten-minute Tamil short film Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi by Balaji Mohan and found it interesting, developing an interest to turn it into a mainstream full-length feature film.[4] Incidentally Balaji Mohan was holding talks with S. Sashikanth of YNOT Studios then and was planning to approach Siddharth to play the male lead role;[5][6][7] Siddharth joined the crew and also decided to co-produce the venture with cinematographer Nirav Shah on their newly launched banner Etaki Entertainment.[8][9] Amala Paul joined the project in August 2011.[10] Owing Siddharth's popularity in Telugu cinema, a few scenes were reshot for the Telugu version. Filming took place in Chennai and Bangalore for an urban, modernistic backdrop.[11] Siddharth later confirmed that filming was completed in a record 35 days.[12] Deepa Venkat dubbed for the speaking voice of Amala Paul.[13]
Marketing[edit]
A teaser trailer was uploaded by Siddharth on YouTube in December 2011.[14] The filmmaker had started promotions in a unique way to impress the youths. Structured like a comic-book, the print ad introduced to a short conversion between the couple – Siddharth and Amala Paul – and their exchange of thoughts can be seen in the speech balloons.[15]
Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi/
Love Failure
28 January 2012(Telugu version)
29 January 2012(Tamil version)
2012