Pyaar Prema Kaadhal

Pyaar Prema Kadhal
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Directed by	Elan
Written by	Elan
Produced by	Yuvan Shankar Raja S. N. Rajarajan Irfaan Malik
Starring	Harish Kalyan Raiza Wilson
Cinematography	Raja Bhattacharjee
Edited by	Manikumaran Shankara
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production companies	YSR Films K Productions
Distributed by	Trident Arts
Release date	10 August 2018 (2018-08-10)[1]
Running time	122 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Pyaar Prema Kaadhal (transl. Love, Love, Love) is a 2018 Indian

Sree constantly tries to talk Sindhu into agreeing to 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 to 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 ways 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 he 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 learns 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 gotten an abortion as revenge for an argument which Sree won. Sree's mother accepts the fact that happily 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

Production

In late October 2017, musician

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.^[8][9][10] 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.^[11]

The first schedule of the film was finished in early December 2017, with Bhanupriya also joining the cast to portray Harish Kalyan's mother;^[12] she, however, was replaced later by actress Rekha.^[13] By mid-January 2018,^[14] Elan revealed that "seventy percent" of the film was completed and that the editing process was going on simultaneously.^[15] After completing the talkie portions by March 2018,^[16] the team flew to Azerbaijan to film the last two songs,^[17] making Pyaar Prema Kaadhal, reportedly, the first Tamil film to be shot in that country.^[18][19]

Music

The soundtrack album of Pyaar Prema Kaadhal was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which features 12 tracks, the most ever in his album.^[20] The lyrics were written by Niranjan Bharathi, Vivek, Madhan Karky and Mohan Rajan, Malaysian singer-songwriter Oviya Oomapathy, and Elan himself. Sid Sriram, Sanjith Hegde, Al Rufian and Teejay Arunachalam recorded for the film's songs,^[21] collaborating with the composer for the first time, as well as lyricists Vivek and Mohan Rajan.^[20] The album was preceded with two singles: "High On Love" and "Dope Track" released on 13 February and 9 June 2018.^[22][23] The album was released on 29 July 2018 at a launch event held at the AVM Studios in Chennai.^[24][25] The soundtrack received positive reviews from critics.

Release

Trident Arts, acquired the Tamil Nadu theatrical rights of the film for ₹3 crore.^[26] Pyaar Prema Kaadhal was released on 10 August 2018.^[27] It was initially brought forward to 9 August 2018, to avoid a box office clash with Vishwaroopam II,^[28] but out 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.^[29] On the day of its release, the film was illegally uploaded by piracy sites which irked controversy.^[30] The film was dubbed into Telugu version under the same name and was released on 21 September 2018.^[31]

Home media

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Tamil.^[32] The television premiere of the film took place on 25 November 2018.^[33]

Reception

Critical reception

The film received positive reviews from critics.