Kanne Kalaimaane

Kamalakannan, an agriculture graduate doing organic farming, meets with the newly appointed bank manager Bharathi regarding unpaid bank loans. She later learns about his aide to the poor village people by obtaining loans for them and comes to appreciate him. The romance opens to a wedding after a meeting between both families. Kannan's father Ramasamy and grandmother Appatha are sceptic about Bharathi as an educated and well-employed woman's integration to their simple rural family. Ramasamy arranges for the couple to live in a separate house to avoid problems between Appatha and Bharathi, as she does not approve that Bharathi continues her work after marriage. Suddenly, Bharathi loses her vision and Kannan takes her to hospital where it is diagnosed that the blindness is heredity related and there is no treatment available to cure it (Bharathi's mother also lost her vision a few years back). Bharathi feels bad and requests Kannan to not to inform his family as they might develop even more hatred towards her. Kannan tries hard to get Bharathi cured by taking her to different hospitals. Kannan borrows money from a local moneylender for meeting Bharathi's medical expenses. As Kannan is unable to repay, the moneylender hits him in front of everyone, which shocks Kannan's father and grandmother. Appatha gets furious and repays Kannan's debt to the money lender. She visits Kannan's home and finds the truth about Bharathi's situation. Appatha feels sad for Bharathi and takes her along with her to her home. Kannan, upon knowing this, feels happy that Bharathi is accepted by his family. Bharathi also feels happy about the care shown by Appatha. Kannan gets a phone call from the doctor referring Bharathi to meet a doctor in Delhi who seems to be able to cure her blindness. The movie ends with Kannan and Bharathi travelling to Delhi.

{{cast listing|

• Udhayanidhi Stalin as Kamalakannan, an agriculture graduate and organic farmer
• Tamannaah Bhatia as Bharathi, the manager of Madurai Grama Bank
• Vadivukkarasi as Kannan's grandmother
• Vasundhara Kashyap as Muthulakshmi, Kannan's classmate
• Poo Ram as Ramasamy, Kannan's father
• Shaji Chen as Bank Manager
• Ambani Shankar as Kannan's friend
• Saravana Sakthi as Karuppu, Kannan's friend
• Theepetti Ganesan as Kannan's friend
• Vinayak Raj as Kannan's friend
• Chandran Pachamuthu as Chandran, Muthulakshmi's husband
• Vetri Kumaran as Asst. Manager Vetri Kumaran
• V. R. Nagendran as Nagendran
• Devipriya as Kannan's mother
• Aathmaarthi as Aathmaarthi
• Thavasi as Saamy

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In December 2017, Udhayanidhi Stalin of Red Giant Movies announced he would be starring in a film to be directed by Seenu Ramasamy.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2017 |title=Udhayanidhi Stalin to team up with yet another National Award-winning director |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2017/Dec/13/udhayanidhi-stalin-to-team-up-with-yet-another-national-award-winning-director-3559.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618111149/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2017/dec/13/udhayanidhi-stalin-to-team-up-with-yet-another-national-award-winning-director-3559.html |archive-date=18 June 2021 |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}} Tamannaah Bhatia who was the lead actress of the director's Dharma Durai (2016) was again hired for this film.{{Cite news |last=Sundar |first=Mrinalini |date=20 December 2017 |title=Tamannaah to pair up with Udhay |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/tamannaah-to-pair-up-with-udhay/articleshow/62135466.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713174137/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/tamannaah-to-pair-up-with-udhay/articleshow/62135466.cms |archive-date=13 July 2023 |access-date=28 March 2019 |work=The Times of India}} The film's title was revealed to be Kanne Kalaimaane, after a song from the 1982 film Moondram Pirai (1982).{{Cite web |date=6 January 2018 |title=Yuvan Shankar Raja confirms composing for Udhayanidhi's next! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/yuvan-shankar-raja-confirms-composing-for-udhayanidhi-s-next-news-tamil-sbgme8ggajaai.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106100221/http://www.sify.com/movies/yuvan-shankar-raja-confirms-composing-for-udhayanidhi-s-next-news-tamil-sbgme8ggajaai.html |archive-date=6 January 2018 |access-date=16 March 2018 |website=Sify}} Jalandhar Vasan was signed to be the cinematographer, and Kasi Viswanathan for editing.{{Cite web |date=20 September 2018 |title=Udayanidhi's 'Kanne Kalaimane' censored with 'U' certificate |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/udayanidhi-s-kanne-kalaimane-censored-u-certificate-88698 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250205150713/https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/udayanidhi-s-kanne-kalaimane-censored-u-certificate-88698 |archive-date=5 February 2025 |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=The News Minute |language=en}} Filming started in January 2018 in Madurai.{{Cite news |date=31 January 2018 |title=Udhayanidhi Stalin starts shooting for 'Kanne Kalaimaane' |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/udhayanidhi-stalin-starts-shooting-kanne-kalaimaane-75654 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731093440/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/udhayanidhi-stalin-starts-shooting-kanne-kalaimaane-75654 |archive-date=31 July 2018 |access-date=18 March 2018 |work=The News Minute}} The film shoot finished in 45 days in a single schedule on 14 March 2018.{{Cite web |date=15 March 2018 |title=Seenu Ramasamy 's 'Kanne Kalai Maane' shoot is complete |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/seenu-ramasamy-s-kanne-kalai-maane-shoot-is-complete-news-tamil-sdplj4fjfjgde.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316044907/http://www.sify.com/movies/seenu-ramasamy-s-kanne-kalai-maane-shoot-is-complete-news-tamil-sdplj4fjfjgde.html |archive-date=16 March 2018 |access-date=16 March 2018 |website=Sify}}

The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.{{Cite web |date=24 January 2019 |title=Kanne Kalaimaane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/kanne-kalaimaane/mFSi-hcus0Y_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605111800/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/kanne-kalaimaane/mFSi-hcus0Y_ |archive-date=5 June 2019 |access-date=5 June 2019 |website=JioSaavn}} The first single "Endhan Kangalai" was released on 24 December 2018.{{Cite news |date=26 December 2018 |title='Kanne Kalaimane': New single 'Enthan Kangalai Kanom' from the Udhayanidhi starrer is out |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/kanne-kalaimane-new-single-enthan-kangalai-kanom-from-the-udhayanidhi-starrer-is-out/articleshow/67257380.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121154716/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/kanne-kalaimane-new-single-enthan-kangalai-kanom-from-the-udhayanidhi-starrer-is-out/articleshow/67257380.cms |archive-date=21 January 2025 |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=The Times of India}}

{{track listing

| headline = Track listing

| all_lyrics = Vairamuthu

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Azhaikkatuma

| extra1 = Mathichiyam Bala

| length1 = 05:01

| title2 = Neenda Malare

| extra2 = Shweta Pandit, Yazin Nizar

| length2 = 04:02

| title3 = Endhan Kangalai

| extra3 = Yuvan Shankar Raja, Sooraj Santhosh

| length3 = 03:34

| title4 = Sevvandhi Poove

| extra4 = Karthik, Pragathi Guruprasad

| length4 = 04:00

| title5 = Vaa Vellai Raasathi

| extra5 = Yuvan Shankar Raja

| length5 = 05:02

| total_length = 21:39

}}

Anjana Shekar of The News Minute gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "An interesting drama with a few quibbles".{{Cite web |last=Shekar |first=Anjana |date=22 February 2019 |title='Kanne Kalaimaane' review: An interesting drama with a few quibbles |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kanne-kalaimaane-review-interesting-drama-few-quibbles-97199 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711104440/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kanne-kalaimaane-review-interesting-drama-few-quibbles-97199 |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=The News Minute |language=en}} Srinivasa Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote "A well-intentioned, well-performed drama that tries discussing more issues than it ought to" and praised the performances of the cast but criticised the screenplay.{{Cite news |last=Ramanujam |first=Srinivasa |date=22 February 2019 |title='Kanne Kalaimane' review: A tad too soft |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/kanne-kalaimane-review-a-tad-too-soft/article26340311.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711104440/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/kanne-kalaimane-review-a-tad-too-soft/article26340311.ece |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=11 July 2022 |work=The Hindu |language=en}} The Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Kanne Kalaimaane feels like an amiable drama about genial characters".{{Cite web |date=22 February 2019 |title=Kanne Kalaimaane Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/kanne-kalaimaane/movie-review/68098608.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127160623/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/kanne-kalaimaane/movie-review/68098608.cms |archive-date=27 November 2024 |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=The Times of India}} Vishal Menon of Film Companion wrote, "Like previous Seenu Ramasamy films, this too has a lot, in fact too much to say. If only he had developed a moving enough way to say it".{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Vishal |date=22 February 2019 |title=Kanne Kalaimaane Movie Review: An Uneventful Film Made Watchable Thanks To The Mature And Modern Romance At Its Core |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/kanne-kalaimaane-movie-review-an-uneventful-film-made-watchable-thanks-to-the-mature-and-modern-romance-at-its-core |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250205150941/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/kanne-kalaimaane-movie-review-an-uneventful-film-made-watchable-thanks-to-the-mature-and-modern-romance-at-its-core |archive-date=5 February 2025 |access-date=5 February 2025 |website=Film Companion |language=en}} Ashameera Aiyappan of The New Indian Express wrote, "It isn't that the director has given us a bad story, or characters, for that matter; it is the way this story is narrated".{{Cite web |last=Aiyappan |first=Ashameera |date=22 February 2019 |title='Kanne Kalaimaane' Review: This Udhayanidhi Stalin-Tamannaah-starrer is a well-intentioned story that never turns into a film |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/Feb/22/kanne-kalaimaane-review-this-udhayanidhi-stalin-tamannaah-starrer-is-a-well-intentioned-story-tha-1942319.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108015947/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/feb/22/kanne-kalaimaane-review-this-udhayanidhi-stalin-tamannaah-starrer-is-a-well-intentioned-story-tha-1942319.html |archive-date=8 November 2020 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}

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