I Have Found It (2000)
"Kandukondain Kandukondain" (original title)

An Indian adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" focusing on two sisters of opposing temperaments.

Director:

Rajiv Menon

Writers:

Rajiv Menon, Sujatha (dialogue: Tamil version),

Stars:

Mammootty, Ajith Kumar, Tabu

3 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mammootty	...	Captain Bala
Ajith Kumar	...	Manohar
Tabu	...	Sowmya
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Meenakshi (as Aishwarya Rai)
Abbas	...	Srikanth
Srividya	...	Mahalakshmi
Shamili
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pooja Batra	...	Nandini Varma
Chandrakala
Aravind Krishna
Lakshmi	...	(as S.N. Lakshmi)
Manivannan	...	Bala's Friend
Dino Morea	...	Vinod
Unnikrishnan Nampoothiri
Raghuvaran	...	Sowmya's Boss

Storyline

Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is transplanted to contemporary Tamil-speaking India. Serious elder sister Sowmya falls in love with aspiring film director Manohar. Passionate younger sister Meenakshi is admired from afar by wounded commando Captain Bala, but her young heart is set on Srikanth, a businessman who shares her fondness for poetry. More complications arise when the sisters' grandfather passes away, and they loose their place in the family home.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

kandukondain.com [in] (English)

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil English

Release Date:

4 May 2000 (India)

Also Known As:

I Have Found It

Filming Locations:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sri Surya Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

151 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Vikram and Revathy lent their voices for Abbas and Tabu respectively.

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Connections

Featured in Bollywood for Beginners (2002)

User Reviews

Engaging characters, witty screenplay, great music....

I came to this film with the background of having watched and thoroughly Bride & Prejudice, and having not read Austen's Sense & Sensibility. (I did re-read P& P after watching B&P and enjoyed the contrast.) I was intrigued to see a "real" Indian movie, since Bride & Prejudice is by its own admission a blend of Bollywood and Hollywood. When I read the reviews of I Have Found It on Amazon, I was intrigued by comments about the difference between Tamil movies such as this and Bollywood musicals. With that and of course Aishwarya Rai to attract me to this film, I was expecting something good, and I was very much rewarded. I have the Kino DVD which has good subtitles. I particularly liked Major Bala--my hat's off to Mammootty for his portrayal of a man torn between love and the fear of pity. He is the steady center-point while the rest of the characters whirl tumultuously around. In addition to funny scenes, as when Manohar meets Sowmya, there are many funny comments (e.g., about the necessary elements of Tamil films) and visuals (e.g., the opening shot of a waterfall that seems so romantic but turns into a military scene). Probably a lot more if you know India and its film industry. The songs do manage to convey some of the story and not just stop the speeding train (another of Menon's comments on Tamil films), especially my favorite in which Meenu laments losing her poetry. This is a film one can enjoy over and over.