Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam

Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam
Poster
Directed by	Kasthuri Raja
Written by	Kasthuri Raja
Produced by	K. Karthika Devi
Starring	Harish Lakshmi Priya
Cinematography	Rajarajan R.Tamilvanan
Edited by	G. Sasikumar
Music by	Kasthuri Raja
Production company	R. K. Productions
Release date	1 December 2006 (2006-12-01)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam (transl. This is the age of love) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age film directed by Kasthuri Raja. The film stars several newcomers including Harish and Lakshmi Priya alongside Kiran Rathod. It chronicles the coming-of-age of a teenager who is a school student.

Plot

Surya, the school-going 15 -year old boy finds himself attracted to his classmate Raji. Later he gets infatuated with a model Manasi (Kiran Rathod). Finally, his lust grows for a call girl Swarna (Lakshmi Priya).

As Swarna's husband is a pimp, she also shows some interest towards Surya. Surya and Swarna elope. But towards the end Swarna turns to preach. She advises Surya to be a good role model student and also to return to his parents.

Cast

• Arish Kumar as Surya
• Lakshmi Priya as Swarna
• Kiran Rathod as Manasi
• Baba Bhaskar as Ajees
• Karunas
• Preethi Bhutani

Production

The songs are shot in different places, including Rameswaram, Kumbakkarai, Visakhapatnam, Kodaikkanal, Manjalaru Anai and Theni.[1]

Soundtrack

Kasthuri Raja made his debut as music composer with this film and also wrote lyrics for all songs.[1][2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Yugam Yugamai"	Aishwarya Kishore
2.	"Sollamal Mudivatha"	Prasanna
3.	"15 Vayasu"	Nitish Gopalan, Lavanya
4.	"Paada Paduthum"	Jayadev, Padmalatha
5.	"Kanja Adikalada"	Jayadev
6.	"Kadhal Kadhal"	Nitish Gopalan, Anuradha Sriram

Reception

Malini Mannath from Chennai Online wrote that "The message if any, is wasted again, as his target-audience (?) would be nowhere in the theatre (A certificate). Fortunately!"[3] A critic from BizHat wrote that "Alas Ithu Kathal Varum Paruvam isn’t sinfully enticing enough".[4]

References

1. Kumar, S.R. Ashok (4 August 2006). "All about adolescence". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
2. "Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam (2006)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
3. Mannath, Malini (20 December 2006). "Ithu Kadhal Varum Paruvam". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 20 January 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
4. "Ithu Kathal Varum Paruvam". BizHat.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

External links

• Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam at IMDb