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Anantha Poongatre (1999)

Anantha Poongatre poster
Original title
ஆனந்த பூங்காற்றே...
Directed by
Raj Kapoor
Genre
soundtrack
Country
India
Runtime
2h 35m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman navigate a relationship where respect is mistaken for love. Circumstances lead them to question their feelings. The film explores the confusion between admiration and romantic affection.

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What happens

Anantha Poongatre (transl. Breeze of happiness) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Meena in the lead roles, with Malavika in a supporting role and Karthik in a guest appearance. The film is based upon how respect can be mistaken as love by circumstances. Anantha Poongatre was released on 27 May 1999. It received positive reviews and became a commercial success. It won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer and Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Portraying Woman in Good Light. The film was remade in Telugu as Subhakaryam (2001) and later in Kannada as Rajakumari (2009). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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