C/O Kaadhal

C/o Kaadhal (transl. Care of Love) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language slice of life anthology film directed by debutant Hemambar Jasti and produced by Raja Shekar M., K. Jeevan and I B Karthikeyan. The cast features Deepan N, Karthik Rathnam, Vetri and Mumtaz Sorcar. The film is the remake of 2018 Telugu film C/o Kancharapalem. The film was released on 12 February 2021.

C/o Kaadhal
Film poster
Directed by	Hemambar Jasti
Based on	C/o Kancharapalem by Venkatesh Maha
Produced by	M. Raja Shekar K. Jeevan I.B.Karthikeyan
Starring	Deepan N Karthik Rathnam Vetri Mumtaz Sorcar
Cinematography	Gunasekaran
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Sweekar Agasthi
Production companies	Shri Shirdi Sai movies Big print pictures
Distributed by	Sakthi Film Factory
Release date	12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Deepan N as Palani
• Vetri as Dhaadi
• Mumtaz Sorcar as Salima
• Ayra Palak as Bhargavi
• Karthik Rathnam as Joseph
• Sonia Giri as Radha
• Master Nishesh as Velu
• Swetha as Sunitha
• Kishore Kumar Polimera as Velu's father
• Vinoth as Annadurai
• Udayakumar as Bhargavi's father
• Rajath Kumar as Sunitha's father
• Abitha Venkataraman as Aditi
• Balaji as Kumar
• Gauthami as Velu's mother
• Vijay Vishwanathan as Rajesh
• Tilsha Tomy Kalladayil

Production

The principal photography of the film began in mid-2019 and wrapped up in early 2020.

Soundtrack

All music is composed by Sweekar Agasthi

Tracklist

No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Muttaikulla" (Additional Vocals: Praniti)	Karthik Netha	Anthony Daasan	4:46
2.	"Katril Aadum" (Additional Vocals: Priya Mali)	Karthik Netha	Anurag Kulkarni	4:10
3.	"Patta Kelu"		Gana Mani	1:11
Total length:				10:07

Release

The film was initially scheduled to release on 20 March 2020, which was later rescheduled to 12 February 2021 due to COVID-19 lockdown in India.

Reception

A reviewer from Behindwoods wrote: "There is the gender issues of sensitivity, the voice marauding for the dignity of labour, the ill effects of caste, religion and the so called social strata. In piecing together the collective happenings in one go, Jasti warms up to provide a fare, high in quality and content save for those little deviation when the  plot widens and anxiety looms large from the audience perspective. Clearly, the USP is the cinematography of Varun Chaphekar and Aditya Javvadi. Sweekar Agasthi’s music is the sort which lingers long after the effect has sunk in. There has to be a final thread to the anthology, which Jasti expectantly reserves it in the climactic act. Nothing forced on the audience is the deserving pat on the production house."

Haricharan Pudipeddi of Hindustan Times stated "Unlike the original, Care of Kaadhal is set in Madurai which is a bigger city than Kancharapalem. In C/O Kancharapalem, the city played a character by itself but it isn’t the case with the remake. Another aspect where the remake fails to match the original is in the casting. The original introduced 86 debutant actors and each character looked so authentic on screen. Apart from these few minor grouses, Care of Kaadhal works as effectively as the original and it leaves you smiling in the end."

External links

• C/O Kaadhal at IMDb