Kannathil Muthamittal

A young girl named Amudha seeks to find her birth mother who is a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam during the Sri Lankan civil war. Kannathil Muthamittal is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language Drama War movie featuring R. Madhavan, Simran, P. S. Keerthana, R Madhavan, P.s. Keerthana, Nandita Das and Ramasamy. The movie is based on Amuthavum Avanum by Sujatha. Madras Talkies was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Sreenivasan, Mani Ratnam and G. Srinivasan. Kannathil Muthamittal is written by Mani Ratnam and Sujatha Rangarajan and it is directed by Mani Ratnam. Madras Talkies acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Kannathil Muthamittal was released on 14th February 2002 and takes a screen time of 137 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Mani Ratnam. Cinematography was done by Ravi K. Chandran and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. The music was composed by Ar Rahman along with A. R. Rahman. At the 2003 South Filmfare Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Actress (Simran) and Best Director. At the 2003 National Film Awards It also won 7 awards including: Best Child Actor (P.S. Keerthana), Best Child Artist, Best Audiography, Best Editing, Best Music Direction, Best Lyrics and Best Regional Film (Tamil). At the 2003 National Film Awards It also won an award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.