Aishwarya Rai Movie:

		List Price: $24.95		Label: Kino Video Salesrank: 26274 Released: January 18, 2005
		Our Price: $19.77
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		MPAA Rating: Unrated Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
A south indian adaptation of jane austens sense and sensibility. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 01/18/2005 Run time: 150 minutes

I Have Found It (Kandukondain Kandukondain) Reviews:
Beautiful cinematography and more enjoyable than I expected
2009-05-24 - As most people buying this know this is an adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Sense & Sensibility'. It is a Tamal production from South India's 'Kollywood' industry. It is often described as Bollywood and in fact it is similar in its song and dance style, but 'Bollywood' is a blend of Bombay (now Mumbai) and Hollywood. I wont relate the story as Austen's is well known and it part of the fun spotting the parallels.
I have owned this for a while but kept shifting it down the stack as it looked a bit more traditional and subdued and I prefer more staginess, modernity and power often. However, although it started looking more traditional, it became more and more modern and accessible and you stood very similar to current Bollywoods of the time.
The music is by international award winning A.R. Rahman and raises it to higher standards too. What really stood out for me was the cinematography as it is beautifully framed. Some of the dance numbers are beautiful, sometimes fairly energetic and at other times unusual.
The way they have taken the essence of the Austen story into a modern context of film-making, arranged marriages and a soldier dealing with feeling forgotten by those that sent him to war (where he came back partly disabled).
Tabu and Aishwarya are very good as usual. Mammootty as the older caring male was also good though I didn't really believe the developing love Ash's character had for him. Ajith as the filmmaker was also very good but for us Abbas (as a corporate high-flying romantic interest who sells out for money instead of fulfilling his promise to marry) wasn't that charismatic and ended up being the weak point. Perhaps he doesn't cross cultures as well.
If you love your Bollywoods try this Tamal one - though give it a little time to settle in as the pace and feel is just a little different to begin with.
It rates well above average generally elsewhere on the Net.

Jane Austin in any language is great
2008-08-13 - This treatment of Jane Austin's Sense & Sensibility was very well done. My only critique is some of the characters were not well defined when introduced and it takes a while to figure out how they fit the plot. The music is underplayed and the story takes the main stage unlike most Bollywood productions. The slightly out of sync couples and the turns of events keep you wondering to the last how it could ever work out to a happy ending. As the title states they find it in the end. Will watch this movie again and again and enjoy it equally each time.

Great Austen Adaptation
2008-06-17 - It was totally worth the purchase. If you like the story, you need to check this adaptation out.

be careful of old DVD's from other countries
2007-10-28 - This DVD is NOT COMPATABLE with DVD Players in AUSTRALIA. I have tried on 4 different DVD Players.
However, the postage is so high that it's pointless sending it back since the refund will just about equal the postage you pay to send it!

Wish I knew Indian
2007-08-16 - I enjoyed the movie.

Unfortunately I didn't realize that it was in the Indian language and that it was subtitled. I had to keep pausing the movie and going in reverse to read the subtitles (my eye sight is not that great on a small screens).

Other than that, I liked the movie. The people and the emotions on the scren were vibrant and colorful.