Kannathil Muthamittal Info

: Cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran uses "frame-within-a-frame" techniques to symbolize Amudha’s isolation and her longing for a distant motherland. Soulful Soundtrack

in India, including Best Feature Film in Tamil and Best Child Artist for P.S. Keerthana. Cast and Production Details Character Note Thiruchelvan R. Madhavan A radical Tamil writer and engineer. A strong-willed woman and Amudha's adoptive mother. P.S. Keerthana The young protagonist searching for her roots. Nandita Das Amudha's biological mother and a Sri Lankan rebel. J.D. Chakravarthy Amudha's biological father and a rebel fighter. Herold Vikramsinghe Prakash Raj A guide who helps the family in Sri Lanka. Kannathil Muthamittal

The narrative follows Amudha (played with astonishing maturity by the late child actress P. S. Keerthana), a bright, talkative nine-year-old living in an idyllic upper-middle-class home in Chennai. Her parents, Thiruchelvan (Madhavan) and Indra (Simran), are a progressive, loving couple. But Amudha is unnervingly intelligent. She notices that she does not look like her parents. She catches whispers. When she finally confronts them, the truth explodes: She was adopted. Worse, her biological mother is a militant Tamil Tiger (LTTE) fighter trapped in the war zones of Northern Sri Lanka. : Cinematographer Ravi K

As an analysis of Mani Ratnam's 2002 masterpiece, a paper on Kannathil Muthamittal Keerthana

: Driven by a deep desire to meet her biological mother, she convinces her adoptive parents, Thiruchelvan (a writer) and Indra , to take her to war-torn Sri Lanka.