Film
Oh My Kadavule
- Romantic comedy
- Light-hearted
A Tamil romantic comedy about a man who marries his best friend and discovers he's made a terrible mistake, then gets an impossible second chance to change everything. It's warm, funny, and genuinely moving—a film that knows how to build real emotion from awkwardness and regret. For anyone who's ever wondered what would happen if you could redo your most important decisions.
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Viswasam2019
A Tamil film that balances comedy and romance with similar emotional stakes—a marriage tested by circumstance and misunderstanding, with strong performances and genuine warmth beneath the humour.
But The tone shifts between broad slapstick and serious family drama; some audiences find that tonal whiplash jarring rather than endearing.
O Kadhal Kanmani2015
A Tamil film about a modern couple living together, navigating love and commitment with honesty and humour. Mani Osai's direction is smart and the chemistry feels earned rather than imposed.
But It's very Delhi-centric in its setting and class assumptions; if those don't reflect your experience, the film can feel distant.
Nanban2012
A Tamil film about friendships tested by life, marriage, and competing priorities. It's funny and moving in equal measure, with real affection for its characters' messiness.
But It's a musical-heavy film; if you're not drawn to song-and-dance sequences, there's a lot of runway between story beats.
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Something you would not have found on your own.
Jaggubhai2010
Both films treat marriage as a puzzle with human beings at its centre rather than a plot device. Both have warmth without cynicism.
A Marathi comedy about marriage, family expectation, and the gap between who we are and who others think we are. It's funny without being broad, touching without being sentimental—a buried gem.
But It's in Marathi, which means limited distribution and subtitles in most regions. The regional specificity of the humour may not translate.
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Mozhi2007
A Tamil romantic drama about two people learning to understand each other across different worlds. It's got warmth, intelligence, and a genuine investment in how relationships actually develop.
But It's from an earlier era of Tamil cinema with different pacing conventions; modern viewers sometimes find it slow.
Enai Noki Paayum Thota2019
A Tamil neo-noir that explores obsession and relationships with dark humour and stylistic flair. It proves Tamil cinema can work in genres beyond rom-com while keeping character and wit.
But It's violent, visually dark, and morally murky; if you want straightforward uplift, this deliberately offers the opposite.
In the Mood for Love2000
Both films are fundamentally about second chances and parallel lives. Both ask: what would it mean to do things differently? Both know that sometimes the most important moments are the ones you don't take.
Wong Kar-wai's Hong Kong masterpiece about two neighbours who discover their spouses are having an affair. It's achingly beautiful, deeply romantic, and devastatingly about longing and the roads not taken.
But It's a visual poem, not a narrative film—glacially paced, with long stretches of mood over plot. Requires surrender to atmosphere rather than story.
People
Cast
Ashok SelvanArjun Marimuthu
Ritika SinghAnu Paalraj
Shah RaMani
Vani BhojanMeera
GajarajArjun's Father
Sujatha Babu RameshArjun's Mother
M. S. BhaskarAnu's Father
Ramesh ThilakGod's Assistant- Aditi DineshSwathi
Santhosh PrathapKrishna (Cab Driver)- SaranyaKrishna's Sister
Directing
- Ashwath MarimuthuDirector
Writing
- Ashwath MarimuthuScreenplay
- Ashwath MarimuthuStory
Production
- Abhinaya SelvamCo-Producer
- Ashok SelvanCo-Producer
- PoorneshExecutive Producer
- Sethu RamalingamExecutive Producer
- G Dilli BabuProducer