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Kantha
Kantha
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Babu Vishwanath
Produced by	Kalpana Pazhanivel
Starring	Karan; Vivek; Mithra Kurian
Cinematography	Sivakumar
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Shakthi R. Selva
Production; company	VP Films
Release date	22 March 2013;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kantha is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Babu Viswanath. It stars Karan, Vivek and Mithra Kurian in the lead roles. The film was released after a five-year delay, in March 2013.^[1]

Cast

Karan as Kantha
Vivek as Thangamagan / 'Kunju' Mani
Mithra Kurian
Rajesh as Varadharajan
Niyamath Khan as Bose
Riyaz Khan as Jaffar
Sathyan as Tamil
Aarthi
Kadhal Dhandapani
Cell Murugan as 'Needhi' Nayagam
Scissor Manohar
Crane Manohar
Boys Rajan
A. C. Murali Mohan
Kili Ramachandran
Visweswara Rao as college principal
Munishkanth as henchman
Natesan

Production

Viswanath, who had earlier worked as an assistant to director Saran in the films Jay Jay, Attagasam and Vasool Raja MBBS, announced that he would make a film featuring actor Karan and Shakti R. Selva, a keyboard player with A. R. Rahman, made his debut as a music director through the film.^[2]^[3] Filming began in February 2008 and the team initially announced a release in October 2008, but this was not met. The film was entirely shot in Thanjavur, with scenes shot at the bus stand and at SB Nagar Grounds.^[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Shakthi R. Selva.^[5]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Uyar Thiru Kadhal"	Haricharan, Mahathi	4:38
2.	"Sathuryam Pesathada"	Suchitra, Shakti R. Selva	5:09
3.	"Pathu Lorry"	Malathi, Mukesh	4:36
4.	"Mutham Kaikum"	Ranjith, Megha	4:00
5.	"Etturu Tarikaa"	Benny Dayal	4:30
6.	"Aram Konduru"	Shakti R. Selva, Prasanna	2:26
Total length:			25:19

Release

In March 2012, a City Civil Court suspended the release of the film after a dispute arose of money transaction between the producer and a financier. Petitioner Mohan Kumar, the financier had lent Rs. 25 lakh to assist the producer, Pazhanivel, in the production of the film with a promise that the money should be paid within the stipulated time mentioned in the agreement. But, the producers did not pay the amount in cash instead they produced two cheque leaves to the financier that bounced at the bank for lack of funds in the account. As Mohan Kumar could not get the amount from the producers, he approached the court to stop the film release until the producers pay him the amount.^[6]^[7] The film faced further troubles when actor Karan complained of non-payment of his salary and when Babu Vishwanath walked out of the film to direct another venture titled Theradi Veethi.^[8] The film was later released in March 2013 on a small scale, almost five years after production had begun.

Critical reception

A critic from Dinamalar wrote that half of the film is attitude and asked the audience what the other half of the film is. A critic from Kumudam called the film okay.^[9] Kungumam wrote "The director has chosen Thanjavur as the setting for the story. Karan fits the role of a hot-tempered young man. The love between him and Mithra is full of excitement. If this same flavor had been sprinkled throughout the film, ‘Kanda’ would have been even more impressive."^[10]