Kanimozhi (film)

Kanimozhi
Kanimozhi theatrical poster
Directed by	Sripathy Rangasamy
Produced by	T. Siva Sona Heiden
Written by	Sripathy Rangasamy
Starring	Jai Shazahn Padamsee Vijay Vasanth
Music by	Satish Chakravarthy
Cinematography	P. Chidamparam
Edited by	Praveen K. L. N. B. Srikanth
Production company	Amma Creations
Distributed by	Uniq Productions
Release date	26 November 2010 (2010-11-26)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹30 million (US$450,000)

Kanimozhi is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language musical romance film. Directed and written by Sripathi Rangasamy and jointly produced by T. Siva and Sona Heiden, it stars Jai and Shazahn Padamsee in the lead roles. The film features music composed by Satish Chakravarthy, cinematography by Chidamparam and editing done by duo Praveen K. L. and N. B. Srikanth.

The film is based on the philosophy that dreams will be fulfilled, presenting Jai as having a fetish for writing a diary, while changing things that go wrong in his life to have a happy ending. He comes across a pretty girl, played by Shazahn Padamsee, who he is intimidated by and cannot build up the courage to tell her his feelings. Meanwhile, Vijay Vasanth also takes a liking to her and uses a different method to convey his feelings. Whom the girl falls for forms the crux of the story.

Kanimozhi was launched in March 2010 and shot in 46 days, being completed in August 2010. Following the release of Enthiran and post-production works, the film was delayed by three months and released on 26 November 2010. It was panned by critics and became a failure at the box office. However, in 2012 the film was dubbed in Telugu as Love Journey.

After the success of T. Siva's production, Saroja, the director, Venkat Prabhu, recommended his assistant Sripathy Rangasamy to Siva for a potential collaboration. Venkat Prabhu also recommended Sona Heiden as a joint producer. Sripathy had written the story of Kanimozhi in college and built the screenplay around a story based on philosophy. Siva suggested the title, Kanimozhi, in hope to build anticipation and believed that titling the film after a prominent female politician in M. K. Kanimozhi would help publicity. After approaching her, she stated she had no objection with the title and praised the storyline. Subsequently, posters emerged around Chennai without any credits attached, only featuring the bold lettering of the film's name to create hype.