Kaavalan

 

Kaavalan is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language romantic action comedy film which is a remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard written and directed by Siddique. The film stars Vijay, Asin and Mithra Kurian, with Rajkiran, Roja and Vadivelu in supporting roles. The story revolves around a girl named Meera who has a secret romantic interest in her bodyguard.

The musical score is composed by Vidyasagar, and cinematography is handled by N. K. Ekambaram. The film's principal shoot commenced in April 2010 and it was completed by November. Originally, it was scheduled to release on 17 December 2010, but the release was postponed to 15 January 2011. The film was selected to be screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

The film was a commercial success collecting ₹102 crore worldwide

Plot

Bhoominathan idolises Muthuramalingam, a rich powerful landlord, and at the request of his parents, he accepts to work for Muthuramalingam as his bodyguard. There enters Muthuramalingam's rival, who has lost his daughter since she committed suicide, the reason being rejection by Muthuramalingam's son. While Bhoomi protects Muthuramalingam, his rival threatens the life of his daughter Meera. No one accepts Bhoomi and he fuels this when he thinks that Meera’s brother is a thief and attacks him making him get fired. Bhoomi saves Muthuramalingam from an attack and they together fights the attackers off. Muthuramalingam finally hires Bhoomi back.

Bhoomi is sent to college along with Meera and her friend Madhu to protect them from the threat. Bhoomi joins the same class where Meera studies, as he has previously discontinued his education. Meera does not like Bhoomi following her as a bodyguard, and therefore plans to divert him. Meera calls Bhoomi over his mobile phone from a private number and introduces herself as "Ammukutty". Initially, Bhoomi hates the mobile call as it will disturb him but later on develops a liking towards Ammukutty and slowly love blossoms for Bhoomi without knowing that it is Meera herself. He saves Meera from an attack from Muthuramalingam’s rival.

At one point, Meera too feels herself becoming attracted to Bhoomi and expresses her desire to meet him in person without revealing her identity. However, due to circumstances they are not able to accomplish this, and she decides to elope with Bhoomi for which he agrees, unaware it is Meera. However through certain means, Muthuramalingam gets to know that Bhoomi and Meera are going to run away and sends his men to stop Bhoomi. Bhoomi beats them up easily but her Muthuramalingam beats Bhoomi. Meera overhears her father's plans and decides to save Bhoomi by lying that he is in love with some other girl and has planned to elope with her. Muthuramalingam spares Bhoomi, believing that Meera is not his lover, but sends his men to the railway station to find out Bhoomi's lover. He also instructs that Bhoomi should be killed if there is no one in the railway station.

Meera, in a desperate attempt to save Bhoomi, comes up with a plan. She requests Madhu to go to the railway station and pretend to be Ammukutty, so that Muthuramalingam's men will spare Bhoomi believing Madhu to be his lover. Meera also gives a mobile phone to Madhu and informs to give it to Bhoomi when she meets him (as Bhoomi's phone is broken) so that she can reveal the truth to Bhoomi. Madhu agrees and leaves to the station. Over there, Bhoomi gets surprised seeing Madhu in the station and believes that it is Madhu who was pretending as Ammukutty so far and hugs her. Muthuramalingam's men see this and leave the place, believing that Meera is not Bhoomi's lover.

Suddenly, Madhu gets a call in the mobile given by Meera. Madhu understands that the call is from Meera and she wants to speak to Bhoomi. To everyone's surprise, Madhu throws away the phone from train, following which it is revealed that Madhu also likes Bhoomi, and she decides to marry him by betraying Meera. Meera understands that Madhu has played a trick.

Several years later, Bhoomi, now a top-ranking government official, now returns to Muthuramalingam's village to visit him along with his son Sidharth. Muthuramalingam's condition is ill. It is revealed that Madhu has died a few years back due to some medical ailments, but she has written all the truth in a diary and gives it to Sidharth to read it after her death. Sidharth has learnt all the truth. Madhu has also mentioned in the diary that this truth should never be disclosed to Bhoomi.

Meera stays with her father, and Bhoomi gets shocked to know that Meera still remains unmarried. When Bhoomi and Sidharth are about to return home, Sidharth asks Meera to come with them and expresses his wish to call her as mother. Bhoomi berates Sidharth for his suggestion and apologises to Meera and Muthuramalingam, but Muthuramalingam also insists Meera to go with Bhoomi.

Now Bhoomi, Meera and Sidharth leave together from the village. Just the before the train starts, Sidharth runs out to throw the diary containing the truth in a dust bin and comes back, but Bhoomi takes back the diary from the dust bin without Sidharth's knowledge and reads it. Upon reading the diary, Bhoomi is shocked knowing that it was Meera who loved him in the name of Ammukutty. In the end, Bhoomi also whole heartedly accepts Meera.

 

Cast

·         Vijay as Bhoominathan (Bhoomi), a security guard for Muthuramalingam. Goes to Chennai with Meera and Madhu for their protection. Was in love with 'Ammukutty'. Married Madhu after mistaking her for Ammukutty. Later marries Meera, after learning the truth.

·         Asin as Meera, Muthuramalingam's daughter. Fell in love with Bhoomi, which initially started as a prank call. Married Bhoomi later and took care of Madhu's son.

·         Mithra Kurian as Madhu Bhoominathan

o    Meera's friend from childhood. Married Bhoomi in order to save Bhoomi's life, betraying Meera. Died later, due to cancer

·         Rajkiran as Muthuramalingam

·         Vadivelu as Ammavasai

·         Livingston as College Principal

·         Roja as Devika

·         Madhan Bob as College Lecturer

·         Mahadevan as Devarajan

·         Krishna Kumar as Karthik

·         M. S. Bhaskar as Sakkran (Maadhu's father)

·         Nizhalgal Ravi as Parthasarathy (Bhoomi's father)

·         Yuvasri as Bhoomi's mother

·         Delhi Ganesh as Bhoomi's maternal uncle

·         Neepa as Poongodi

·         Guinness Pakru as Meera's friend and classmate

·         Sharmilee as Hostel Warden

·         Vaiyapuri

·         Sathish Krishnan as College Dance Master (guest appearance)