
Dil Se..(1998)
Journalist Amar falls for a mysterious woman on an assignment, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. However, when Amar is about to get married, the woman shows up at his doorstep asking for help.


“A Peck on the Cheek.”
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

P. S. Keerthana
Amudha

R. Madhavan
Thiruchelvan

Simran
Indira

Nandita Das
M.D. Shyama

Delhi Kumar
Ganesan
Suraj
Vinayan
Kethan
Akhilan

Prakash Raj
Harold Wickramsinghe

Pasupathy
Pasupathy

J. D. Chakravarthi
Dileepan
Kannathil Muthamittal is a drama, war film released in 2002 exploring themes of civil war, refugee, sri lanka, war victim, suicide bomber, extremist. Directed by Mani Ratnam, it stars P. S. Keerthana, R. Madhavan, Simran. A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
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