Title Song : Smayiyai / Manathai Thirudi Vittai
Title Movie : Kandukondain Kandukondain
(I Have Seen It, I Have Seen It)
Singer : Devan Ekambaram, Clinton Cerejo & Dominique Cerejo
Lyric : Padma Shri & Padma Bhushan Kavingar Vairamuthu Ramasamy
Music Director : Oskar Nayagan & Isai Puyal Dr. A. R .Rahman
Starring : Mammootty , Ultimate Star Thala Ajith Kumar, Tabu , Miss World 1994 Padma Shri Aishwarya Rai & Abbas
Directed by : Rajiv Menon
Produced by : Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Screenplay by : Rajiv Menon
Dialogues : Sujatha Rangarajan
Based on : Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Cinematography : Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by : Suresh Urs
Production Company : V Creations
Distributed by : V Creations
Release date : 5 May 2000
Story : Achievements & Romantic Drama Film
Achievements :
2001 National Film Awards
Won — National Award for Male Playback Singer : Shankar Mahadevan for "Enna Solla Pogirai Song "
2001 Filmfare Awards South
Won — Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film 
Kandukondain Kandukondain : Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Won — Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director : Rajiv Menon.

The film's soundtrack was scored by A. R. Rahman and the cinematographer was Ravi K. Chandran.The songs in Kandukondain Kandukondain were composed by A. R. Rahman and the rights to the soundtrack album were bought by Saregama for a then-record sum of ₹2.2 crore.The soundtrack includes eight songs, one of which is based on a poem written by Subramania Bharati,"Kannamoochi" is set in the Carnatic raga Nattakurinji. Rajiv Menon, who is a fan of this raga, presented Rahman with the song "Kavalaiyai Theerpathu Naattiya Kalaiye" from Sivakavi (1943) and asked him to compose at least one piece based on the raga."Kandukondain Kandukondain" is based on the Nalinakanthi raga, "Smayiyai" is based on jazz music, and "Enna Solla Pogirai" is a folksy and romantic song.Menon personally asked Shankar Mahadevan to sing the song "Enna Solla Pogirai".A function was held to mark the release of the soundtrack to Kandukondain Kandukondain with Kamal Haasan in attendance.The film was initially scheduled for release in the 1999 Diwali season but delays led to the producers announcing it would be released on 1 January 2000, becoming the first film of the new millennium. Further delays due to the success of other films Padayappa and Vaalee ensured the film missed that date. The release of Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey led to the further postponement of the release of Kandukondain Kandukondain to May 2000.
Kandukondain Kandukondain opened to positive reviews from film critics. The Indian Express stated; "A progressive film encouraging female independence, yet staying a warm family tale in essence, Kandukondain Kandukondain is the kind of film every intelligent movie-goer ought not to miss. Almost every supporting character pitches in an impressive performance, thus making Kandukondain Kandukondain a wonderful watch".In the review for Rediff, Shobha Warrier stated although the film has "too many songs, too little emotion", it has "a powerful story with intense and well-developed characters. One of the most poignant scenes in the film is Mammootty's outburst against the system, which forgets war heroes who lay down their lives for a cause."The film completed 150 days at the box office in Tamil Nadu.It was also successful in Kerala.It was initially unsuccessful in Kerala because Mammootty was not promoted as one of the lead artists.Menon chose to take the film to North Indian audiences but avoided dubbing it to avoid its script being lost in translation, and submitted a final version with English subtitles.The film was later released by Shyam Shroff of Shringar Films in a limited number cinemas in Mumbai and New Delhi, earning positive reviews from critics and performing well at the box office.Shroff said, "although the film didn't make pots of money ... it created tremendous brand equity".Shobhaa De said the films "word of mouth was spectacular" and the "reports were consistently good".Outlook gave the film a favourable review and wrote, "This winner of a new-age entertainer is actually a tribute to the 'complete'-ness of the ancient Indian film structure."Kandukondain Kandukondain was showcased at the Regus London Film Festival in November 2011 and critics from the UK newspaper The Guardian rated it as one of the top-12 films of the event's 270. Critic Peter Bradshaw said it "is an entertaining reinvention of the novel" and that "the richly complicated plot allows it to be exuberantly transposed to modern-day India", ranking it alongside Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous.Menon continued to show the film across the world, including having screenings at the Washington Film Festival in April 2001, Locarno Film Festival in August 2002 and the Tiburon International Film Festival in March 2004.US-based Kino Films bought the home video rights to the film.

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