Kalyana Samayal Saadham

Kalyana Samayal Saadham
Poster
Directed byR. S. Prasanna
Written byR. S. Prasanna
Produced byArun Vaidyanathan
Ananth Govindan
StarringPrasanna
Lekha Washington
CinematographyKrishnan Vasant
Edited bySathyaraj Natarajan
Music byArrora
Production
company
Everest Entertainment
Distributed byAbi TCS Studios
Thirukumaran Entertainment
RPP Film Factory
Release date
  • 7 December 2013 (2013-12-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kalyana Samayal Saadham (transl.Wedding Feast), also known by the initialism KSS, is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by R. S. Prasanna in his directorial debut. It stars Prasanna and Lekha Washington, while Crazy Mohan, Delhi Ganesh, Uma appear in supporting roles. Produced by Ananth Govindan and Arun Vaidyanathan under the Everest Entertainment banner, it was distributed by Abinesh Elangovan's Abi TCS Studios, C. V. Kumar's Thirukumaran Entertainment and RPP Film Factory. The film's title is derived from a legendary song from the 1957 film Mayabazar.

The film follows Raghu, a software engineer who faces several challenges in his arranged marriage as he suffers from erectile dysfunction and tries to find a solution to his problem. Principal photography of the film started on 3 January 2013, and completed within 25 days. The music was composed by Arrora, with cinematography handled by Krishnan Vasant and editing done by Sathyaraj Natarajan.

Kalyana Samayal Saadham, was marketed as a feel-good wedding movie, with some modern twists. The film released worldwide on 7 December 2013, and received critical acclaim. It was listed on "The list of Films, that redefined Tamil cinema" by The Hindu. The film was remade in Hindi, titled as Shubh Mangal Savdhan, directed by Prasanna himself.