Released · Telugu film · 2012
Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi
లవ్ ఫెయిల్యూర్
Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi release date: 17 February 2012 (theatres). Directed by Balaji Mohan; starring Siddharth and Amala Paul.
- Film release
- 17 February 2012 · All 2012 films
- Director
- Balaji Mohan
- Music
- S. Thaman
- Production
- Y NOT Studios
- Producer
- Siddharth
- Writing credits
- Balaji Mohan
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
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Film release: 17 February 2012 · all 2012 Telugu films.
Source: the film’s Wikipedia article, checked 25 September 2026. It does not name a streaming platform or date; this page says so rather than guessing.
Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (meaning “How to mess up in love”) is a 2012 Tamil-language romantic comedy written and directed by Balaji Mohan in his feature debut, based on his own short film. It follows college mates Arun, played by Siddharth, and Parvathy, played by Amala Paul. It was partly reshot in Telugu as Love Failure, and both versions were released on 17 February 2012 to critical and commercial success.
Story
Arun and Parvathy sit down for an interview about their love story and start arguing before it is over. The film then goes back five months to their meeting in a college canteen, their friendship and romance, and the pressures in Parvathy’s home, where her parents are heading for divorce. Through their ever more frequent fights, it looks at how small things can slowly pull a relationship apart.
Cast
- Siddharth as Arun
- Amala Paul as Parvathy
- Balaji Mohan’s assistant directors Arjunan and Vignesh as Arun’s friends
- Bobby Simha, credited as Jayasimha, in his first major film appearance
Production
Siddharth saw Balaji Mohan’s ten-minute short film and wanted to turn it into a feature; he joined the project as lead and co-producer, with cinematographer Nirav Shah, through their new banner Etaki Entertainment, alongside S. Sashikanth’s YNOT Studios. Amala Paul joined in August 2011. The film was shot in Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore in a record 35 working days, in both languages. Thaman S. composed the music, with Telugu lyrics by Sri Mani, and T. S. Suresh edited the film.
Release and reception
Released during Valentine’s Day week with a comic-book-style campaign, the film was praised as fresh and funny. Sify called it jolly good fun, The Times of India called it an impressive debut, and The Hindu described it as a festival. The Telugu Love Failure was equally well received, with reviewers at The Times of India, Rediff and Idlebrain praising its humour and contemporary take on love. Amala Paul was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil.
Legacy
Along with Pizza, the film set off a short-lived boom of short-film directors making feature debuts in Tamil cinema, and its success helped start a brief run of successful comedies.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Cast of Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012)
- Siddharth as Arun
- Amala Paul as Parvathi
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Bobby Simha as Jayasimha
- Suresh as Akilan Venkatesan
- Balaji Mohan
- Dhanya Balakrishna as Rashmi
- Pooja Ramachandran as Cathy
- Iswarya Menon as Shivani Sriram
Also in the cast (TMDB): Ravi Raghavendra as Prabhu, Sriranjini as Vasanthi, Surekha Vani as Saroja, Arjunan Nandakumar as Siva, Vigneshkanth as Vignesh, Balaji Venugopal as Ramakrishnan, Sree Vishnu as Rupesh, Neelu Nasreen as College professor.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
What critics said
Reviews cited in the article, of both the Tamil original and the Telugu version Love Failure, were positive about the fresh script, the humour and the urban take on romance.
- Sify called it an “enjoyable romantic ride” built on a fresh script.
- The Times of India (N. Venkateswaran) praised Balaji Mohan's debut, the clever screenplay and the conversational dialogue; Karthik Pasupleti, reviewing the Telugu version for the same paper, found it loaded with humour.
- The Hindu (Vishnupriya Bhandaram, on Love Failure) called it a remarkably easy watch that is fresh from the start.
- The New Indian Express called it refreshing and engaging for urban young viewers.
- Rediff.com (Radhika Rajamani) liked its contemporary, realistic take on love and failure.
- Idlebrain.com (Jeevi) described a well-made urban romantic comedy.
Summarised by Tollywood Desk from the reception section of the Wikipedia article Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (revision 1348817845), which cites the reviews named above. Quotation marks show words quoted in that article; no ratings or scores are added here.
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