Kadal

Kadal (English: The Sea) is a 2013 Indian Tamil drama film[6] directed and co-produced by Mani Ratnam.[5] The film features debutantes Gautham Karthik,[7] son of actor Karthik, and Thulasi Nair,[8] daughter of Radha, in the lead roles. The film marks comeback of actor Arvind Swamy.[9] The music and background score for the film is done by A. R. Rahman. The film revolves around life of Christian fishermen who instill the fact that how faith can sometimes lead to the triumph of humanity.[10] The film is titled Kadali, as the dubbed Telugu version.[11][12] The film was released worldwide on 1 February 2013 in both the versions.[3] The film received mixed reviews from critics and lukewarm response from audience. From the main film aspects, the cinematography, music and background score were critically applauded.

Berchmans (Arjun), a brilliant but unruly student, is thrown out of his seminary for committing the sin of the flesh after being caught red-handed by fellow student Sam Fernando (Arvind Swami). Blaming the good-hearted Sam for his ouster, Berchmans vows revenge and challenges to prove that evil does reign supreme in this world. Sam finishes his education and training and arrives at a village as the new Father of the local church. A local boy named Thomas of this village who is the illegitimate son of a local fisherman (Ponvannan) has grown up in a rough neighbourhood, following the death of his mother and thus being forced to fend for himself.
Father Sam takes the run down church and the sceptic villagers in his stride and soon starts bringing about changes. Through a series of incidents, he also manages to get the unruly Thomas under his control and gets him to learn the tricks of the fishing trade from the villagers. The film fast forwards a few years when Thomas is now all grown up (Gautham Karthik) and is very close to Father Sam who is now a well respected person in the village.