Rhythm is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by V. Natarajan. The film stars Arjun and Meena in the lead roles with Jyothika, Ramesh Aravind, Lakshmi, Nagesh, and Manivannan in important roles. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was predominantly handled by P. S. Vinod, and Sreekar Prasad edited the film. Rhythm released on 15 September 2000 and became a commercial success. It was also dubbed and released in Telugu under the same title.

Plot

Karthikeyan is a photographer-editor working for The Indian Express in Mumbai, and Chitra is a bank employee. Both reside in Navi Mumbai. Karthik meets Chitra while opening a bank account, and while returning home, he again meets her on the train. He offers his seat as she is standing, but she does not want to accept it. During a train strike, he invites her to travel in an auto rickshaw together to reduce expenses, but she declines. When Chitra hesitates the next day to travel in the same train with Karthik, he becomes exasperated and explains that he only talked to her because both are from the same locality and both are Tamilians, and he promises her that he will never talk to her again. After some days Chitra voluntarily talks to him, and Karthik sees that her handbag was snatched. In return, he accompanies her to the closest police station to report it. Karthik invites Chitra to his home to meet his parents.