Parthiban's Dream) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by debutante Karu Palaniappan.

Parthiban's parents want him to get married but he does not believe in arranged marriage and waits to see a girl as per his likes and dislikes.

On the way back to their home, Parthiban finds the girl in the same place where he sees her before daily.

Sathya is more responsible person of the two and she understands that her husband is confused and tolerates his behaviour.

Parthiban's friend Mano advises him to accept Sathya as his wife and to forget Janani.

Mano understands that Parthiban is slowly moving away from his wife Sathya and is getting attracted towards Janani.

Parthiban and Sathya lives happily while Janani vacates her flat wishing them good luck.

[4] The song "Kanaa Kandenadi" is loosely based on Shuddha Dhanyasi raga.

[5] Sify opined that "This film is infinitely more watchable than the recent crop of mindless love stories".

[7] Visual Dasan of Kalki praised the acting of Srikanth and Sneha, Vidyasagar's music and added although the screenplay is a bit sloppy, Karu Palaniappan is a winner as a director and dialogue writer who succeeds in using the same twist twice before the climax and concluded saying the way the characters are handled is a vivid dream that the fan feels close to.

[9] Cinesouth wrote "Just when action films were speaking louder than story in Tamil cinema, 'Parthiban Kanavu' is a piece of poetry.