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 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.

Five years earlier, Karthik was a police officer in Chennai, part of the bomb defusing squad.

Though Aruna does not want Karthik to endanger his life as part of the job, she does not tell him to quit as she knows how much he loves his work.

When he lets Aruna know, she decides to rush back home to meet Karthik, and leaves for Chennai by train.

Chitra tells Karthik about her life: she was a graduate in Chennai living with her brother's family and looking for a job.

As per her husband's earlier wish, Chitra adopts Shiva, a baby boy from the orphanage that Srikanth regularly volunteered at.

Chitra meanwhile gets confused regarding a second marriage due to the trouble given by her neighbour's husband and Shiva's passion for Karthik.

After some months, Chitra panics on seeing a news about a bomb blast at Mumbai Indian Express and verifies Karthik's safety.

He eagerly waits for Karthik and leaves school well before, but is stuck in a traffic jam for a long time.

[3] During the initial stages of shoot, Vasanth considered renaming the film to Poo Pookkum Osai, but later kept the original title.

[2] For a further lead role of Arjun's wife, Vasanth considered Vindhya, before finalising Jyothika, who was signed on to make her Tamil debut with the film, although Vaali (1999) ended up releasing before Rhythm.

The team also shot in South India in Chalakudy and Ooty, before the unit moved North to Haridwar, Badrinath and the Gangotri.

[11] The film languished in production hell, with the producers reluctant to notify what was keeping the release delayed.

Telugu (Dubbed) All lyrics are written by Veturi[14]Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "Vasanth has created a smooth, flowing timbre, with very little harshness in the line of events that take place", describing it as an "appreciable effort".

[15] Saurav Bardhan from TMCafe noted the film has "outstanding performances from the lead, brilliant pairing, and a sumptuous story.

[17] Dinakaran wrote "Though Vasanth has told two weighty flashbacks, the second one closely following the first, the interesting way in which he has handled the whole matter has highlighted the merit and cleverness of him (the director).

Yet, had he reduced a little the length of the flashbacks and increased the number of events dealing with Arjun-Meena romances, the screenplay might have become a little more interesting".