also appeared in A. R. Rahman 's 2000 musical  Kandukondain Kandukondain  directed by  Rajiv Menon . The blockbuster featured Ajith alongside prominent actors  Mammooty  and  Abbas  and actresses  Aishwarya Rai ,  Tabu  and  Srividya . [23]  In a similar role to his previous film, Ajith played a struggling film director facing