Nenjil
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Directed by | Selva |
Produced by | Manish Nair |
Starring | Navdeep Aparna Vadivelu Paravai Muniyamma Mayilsamy Thalaivasal Vijay Ranjitha |
Cinematography | U.K. Senthil Kumar |
Music by | D. Imman |
Production companies | Gatpaham Entertainment, Candy Films |
Release date | 1 December 2006 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Nenjil (transl. In the heart) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Selva and produced by Manish Nair, Bhavani Kanagasapay under the banner Candy Films Ltd & Gatpaham Entertainment Ltd. Navdeep pairs up with Aparna, while Vadivelu plays the comedian in the movie.
Plot
The film is about a group of people who win a competition and are taken to London for a free trip. Thus the beginning appears promising. The group includes hero Anand (Navdeep) and heroine Priya (Aparna). But the joyous journey sours when the lead pair which falls in love at the beginning of the holiday. Enters Rishi (Manish), a tourist guide for London. He resolves to separate the lovers and plans to marry Priya. rest is a cat and mouse game between Anand and Rishi and how their love win all problems. There are also two people who separate him. They have already loved but have been separated and so they hate love. They decide to split them up so that they win the competition against Priya and Anand. In the end they tell them the truth and Priya and Anand reunite.
Cast
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- Navdeep as Anand
- Aparna as Priya
- Vadivelu as Vellam (Tamilman)/ Englishman
- Manish Nair as Rishi
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Krishnamurthy
- Ranjitha as Kalyani
- Paravai Muniyamma as Paatti
- Mayilsamy as Vellam's assistant
- Singamuthu
- Thambi Ramaiah
- Sibiraj as himself (cameo appearance)
- D. Imman as cameo appearance in song "Nenjil"
Production
A press meet for the film was held in July 2006 in Chennai.[1] A nine-year-old, Siddharth, entered the Limca Book of Records as the youngest musician to record for the film with his drums.[2]
The film was briefly referred to as Nenjil Jil Jil after the State government announcing entertainment tax exemption on movies titled in Tamil, but was later released without the Jil Jil suffix.[3] Scenes for the film were shot at Woolacombe in Devon in March 2006 with the 30-strong cast and crew will also be visiting Weymouth, Bath and London.[4]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack is composed by D. Imman. The album was released under the title Nenjil.. Jil... Jil....
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 2006 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Language | Tamil | |||
D. Imman chronology | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Nenjil Jil Jil" | D. Imman | D. Imman | 02:39 |
2. | "Chattu Puttu" | Palani Bharathi | Rahul Nambiar | 05:01 |
3. | "Kannukkul Kalavaram" | P. Vijay | KK | 04:44 |
4. | "Unakkagathaane" | P. Vijay | Solar Sai, Sujatha, P. Unnikrishnan | 05:33 |
5. | "Kaadhal Thaana" | Thamarai | Chitra Sivaraman, KK | 04:29 |
6. | "Kaanchanaye" | D. Imman | Adarsh | 04:46 |
7. | "Punnagaiye" | P. Vijay | Ranjith | 04:51 |
8. | "Carnivore's Behaviour" | Instrumental | 01:55 | |
Total length: | 33:58 |
Critical reception
Sify wrote:"Watching Nenjil makes you think- What a waste of time!".[5] The Hindu wrote:"Nenjil is laughable in patches you could say, but the romantic thread is so common and run of the mill that it pulls down the interest quotient terribly".[6][7]
References
- ^ "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
- ^ "The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Drums are his destiny". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on 15 September 2012.
- ^ "Bollywood descends on north Devon". 15 March 2006.
- ^ "Movie Review : Nenjil". Sify. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "The Hindu : Friday Review Chennai / Film Review : Feel-good film gone askew - Nenjil". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Nenjil". Archived from the original on 27 January 2007.