Nellu is a 2010 Indian Tamil language

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 drama  film written and directed by M. Shiva Shankar. It stars debutants Sathya and Bhayaganjali in the lead roles, while Senthil Rajan has handled the camera and S. S. Kumaran has composed the music. The film is based on the Kizhavenmani

Kizhavenmani

Kizhavenmani is a village in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu state in India. The Village made headlines in 1967 when 44 Devendrakula vellar were burnt alive by local feudal lords after being locked in a hut.-Location:...

 incident that happened in 1968.

Social Importance

Movies based on true social incidents are rare in Tamil Cinema. The words freedom & independence are almost always attributed to the 1940s and beyond. Nellu documents the social imbalance that prevailed post-independence in the villages. The theme of the movie revolves around the poor agricultural workers and their landlords. From untouchability to caste discrimination to deprival of basic human rights, unemployment & wages below the bare minimum, the script touches on all the sensitive issues that were prevailent in the villages around that time.

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by S. S. Kumaran. Lyrics are penned by Thamarai

Thamarai

Thamarai is a Tamil poet, lyricist, writer and former journalist. She is best known for writing lyrics for Tamil films only in Tamil language, often even in very purest Tamil...

 and Na. Muthukumar

Na. Muthukumar

Na. Muthukumar is a Tamil poet and lyricist, who writes lyrics for Tamil film songs.-Career:Muthukumar began his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years. But then he became a lyricist, beginning with the lyrics for the songs of the Tamil film Veera Nadai,...

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Song Title	Singers
"Achu Vellam"	Prasanna, Chandran, SS Kumaran, Rajeev
"Kadhal Jodi Onnu"	Srimathi, Aadhavan, Srimathumitha
"Kannakkol Thiruda"	Silambarasan, Saindhavi Saindhavi Saindhavi is a Carnatic music singer and a South Indian film playback singer.-Personal life:Saindhavi is engaged to G. V. Prakash and will get married in December 2011. They studied together in Chettinad Vidyashram.-Discography:...
"Kodiyodu Thamara Poo"	Chinmayi Chinmayi Chinmayi Sripada is an Indian playback singer, singing predominantly in Tamil. She is also a voice actor in Tamil and Telugu films, and has worked as a television presenter and a radio jockey as well. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company called Blue Elephant.-Early life and... , Kaushik, SS Kumaran
"Muthu Muthu"	Mahathi Mahathi Mahathi is an award-winning Indian playback singer singing predominantly in Tamil. She is also a Direct B High graded artiste of the All India Radio.-As playback singer:... , SS Kumaran, Yash Golcha