Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film)
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Ninaithale Inikkum is a 2009
Tamil
mystery
-drama film
directed by Kumaravelan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran
, Sakthi Vasu
, Priyamani
, Karthik Kumar
and Anuja Iyer
in the lead roles while K. Bhagyaraj and Manobala
play supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Vijay Antony
.
The film was released on September 4, 2009, and was an average grosser. The film was produced by Gemini Film Circuit
and distributed by Sun Pictures
. The film's plot is a remake of the 2006 Malayalam
film Classmates while the film's title was taken from a 1979 Tamil film.
) is extremely energetic and enthusiastic. Being very short tempered, he gets easily provoked by the rich, proud Vasu (Karthik Kumar
) and his sneering attitude. From glares and snarls to punches and fights, Vasu and Shiva do it all, even for unreasonable, petty things. It is Shakthi (Sakthi Vasu
) who stops their quarrels before they injure each other very badly. As he is friendly, kind hearted and cool headed, Shakthi tries to bring Shiva and Vasu together on friendly terms but in vain. Shiva, Shakthi and their faithful friend Bala stay together through thick and thin and are always ready to voice out their views on behalf of the hostelites in the college. Shakthi’s father (Bhagyaraj
) often visits his son in the hostel and is like a father to all of Shakthi’s friends. Meera (Priyamani
), the daughter of an M.L.A, nurtures a soft corner for Shiva. She is brave enough to stand up to Shiva and check him when he throws unnecessary tantrums. Shalini (Anuja Iyer
), Meera’s friend, is a shy reserved Muslim girl from a very strict family background. She is often preoccupied with her own thoughts. Karthik (Jeeva
) is a total show-off who tries to humiliate Shiva and Shakthi but ends up making a fool of himself.
The movie begins on an aeroplane as Shiva (a mature looking Prithviraj, with a French beard and rimless spectacles) heads back to his college to meet his friends. With his eyes sparkling with nostalgic memories, he takes a trip down memory lane and what he recalls about his college days forms the main part of the story.
At the re-union, the friends are happy to see each other after eight long years. But they all seem to be weighed down by some tragic incident, which is the death of Shakti, and Shiva remains the most melancholic of them all. All goes well, until Shiva is found almost strangled to death. Everyone suspects Vasu, but Shakti's father discovers that the murder was attempted by Shalini.
In a flashback, it is revealed that Shakti and Shalini were lovers. In an ultimate twist, Shalini reveals that Shiva, who was running away from the police after breaking into the election booth, killed Shakti with chloroform, as the latter suffered from asthma. Shalini is upset that Shakti's father prevented her from taking revenge against the murderer of his son.
Shiva is cured and comes to seek apology from Shakti's father for accidentally killing Shakti. Shakti's father forgives Shiva and asks Shiva to marry Meera, who has been waiting for him for over 8 years. Vasu also comes to seek apology from Shiva for all of his antics in college. Shakti's parents adopt Shalini, whose family has died, and decide to take her home. The film ends as Shalini says farewell to her friends and to the image of Shakti, who is forever present in the college campus. The message of the film goes for all of us:"Never forget the sweet memories that happened in college"
2009 in film
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...
Tamil
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...
mystery
Mystery film
Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...
-drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Kumaravelan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema....
, Sakthi Vasu
Sakthi Vasu
Shakthi Vasudevan is a Tamil film actor. He is the son of film director P. Vasu and began his career in his father's films as a child artiste.-Career:...
, Priyamani
Priyamani
Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer, better known by her stage name Priyamani is an Indian film actress and model who has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films...
, Karthik Kumar
Karthik Kumar
Karthik Kumar is a noted theatre and Kollywood actor. He is popularly known as 'Evam' Karthik, due to his theater connections.He studied chemical engineering in sri venkateshwara college of engineering,chennai.He is married to playback singer Suchitra Ramadurai.-Filmography:-External links:...
and Anuja Iyer
Anuja Iyer
Anuja Iyer is an Indian actress and model who works in the Tamil film industry. She made her acting debut in the low budget horror flick Sivi and became noted for her performances in Ninaithale Inikkum and Unnaipol Oruvan...
in the lead roles while K. Bhagyaraj and Manobala
Manobala
Manobala is a Tamil director and comedian actor who prominently plays supporting roles.-Career:Manobala has directed 40 films, 16 television serials and 3 tele-films during his career as a director. As an actor, he had appeared in 175 films as of July 2009...
play supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Vijay Antony
Vijay Antony
-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...
.
The film was released on September 4, 2009, and was an average grosser. The film was produced by Gemini Film Circuit
Gemini Film Circuit
Gemini Film Circuit is a film distribution and production studio unit of Chennai,-Filmography:...
and distributed by Sun Pictures
Sun Pictures
Sun Pictures is a film distribution and production studio unit of Chennai, based Sun Network owned by Kalanidhi Maran. Founded in 2008, it started distributing low-budget Tamil-language films, Kadhalil Vizhunthen being the first, and holds the credit of producing India's costliest film Enthiran...
. The film's plot is a remake of the 2006 Malayalam
Malayalam language
Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...
film Classmates while the film's title was taken from a 1979 Tamil film.
Plot
The young college-going Shiva (Prithviraj SukumaranPrithviraj Sukumaran
Prithviraj Sukumaran credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema....
) is extremely energetic and enthusiastic. Being very short tempered, he gets easily provoked by the rich, proud Vasu (Karthik Kumar
Karthik Kumar
Karthik Kumar is a noted theatre and Kollywood actor. He is popularly known as 'Evam' Karthik, due to his theater connections.He studied chemical engineering in sri venkateshwara college of engineering,chennai.He is married to playback singer Suchitra Ramadurai.-Filmography:-External links:...
) and his sneering attitude. From glares and snarls to punches and fights, Vasu and Shiva do it all, even for unreasonable, petty things. It is Shakthi (Sakthi Vasu
Sakthi Vasu
Shakthi Vasudevan is a Tamil film actor. He is the son of film director P. Vasu and began his career in his father's films as a child artiste.-Career:...
) who stops their quarrels before they injure each other very badly. As he is friendly, kind hearted and cool headed, Shakthi tries to bring Shiva and Vasu together on friendly terms but in vain. Shiva, Shakthi and their faithful friend Bala stay together through thick and thin and are always ready to voice out their views on behalf of the hostelites in the college. Shakthi’s father (Bhagyaraj
Bhagyaraj
K. Bhagyaraj is a Tamil film director, actor, writer and producer. He has directed and produced several Tamil films, along with a few Telugu and Hindi films. He is well known for his mastery in screenplay. He has won a Filmfare Best Actor Award for Mundhanai Mudichu, a film he wrote, directed and...
) often visits his son in the hostel and is like a father to all of Shakthi’s friends. Meera (Priyamani
Priyamani
Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer, better known by her stage name Priyamani is an Indian film actress and model who has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films...
), the daughter of an M.L.A, nurtures a soft corner for Shiva. She is brave enough to stand up to Shiva and check him when he throws unnecessary tantrums. Shalini (Anuja Iyer
Anuja Iyer
Anuja Iyer is an Indian actress and model who works in the Tamil film industry. She made her acting debut in the low budget horror flick Sivi and became noted for her performances in Ninaithale Inikkum and Unnaipol Oruvan...
), Meera’s friend, is a shy reserved Muslim girl from a very strict family background. She is often preoccupied with her own thoughts. Karthik (Jeeva
Jeeva
Jeeva may refer to:* Jeeva, P. Jeevanandham , Indian politician* Jeeva , Tamil Movie Director* Jeeva , Indian* Jeeva , Indian Tamil actor* Jeeva, Lollu Sabha actor...
) is a total show-off who tries to humiliate Shiva and Shakthi but ends up making a fool of himself.
The movie begins on an aeroplane as Shiva (a mature looking Prithviraj, with a French beard and rimless spectacles) heads back to his college to meet his friends. With his eyes sparkling with nostalgic memories, he takes a trip down memory lane and what he recalls about his college days forms the main part of the story.
At the re-union, the friends are happy to see each other after eight long years. But they all seem to be weighed down by some tragic incident, which is the death of Shakti, and Shiva remains the most melancholic of them all. All goes well, until Shiva is found almost strangled to death. Everyone suspects Vasu, but Shakti's father discovers that the murder was attempted by Shalini.
In a flashback, it is revealed that Shakti and Shalini were lovers. In an ultimate twist, Shalini reveals that Shiva, who was running away from the police after breaking into the election booth, killed Shakti with chloroform, as the latter suffered from asthma. Shalini is upset that Shakti's father prevented her from taking revenge against the murderer of his son.
Shiva is cured and comes to seek apology from Shakti's father for accidentally killing Shakti. Shakti's father forgives Shiva and asks Shiva to marry Meera, who has been waiting for him for over 8 years. Vasu also comes to seek apology from Shiva for all of his antics in college. Shakti's parents adopt Shalini, whose family has died, and decide to take her home. The film ends as Shalini says farewell to her friends and to the image of Shakti, who is forever present in the college campus. The message of the film goes for all of us:"Never forget the sweet memories that happened in college"
Cast
- Prithviraj SukumaranPrithviraj SukumaranPrithviraj Sukumaran credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema....
as Shiva - Sakthi VasuSakthi VasuShakthi Vasudevan is a Tamil film actor. He is the son of film director P. Vasu and began his career in his father's films as a child artiste.-Career:...
as Sakthi - Karthik KumarKarthik KumarKarthik Kumar is a noted theatre and Kollywood actor. He is popularly known as 'Evam' Karthik, due to his theater connections.He studied chemical engineering in sri venkateshwara college of engineering,chennai.He is married to playback singer Suchitra Ramadurai.-Filmography:-External links:...
as Vasu - PriyamaniPriyamaniPriya Vasudev Mani Iyer, better known by her stage name Priyamani is an Indian film actress and model who has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films...
as Meera - Anuja IyerAnuja IyerAnuja Iyer is an Indian actress and model who works in the Tamil film industry. She made her acting debut in the low budget horror flick Sivi and became noted for her performances in Ninaithale Inikkum and Unnaipol Oruvan...
as Shalini - K. Bhagyaraj as Sakthi's father
- Jeeva as Karthik
Soundtrack listing
| No. | Song | Singers | Length | Lyrics |
| 1 | Azhagaai Pookkuthey | Janaki Iyer, Prasanna | 4:58 | Kalai Kumar |
| 2 | Piya Piya | Vijay Antony Vijay Antony -Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,... , Dinesh Kanagaratnam |
4:16 | Annamalai |
| 3 | Nanbanai Partha | Benny Dayal Benny Dayal Benny Dayal is an Indian singer. He is a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. Originally from Kerala, he has worked as a playback singer with many noted composers to produce successful soundtracks.-Biography:Benny Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district, Kerala... |
5:05 | Annamalai |
| 4 | Sexy Lady | MK Balaji MK Balaji MK Balaji is an Indian playback singer, who hails from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has worked with leading music composers like Vijay Antony and G. V. Prakash Kumar. He is the lead vocalist of the fusion band V3 which won the band hunt Oohlalala judged by AR Rahman.... , Sheba, Maya, Ramya |
4:27 | Priyan |
| 5 | Kalloori | Sheba | 1:27 | Sheba |
| 6 | Allah | Vijay Antony Vijay Antony -Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,... |
4:51 | Annamalai |
| 7 | Naatkal | Kaushik | 1:39 | Prabha |