Something Something ... Unnakum Ennakum

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Something Something ... Unnakum Ennakum

The poster for the film.
Directed by M. Raja
Produced by Mohan
Written by Paruchuri Brothers
M.S. Raju
Veeru Potla
Starring Jayam Ravi
Trisha
Prabhu
Bhagyaraj
Richa Pallod
Manivannan
Santhanam
Cochin Haneefa
Kalabhavan Mani
Geetha
Livingston
Vijayakumar
Tejashree
Mallika
Aravind Akash
Music by Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography A. Venkatesh
Editing by Suraj Kavi
Distributed by Jayam Company
Release date(s) 2006
Running time 175 mins
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget Rs. 8 crores
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Something Something ... Unnakum Ennakum (Tamil: சம்திங்சம்திங் உனக்கும் எனக்கும்) is a Tamil film directed by M. Raja. It stars Trisha Krishnan and Jayam Ravi in the lead roles as Kavitha and Santhosh. The movie also stars Prabhu and Bhagyaraj in supporting roles. The movie is the remake of the Telugu blockbuster, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. The film's score and soundtrack was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, who also scored the music in the original version of the film. Cinematography for the movie is handled by A. Venkatesh, whilst editing is handled by Mohan. It is turning out to be the blockbuster of the year in Tamil. It has also been released in several theatres across Europe and the United States.

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[edit] Synopsis

Muthupandi (Prabhu) is a son of the soil, a very hard working self-made man who dotes on his only sister Kavitha (Trisha Krishnan). Their mother died very early and it was Muthupandi who brought up Kavitha with a lot of love and affection. Kavitha’s best friend Lalitha (Richa Pallod) takes Kavitha to her house for 15 days before her wedding takes place, for her engagement and pre-marriage celebrations. As an emotional scene prior to this notes, this is the first time Kavitha has been away from her brother.

Enter Santhosh (Jayam Ravi), a happy-go-lucky, the only son of multi-millionaire parents (Bhagyaraj and Geetha). Santhosh is the opposite of Kavitha in their upbringings and status. As Kavitha and her brother live in a rural Indian village supported by their agriculture and livestock, Santhosh and his family are lavished in their gigantic mansion. Sathosh is first introduced atop a small private cruise ship dancing with several women as his father calls from a limo asking him why he wasn't invited to his party whereas Kavitha's entrance is more reserved. Fate would have it that these two would fall in love after a series of comic encounters. But what is love without obstacles? Santhosh’s sophisticated mother is opposed to this love and cares incredibly for socio-economic status and the welfare of her own family's status. With the help of a sleaze ball, JP (Manivannan), who wants Santhosh to marry his daughter, Shalini (Tejashree), and with the help of her brother (Lalitha's father), the three have Shalini attempt to make Santhosh fall in love with her instead. After failing to do so, the love between Santhosh and Kavitha only gains momentum. At first Kavitha is reluctant to accept Santhosh's love and appears in a state of confusion, even rejecting him a few times.

Trisha Krishnan as pictured in the film.
Trisha Krishnan as pictured in the film.

However, eventually Kavitha too falls in love and the couple soon begun to gain attetion from many people at the house. The emotionally disgruntled Shalini starts to lose it as she begins breaking mirrors. At this point, Geetha tells her son Santhosh to go with his cousin to go buy some bangels. As soon as they leaves, she insults Kavitha, and endures insults from Lalitha's father and JP as well. Kavitha's brother who excitedly arrives at that moment with gifts for Lalitha and her father, is also insulted. Bearing these insults, Muthupandi takes his sister by the hand and escorts out stating that he considers Lalitha as his sister as well and that the only reason he's leaving without making a scene is for the welfare of her wedding.

Santhosh gets word from his mother that Kavitha has left him and is heartbroken. Soon, Lalitha convinces Santhosh otherwise. Santhosh gets away from his dominating mother at the Dubai airport in transit to London and travels to Kavitha’s village and asks Muthupandi for his sister’s hand in marriage but the proud man is offended and angry at his arrival. He says that he hates rich folk altogether because he believes that his mother's death was caused by his rich father's arrogance and that Santhosh's mother's actions only made things worse.

Santhosh gets on his knees and asks for a chance saying that he left his parents and his luxury life behind. Muthpandi still appears disgusted but he decides to give him a chance by giving him a very difficult challenge. He challenges Santhosh to live the life of a farmer, taking care of livestock and without the luxuries that he's used to. Thinking Santhosh would leave at once, Muthupandi simply smiles and waits for him to grab his bags. Santhosh however accepts the condition of working on his farm, living as a servant until the next harvest. The hardships that Santhosh face and how he rises past these challenges take up much of the second half of the film. Not only does Santhosh succeed in the challenge, as well as enduring other challenges caused by Shalini's return, but he finds a place in Muthupandi's heart. After the harvest, Santhosh and Kavitha are wed at a lavish wedding after Santhosh's mother apologizes to Muthupandi.

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Actor/actress Role
Jayam Ravi Santhosh
Trisha Krishnan Kavitha
Prabhu Ganesan Muthupandi
Geetha Janaki
Bhagyaraj Krishnan
Richa Pallod Lalitha
Mallika Valli
Tejashree Shalini
Manivannan JP
Santhanam Arivu
Cochin Hanifa Ramesh
Kalabhavan Mani Mayan
Mouli Krishnayya
Aravind Akash Jai
Livingston Ram
Ganja Karuppu Karuppiah
Kadhal Arun Kumar Arun
Kaadhal Dhandapandi Sivaji Ayya

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[edit] Music

The film has six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad:

  • Kozhi Veda Kozhi - Naveen & Priya
  • Something Something - Tippu
  • Unn Paarvaiyil - Karthik & Sumangali

[edit] Trivia

  • The common factor between Jayam Ravi's earlier films, Jayam, M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi and Something Something ... Unnakum Ennakum is that all three movies are produced by their father, Editor Mohan and they are all remakes of Telugu films which did well at the box office.
  • This is Jayam Ravi's first time acting opposite a well-established actress, Trisha. Previously he has only acted with newcomers like Sadha, Renuka Menon,shreya, Kamna Jethmalani and then-newcomer Asin.
  • To shoot the village scenes, 5 acres of land at the base of a hill, were leased at Kudiraikulipatipallam near Aathur and converted into a farm. The song sequences are to be shot in Chennai as well as London.
  • Previously Parthiban, Mammootty and Sarath Kumar were offered to do the role Muthu Pandi (Trisha's doting brother) but they all rejected the offer. Finally, Prabhu agreed to do the role. Prabhu's role as Trisha's brother has earned him praise.

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