Nenjinile

நெஞ்சினிலே Nenjinile

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Directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar
Produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar
Written by A. C. Jairam (dialogues)
Screenplay by S. A. Chandrasekhar
Story by A. C. Jairam
Starring Vijay
Isha Koppikar
Music by Deva
Cinematography S. D. Vijay Milton
Edited by B. S. Vasu
Saleem
Production
company
Release dates
June 25, 1999
Running time
139 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Nenjinile is a 1999 நெஞ்சினிலே Tamil action film directed and co-written by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film features Vijay and Isha Koppikar in the lead roles, while Sonu Sood, Sriman and Manivannan play supporting roles.[1] The film's music is composed by Deva, and the film opened in June 1999 to a mixed response at the box office.

Plot

The story starts with Karunakaran (Vijay) leaving his village to go to Mumbai looking for a job to help his sister's wedding. He lives with his sister and there he meets Nisha (Isha Koppikar), who loves him at first sight. He first rejects her but later he starts to love her too. He's unable to get a job, and through a friend, joins as a hit man for a gangster. This brings him a lot of money, in this way he can help his family. But when his own gang plan to kill Nisha after killing her parents, he tries to protect her, earning their wrath. Whether he can save Nisha or not forms the crux of the story

Cast

Production

Vijay recommended Isha Koppikar for the lead female role to his father, who signed her on. Vijay revealed he was impressed with her acting despite her lack of understanding of Tamil.[2] An item number was shot with actress Roja making a special appearance in the film.[3] For another song in the film, lyricist Arivumathi was asked to write a song in praise of Vijay – unable to inspire himself to do so, the lyricist later wrote a song around the success of Rajinikanth, hoping it would also adapt to Vijay's rise.

During the post-production stages, S. A. Chandrasekhar accused the son of veteran director K. Balachandar of trying to make pirate copies of the film. The allegations prompted Vijay to pull out of a film he had agreed to act in under Balachandar's production house.[4]

Release

The film opened to negative reviews, with the critic of Indolink.com claiming the film Chandrasekhar "screwed up the storyline part in a very major way" while mentioning that the only respite was the film's music.[5] The film became a financial failure at the box office and triggered a run of continuous unsuccessful films for Vijay such as Minsara Kanna'

Soundtrack

Nenjinile
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released 1999
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Five Star Audio

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Deva, was well received by the audience. The lyrics were written by Vaali, Pazhani Bharathi, Ravi Shankar, Kalaikumar, Vijayan, A. C. Jairam.

Track-list
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Manase Manase"  Unnikrishnan, K. S. Chithra 5:36
2. "Anbe Anbe"  Hariharan 5:27
3. "Prime Minister"  S. N. Surendar, Harini 5:49
4. "Thanganiram"  Vijay, Swarnalatha 5:04
5. "Madras Dhost"  Krishnaraj, Naveen 5:39
6. "Manasaey"  Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam 5:34

References

  1. Nenjinile Tamil Movie. Nenjinilae.8m.com. Retrieved on 2014-06-11.
  2. http://biphome.spray.se/jeyam/vijai-in.htm
  3. Rediff On The NeT, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry. Rediff.com (1999-07-26). Retrieved on 2014-06-11.
  4. Rediff On The NeT, Movies: Tamil Nadu at war over Mudalvan. Rediff.com (1999-12-15). Retrieved on 2014-06-11.
  5. Nenjinile – Tamil Movie Review. Thiraipadam.com. Retrieved on 2014-06-11.