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{{Infobox film
| name = Nam Naadu
| image = Nam Naadu (2007 film).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Suresh (director)|Suresh]]
| producer = Singanamala Ramesh
| writer = [[Ramesh Khanna]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = Suresh
| story = [[Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas|Udayakrishna]] [[Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas|Siby K. Thomas]]
| starring = [[Sarath Kumar]] [[Karthika Mathew]] [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]] [[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]] [[Ponvannan]]
| music = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| cinematography = Y. N. Murali
| editing = G. Sasi Kumar
| distributor = Kanagarathna Movies
| studio = Kanagarathna Movies
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|9|21}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Nam Naadu''''' (English: ''Our Country'') is a 2007 Indian [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]]-language film starring [[Sarath Kumar]] and [[Karthika Mathew]] in lead roles. It is the remake of 2006 Malayalam film ''Lion''.Dubbed In Hindi As Hukumat Ki Jung 2.The film received negative reviews and failed to replicate the success of the original.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/sep/21ssnam.htm|title=Sarath Kumar can't save Nam Nadu|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>

==Plot==
Aalavandhar ([[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]) a corrupt politician who holds the post as Education minister and wants to become the [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|chief minister]]. He is supported by his sons-in-law, Sathya ([[Charan Raj]]) ex-IPS Officer who runs a finance company and Ilamaran ([[Ponvannan]]) [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer, the [[district collector]]. With the idea of his in-laws, Aalavandhar tries to disturb peace in state and make situation against the CM.

Muthazhagu ([[R. Sarathkumar|Sarath Kumar]]) an honest youth wing leader of the same ruling party learns and opposes the move of his father and he stands by and for the people. Sathya, Ilamaran and Aalavandhar allocates a land space in a village for a cool drink company. The village is rich in land water and the people oppose for the governments move against them. But these corrupt personalities issue an order for the start of the factory. Muthazhagu tries to meet the collector (Ilamaran) with the people of the locality and fails to get a reason for it. So he moves on to the court and with the court's order he gets a stay for the project.

In order to save and work for the people he plans to contest in the elections as an independent candidate. He stands opposite his father Aalavandhar. He wins the elections and extends his support to the party and gets a place in the ministry. He takes charge of the high-profile department as Home Minister.

Muthazhagu commands and passes orders to all the departments to work for the welfare of the public and he would take care of all the other issues within the departments. He threatens the CM and takes orders for effective governance.

Aalavandhar gets irritated by the moves of Muthazhagu and discusses the same with his in-laws. Sathya plans to wipe him off. This brings Aalavandhar to realize his misdoings in the past and meets Muthazhagu and confesses his mistake and asks him to return to their home. Muthazhagu accepts to return to their home along with his wife Gauri ([[Karthika Mathew]]). On an official call he goes to [[Delhi]]. Aalavandhar meets up in an accident and passes away. Muthazagu's mom thinks Muthazagu killed his dad and bans him from the house. Muthazaghu finds that Sathya was the mastermind for the murder as his dad (Nassar) said to him about the public confession of their crimes. Muthazaghu kills his brother-in-law in the climax.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarath Kumar]] as Muthazhagu
* [[Karthika Mathew|Karthika]] as Gauri
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Aaalavandhar
* [[Charan Raj]] as Sathya
* [[Ponvannan]] as Ilamaran
* [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Boominathan
* [[Manivannan]]
* [[Pragathi (actress)|Pragathi]]
* [[Abitha]]
* [[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]]
* [[Riyaz Khan]]
* [[Madhan Bob|Madan Bob]]
* [[Ilavarasu]]
* [[Besant Ravi]]
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
Lyrics were written by [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]].
*"Kadhal Ennum" - Murali Yesudas, [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
*"Kottaisamy Varaaru" - [[Manikka Vinayagam]]
*"Manasil Manasil" - [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Chinmayi|Chinmayee]]
*"Vaazhaiyadi" - Jerome Pushparaj

==Critical reception==
Sify wrote:"Sarath and director Suresh has kept the theme of politics as family business, and added a lot of heroism to the central character and made him a one-man fighting machine".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/namnadu-review-tamil-14530844.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417061658/http://www.sify.com/movies/namnadu-review-tamil-14530844.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-04-17|title=Review : (2007)|website=www.sify.com}}</ref> Kollywood Today wrote:"As a whole, taking the whole film into consideration, Nam Naadu is a film for a political cause and also a commercial film that can be watched to kill the time and not more than that".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kollywoodtoday.net/reviews/review-nam-naadu/|title=Review - Nam Naadu|date=24 September 2007|publisher=}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|2042607}}

[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian political films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]
[[Category:Films scored by Srikanth Deva]]

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