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{{short description|2019 Indian Tamil-language action drama film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date = August 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Namma Veetu Pillai.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Pandiraj]]
| writer = Pandiraj
| producer = [[Kalanithi Maran]]
| starring = [[Sivakarthikeyan]]<br />[[Aishwarya Rajesh]]<br />[[Anu Emmanuel]]
| cinematography = [[Nirav Shah]]
| editing = [[Ruben (film editor)|Ruben]]
| music = [[D. Imman]]
| studio = [[Sun Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Red Giant Movies]]
| released = {{Film date|2019|09|27|df=y}}
| runtime = 152 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 
| gross = {{estimation}} {{INR}}63 crore<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-03 |title=Siva Karthikeyan’s Box Office journey – Rs 885 Crore so far, Amaran soars, Madharasi Next! |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/siva-karthikeyans-box-office-journey-rs-885-crore-so-far-amaran-soars-madharasi-next-1375537 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=PINKVILLA |language=en}}</ref>
}}
'''''Namma Veettu Pillai''''' ({{translation|The child of our house}}) is a 2019 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action comedy film|action comedy]] [[Drama (film and television)|film]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 November 2019 |title='Namma Veettu Pillai' becomes Sivakarthikeyan highest-grossing film in Tamil Nadu |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/namma-veettu-pillai-becomes-sivakarthikeyan-highest-grossing-film-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/71889323.cms |access-date=4 November 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NAMMA VEETTU PILLAI |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/namma-veettu-pillai-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mdiynjm |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref> written and directed by [[Pandiraj]] and produced by [[Kalanithi Maran]] under the banner [[Sun Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2019 |title=The First Look of Sivakarthikeyan, Pandiraj's New Film Namma Veettu Pillai is Out, See Here |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-first-look-of-sivakarthikeyan-pandirajs-new-film-namma-veettu-pillai-is-out-see-here-2267929.html |access-date=29 August 2019 |website=[[News18]]}}</ref> The film stars [[Sivakarthikeyan]] and [[Aishwarya Rajesh]], with a supporting cast including [[Anu Emmanuel]], [[Samuthirakani]], [[Soori (actor)|Soori]], [[Bharathiraja]], and [[Natty Subramaniam]]. The movie marks the third collaboration between Pandiraj and Sivakarthikeyan after ''[[Marina (2012 film)|Marina]]'' and ''[[Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2019 |title=Sivakarthikeyan's film with Pandiraj titled 'Namma Veettu Pillai' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sivakarthikeyans-film-with-pandiraj-titled-namma-veettu-pillai/articleshow/70640046.cms |access-date=29 August 2019 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The music for the film is scored by [[D. Imman]], while cinematography and editing are handled by [[Nirav Shah]] and [[Ruben (film editor)|Ruben]]. The film was released on 27 September 2019.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1174962285346844672 |user=sunpictures |title=#NammaVeettuPillai releasing Worldwide September 27th! |date=20 September 2019}}</ref> The film received a positive response from the audience and became a successful venture at the box office.

==Plot==
Arumpon is a village youth from [[Tirupathur, Sivaganga|Tirupathur]] who has a beloved step-sister Thulasi. Arumpon holds a [[Ritu Kala Samskaram|puberty showering function]] for his sister despite hesitance from his maternal uncles, who disregard Thulasi for unknown reasons. Even his paternal uncles disregard Arumpon's family and consider Thulasi as a curse on their family. The only people who care for Arumpon's family are his grandfather, Arunmozhivarman, and his cousin, Paramu. Arumpon develops an affection with his maternal cousin Maangani, despite her father's disapproval. Arumpon actively looks for an alliance with his sister because his maternal uncle disapproves of Thulasi being married to their sons. Despite Arumpon finding a prospective groom for his sister, his paternal uncle foils it, and Thulasi's engagement is called off. Arumpon and Paramu have a running feud with Ayyanar, a ruffian and his uncle since they closed Ayyanar's liquor shop and stopped them from selling agricultural land via a court order. So, Ayyanar decides to marry Thulasi for retribution. Arumpon reluctantly agrees to the marriage on his mother's and Thulasi's insistence. It is revealed that Thulasi is Arumpon's adopted sister who was the daughter of Dharma, a close friend of Arumpon's late father Chandrabose, who adopted Thulasi after Dharma's death. Chandrabose later got killed after failing to save Esakki, Thulasi's biological brother, from getting electrocuted due to a faulty wire caused by Chandrabose's enemies.

Ayyanar tries to insult Arumpon at every turn, but Arumpon takes it with a light heart since he is his brother-in-law. Thulasi was falsely arrested for Ayyanar's illegal liquor hoarding. When confronted by Thulasi, Ayyanar hits her. Arumpon mercilessly thrashes Ayyanar for retribution. Following this incident, Ayyanar's close friend Paari comes with men to seek him and go after Arumpon for retribution. In a heated exchange, Paari insults Ayyanar for getting beaten up by his brother-in-law and in a drunken stupor, Ayyanar kills Paari accidentally. After realising what has transpired, Paari's men attempt to kill Ayyanar. Ayyanar escapes from them but is not closely trailed by men out for blood. No one comes for Ayyanar's rescue even his maternal uncle, but Arumpon and Thulasi manage to rescue him and hand him over to the police. Enraged by this, they seek to kill Arumpon too. To end this problem without bloodshed, Arumpon, his mother, and his sister surrender to the [[Panchayati raj|panchayat]] of Paari's village. He explains that he knows the suffering of growing up without a father and wants to end this without further loss of life. Even though he can beat up every goon there and escape, he does not wish to do so. He offers to marry Paari's widowed wife, but she compliments Arumpon's good nature and not wanting to make Thulasi a widow agrees to end this peacefully.

During the film's [[closing credits]], it is intended that Arumpon, Thulasi, and his mother have reconciled with the rest of the extended family. Ayyanar has been released on parole to attend Thulasi's [[Baby shower|seemantham]] (Baby shower) and it is revealed that he made peace with Arumpon. The film ends comically with Arumpon breaking the fourth wall mimicking his grandfather.

== Cast ==
The cast includes:<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 September 2019 |title=Namma Veetu Pillai movie review: Sivakarthikeyan shines in feel-good entertainer |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/290919/namma-veetu-pillai-movie-review-sivakarthikeyan-shines-in-feel-good-e.html}}</ref>
{{cast listing|
* [[Sivakarthikeyan]] as Arumpon
** Dhashwanth as Young Arumpon
* [[Aishwarya Rajesh]] as Thulasi, Arumpon's adopted sister
** Sheeshrika as Young Thulasi
* [[Anu Emmanuel]] as Maangani Shivashakthi, Arumpon's cousin & love interest
* [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] as Paramu, Arumpon's cousin
* [[Natty Subramaniam]] as Ayyanar, Thulasi's husband
* [[Samuthirakani]] as Chandrabose, Arumpon's father
* [[Bharathiraja]] as Arunmozhivarman, Chandrabose's father and Arumpon's grandfather
* [[Archana (actress)|Archana]] as Thenmozhi Chandrabose, Arumpon's mother
* [[R. K. Suresh]] as Dharmar, Thulasi's father
* [[Shanmugarajan]] as Maangani's father
* [[Sheela Rajkumar]] as Thulasi's mother
* [[Aadukalam Naren]] as Ayyanar's maternal uncle
* Vazhakku En Muthuraman as Arumpon's maternal uncle
* [[Vela Ramamoorthy]] as Maniyakkarar, Arumpon's eldest paternal uncle
* [[Subbu Panchu]] as Kani, Arumpon's youngest paternal uncle
* [[Naadodigal Gopal]] as Arumpon's paternal uncle
* [[Rama (actress)|Rama]] as Maniyakkarar's wife
* Aadhira Pandilakshmi as Arumpon's paternal aunt
* Vasumitra as Paari
* [[Arundhati (actress)|Arundhati]] as Paari's wife
* [[K. P. Jagan]] as Paari's brother-in-law
* [[Sangili Murugan]] as Sangili
* [[Myna Nandhini]] as Kottravai
* [[Thamizh (actor)|Thamizh]] as Kottravai's husband
* Karate Venkatesan
* [[Rajith Menon]]
* Master Anbukarasu as Mundhirikottai, Paramu’s son
* [[Yogi Babu]] as Ayyanar's lawyer
* [[TSR Srinivasan]] as Arunmozhivarman's friend
* [[Pandiraj]] in a cameo appearance
}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Namma Veettu Pillai
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[D. Imman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1 September 2019
| recorded = 2019
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 52:20
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label = [[Sun Pictures]]<br>[[Divo (record label)|Divo]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2021 |title=Namma Veettu Pillai - Divo |url=https://avdigital.in/products/namma-veettu-pillai?_pos=2&_sid=7212f881f&_ss=r |access-date=7 August 2021 |publisher=AVDigital}}</ref>
| producer = [[D. Imman]]
| prev_title = [[Bakrid (film)|Bakrid]]
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = [[Seeru]]
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|YFG9niYNizc|Audio Jukebox}}}}
{{Singles
| name = Namma Veettu Pillai
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Yenga Annan
| single1date = 23 August 2019
| single2 = Mailaanji
| single2date = 28 August 2019
| single3 = Yenakkaagave Poranthavaley
| single3date = 8 October 2019 (After the film's release)
}}
}}

The music for the film was composed by [[D. Imman]], with lyrics by [[Yugabharathi]], [[Vignesh Shivan]], [[Arunraja Kamaraj]], GKB and actor [[Sivakarthikeyan]]. This is Imman's fifth and final collaboration with Sivakarthikeyan and his second collaboration with director Pandiraj.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1125349179172110336 |user=sunpictures |title=.@immancomposer will be composing the music for #SK16BySunPictures |date=6 May 2019}}</ref>

The first single, "Yenga Annan" was released on 23 August 2019 with lyrics by Vignesh Shivan and sung by [[Nakash Aziz]] and [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]. The second single "Mailaanji" was released on 28 August 2019 with lyrics by Yugabharathi and sung by [[Shreya Ghoshal]] and [[Pradeep Kumar (musician)|Pradeep Kumar]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1164744628953743360 |user=immancomposer |title=#YengaAnnan #NVPFirstSingle today at 11  am IST! A jolly Brother-Sister relationship song |date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1166636478685859840 |user=immancomposer |title=#MailaanjiFromToday 6 pm IST! Check out for a romantic melody sung by the amazing #PradeepKumar and @shreyaghoshal |date=28 August 2019}}</ref>

The full soundtrack was released on 1 September 2019, with Sivakarthikeyan, composer Imman, director Pandiraj and other cast and crew in attendance.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1170227637190447106 |user=sunpictures |title=#NammaVeettuPillai songs now available on these music streaming apps |date=7 September 2019}}</ref> The launch event was telecast on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], on 8 September 2019. After the film's release, an additional song from the film titled "Yenakkaagave Poranthavaley" which is sung by Sathyaprakash and written by Yugabharathi was released on 8 October 2019 through all digital streaming platforms.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1180113432407728131 |user=immancomposer |title=#nammaveettupillai 's Additional Audio track #YenakkaagavePoranthavaley will be launched officially on all digital platforms coming 8th October, Tuesday! Stay Glued |date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| headline = Track listing
| total_length = 52:20
| title1 = Yenga Annan
| extra1 = [[Nakash Aziz]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| lyrics1 = [[Vignesh Shivan]]
| length1 = 4:27
| title2 = Mailaanji
| extra2 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Pradeep Kumar (musician)|Pradeep Kumar]]
| lyrics2 = [[Yugabharathi]]
| length2 = 4:03
| title3 = Unkoodave Porakkanum
| extra3 = [[Sid Sriram]]
| lyrics3 = GKB
| length3 = 4:20
| title4 = Jigiri Dosthu
| extra4 = Jayamoorthy, Anthakudi Ilayaraja
| lyrics4 = [[Arunraja Kamaraj]]
| length4 = 5:28
| title5 = Unkoodave Porakkanum
| extra5 = [[Shashaa Tirupati]]
| lyrics5 = GKB
| length5 = 4:20
| title6 = Gaandakannazhagi
| extra6 = [[Anirudh Ravichander]], [[Neeti Mohan]]
| lyrics6 = [[Sivakarthikeyan]]
| length6 = 4:03
| title7 = Namma Veettu Pillai
| extra7 = [[D. Imman]]
| lyrics7 = Arunraja Kamaraj
| length7 = 2:54
| title8 = Unkoodave Porakkanum
| extra8 = Sruthi Balamurali
| lyrics8 = [[Instrumental]]
| length8 = 4:20
| title13 = Yenakkaagave Poranthavaley
| extra13 = Sathyaprakash
| lyrics13 = Yugabharathi
| length13 = 2:01
| all_writing =
| title9 = Yenga Annan
| length9 = 4:27
| title10 = Mailaanji
| length10 = 4:03
| lyrics9 =
| extra9 =
| note10 = Karaoke
| note3 = Brother's Version
| note5 = Sister's Version
| note7 = Theme Song
| note8 = Instrumental – Violin
| title11 = Unkoodave Porakkanum
| title12 = Gaandakannazhagi
| note9 = Karaoke
| note11 = Karaoke
| note12 = Karaoke
| note13 = Additional Track
| length11 = 4:20
| length12 = 4:03
}}

== Release ==
The film was released worldwide on 27 September 2019.

=== Reception ===
[[The Times of India]] rated 3 out of 5, stating that "As a family drama, Namma Veettu Pillai is perfectly OK even though it offers us nothing new in terms of story or treatment."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namma Veettu Pillai Movie Review {3/5}: Sivakarthikeyan starrer is an okayish family drama |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/namma-veetu-pillai/amp_movie_review/71324988.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927192230/https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/namma-veetu-pillai/amp_movie_review/71324988.cms |archive-date=27 September 2019 |access-date=27 September 2019 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Sify rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, viewing that "''Namma Veettu Pillai'' is a well-made rural family drama which is highly recommended!"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: Namma Veettu Pillai review: Sivakarthikeyan is back in form (2019) |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/namma-veettu-pillai-review-sivakarthikeyan-is-back-in-form-review-tamil-tj1nrIjcacjjc.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929022035/https://www.sify.com/movies/namma-veettu-pillai-review-sivakarthikeyan-is-back-in-form-review-tamil-tj1nrIjcacjjc.html |archive-date=29 September 2019 |access-date=5 October 2019 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

[[The Indian Express]] rated the film 3 out of 5, and summarised that "Barring a few missteps, this Sivakarthikeyan-starrer is a definite crowd-pleaser."<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2019 |title=Namma Veettu Pillai movie review: A largely satisfying rural family drama |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/namma-veettu-pillai-movie-review-rating-6034709/ |access-date=5 October 2019 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref>

[[India Today]] rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and summarised that "Director Pandiraj's Namma Veetu Pillai starring Sivakarthikeyan is reminiscent of the filmmaker's previous film Kadaikutty Singam. However, the emotional connection seems to be missing in Namma Veetu Pillai."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Janani K. |date=September 27, 2019 |title=Namma Veetu Pillai Movie Review: Sivakarthikeyan is mass hero in a mish-mash of Pandiraj films |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/namma-veetu-pillai-movie-review-sivakarthikeyan-is-mass-hero-in-a-mish-mash-of-pandiraj-films-1603874-2019-09-27 |access-date=5 October 2019 |magazine=India Today}}</ref>

[[Baradwaj Rangan]] of Film Companion South wrote " With better writing throughout, the climax would have made you weep. But, as empty emotional entertainers go, Namma Veettu Pillai isn't a total loss".<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2019 |title=Namma Veettu Pillai Movie Review: Sivakarthikeyan And Aishwarya Rajesh's Action-Melodrama Isn't Great But Isn't Bad Either |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/namma-veettu-pillai-review-sivakarthikeyan-pandiraj-aishwarya-rajesh-anu-emmanuel |website=FilmCompanion.}}</ref>

== Box office ==
The film collected {{INRConvert|50|c|lk=off|year=2015|to=USD|0|mode=historical}} in [[Tamil Nadu]] on 5 weeks.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 November 2019 |title=Namma Veettu Pillai earns Rs 60 crore in TN alone says trade analyst |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/box-office/namma-veettu-pillai-earns-rs-60-crore-in-tn-alone-says-trade-analyst/articleshow/71886921.cms |access-date=2020-07-27 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
The song "Jigiri Dosthu" inspired the title of a [[Jigiri Dosthu|2023 film]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajendran |first=Gopinath |date=10 March 2020 |title=Bigg Boss Tamil famed Shariq Hassan to be seen next in 'Jigiri Dosthu' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2020/mar/10/bigg-boss-tamil-famed-shariq-hassan-to-be-seen-next-in-jigiri-dosthu-2114565.html |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Films scored by D. Imman]]
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