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{{short description|2007 film by Viswas Sundar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Ninaithale.jpg
| director = Viswas Sundar
| writer = [[Bharathan (Tamil director)|Bharathan]] (dialogues)
| story = [[Sekhar Kammula]]
| producer = Viswas Sundar
| starring = [[Suchindra]]<br />[[Nargis Bagheri]]<br />[[Santhoshi]]
| cinematography = Thavasi Raj <br />[[Madhi (cinematographer)|Madhi]]
| music = [[Vijay Antony]]
| studio = Viswas Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|05|11}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Ninaithaley''''' ({{translation|Memories}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romance film]] starring [[Suchindra]] and [[Nargis Bagheri]]. It is a remake of the 2004 Telugu film ''[[Anand (2004 film)|Anand]]''. It is Suchindra's first Tamil film as the hero. The film is directed by Viswas Sundar who is also the producer for the films ''[[Adhu]]'' and [[Chanakya (2005 film)|''Chanakya'']].

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=April 2025}}
The story opens with Rupa's parents being killed in a car accident by a drunken driver. She is orphaned, but friends and neighbours support her, and she gets a good job. She falls in love with Rahul, her colleague, and she accepts to marry him. On the other side, there is Anand, who has returned from the United States and is forced to attend a family friend's wedding. On the wedding day, he meets the bride Rupa, and it is love at first sight for him, but soon, the wedding is called off because of some arguments between Rupa and her future mother-in-law. Anand is elated because the marriage is cancelled. He talks to Rupa and admires her for her boldness. He completely falls in love with her. To win her love, he, among other things, shifts to a house nearer to hers, develops a friendship with her and she starts to love him. But she discovers that Anand's father murdered her parents. The rest of the story is about whether the lovers will be united.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Suchindra]] as Anand
* [[Nargis Bagheri|Nargis]] as Rupa
* [[Santhoshi]] as Rupa's friend
* [[Five Star Krishna|Krishna]] as Narayanan
* Sarfraaz as Rahul
* [[Sriranjani (Tamil actress)|Sriranjani]] as Anand's mother
* [[Velu Prabhakaran]] as Anand's father
* [[Gothandaraman|Pei Krishnan]] as Henchman (uncredited)
}}

== Production ==
The movie was earlier entitled ''Sweet''. However, Sundar changed the title because of the announcement of the [[Tamil Nadu]] Government that Tamil films with Tamil names will be exempted from entertainment tax. {{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} The shooting of the song "Naanthaanaa Naanthaanaa" took place in [[Golkonda]], capital and fortress city of the [[Qutb Shahi]] kingdom, near [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]]. Another important scene was shot in Kushaldass Garden in Chennai.

== Soundtrack ==
Soundtrack was composed by [[Vijay Antony]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ninaithaley (2007) |url=https://mio.to/album/Ninaithaley+%282007%29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203014230/http://mio.to/album/Ninaithaley+(2007) |archive-date=3 December 2015 |website=MusicIndiaOnline |access-date=17 April 2019 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| "Anandham Anandham" || Roopa, [[Sangeetha Rajeshwaran]], Vinaya ||
|-
| "Dingi Dingi" || Pavithra, Vinaya || rowspan=2|Annamalai
|-
| "En Peyar Ennakaye" || Vinaya
|-
| "Ilaiyaraaja A. R. Rahman" || [[Naresh Iyer]], Vinaya || [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]
|-
| "Kaakkai Siraginiley" || Roopa, [[Sangeetha Rajeshwaran]], Vinaya || [[Subramania Bharati|Bharathiyar]]
|-
| "Konji Konji" || Vinaya || [[P. Vijay]]
|-
| "Naanthana Naanthana" || [[Rahul Nambiar]], [[Sadhana Sargam]] || Vijay Sagar
|-
| "Thanneer Pookkale" || [[Sangeetha Rajeshwaran]] || [[Palani Bharathi]]
|}

== Critical reception ==
''Cinesouth'' appreciated almost every aspect of the film, including the direction, writing, cinematography and cast performances.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ninaithale |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/ninaithale.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519081316/http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/ninaithale.shtml |archive-date=19 May 2007 |website=Cinesouth |access-date=1 February 2012 }}</ref> ''Chennai Vision'' wrote "Anand, the original version of Ninaithale in Telugu came with the caption 'Oka manchi coffee lanti cinema' (a film as fresh as a nice coffee). In Tamil too, producer turned director Viswas Sundar has followed it faithfully and retained the freshness, not just in the screenplay or narration, but in everything including refreshing takes and sensitive crafting".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Love beats – Ninathale |url=http://www.chennaivision.com/cinevision/movie_reviews/ninaithale.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071003044311/http://www.chennaivision.com/cinevision/movie_reviews/ninaithale.asp |archive-date=3 October 2007 |access-date=4 October 2007 |website=Chennai Vision}}</ref> Hema Vijay of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' wrote "Thought the film suffers from a weak story line, the setting and the characters are contemporary".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vijay |first=Hema |date=14 May 2007 |title=Ninaithale suffers from a weak story |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/may/14ssnina.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115094923/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/may/14ssnina.htm |archive-date=15 January 2022 |access-date=28 July 2020 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>

Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "A soft, sweet love-story, sans violence, overt sex or double entendres, 'Ninaithaley...' is a clean, wholesome, family entertainer".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=16 May 2007 |title=Ninaithaley |url=http://chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2007/05ninaithaley.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011072145/http://chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2007/05ninaithaley.asp |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> Lajjavathi of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' praised the acting of lead pair and other cast, cinematography, music, dialogues and direction.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=லஜ்ஜாவதி |date=3 June 2007 |title=நினைத்தாலே... |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-06-03/page/78/mode/2up |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240502165836/https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-06-03/page/78/mode/2up |archive-date=2 May 2024 |access-date=2 May 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=79 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote, "Madhi's camera work is noteworthy while Lenin's editing is a plus point. Bharathan's dialogue is crisp and to the point. It is a love story with a difference".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=25 May 2007 |title=Opening on a fresh note -- Ninaithaley |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/05/25/stories/2007052550900200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006225922/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/05/25/stories/2007052550900200.htm |archive-date=6 October 2007 |access-date=28 April 2025 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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*{{Rotten Tomatoes}}

[[Category:2007 Indian films]]
[[Category:2007 romance films]]
[[Category:2007 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vijay Antony]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films]]
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