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{{Short description|2012 Indian film by Rajkrishna}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Oru Nadigaiyin Vaakkumoolam poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| writer = Rajkrishna
| starring = [[Sonia Agarwal]]
| director = Rajkrishna
| producer = [[Punnagai Poo Gheetha]]
| music = Aathish
| cinematography = Naga Krishnan
| studio = SG Films Pvt Ltd
| editing = B. S. Vasu
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|02|10}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Oru Nadigaiyin Vaakkumoolam''''' ({{translation|Confessions of an Actress}}) is a 2012 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, written and directed by Rajkrishna. The film stars [[Sonia Agarwal]], with Kabil, Sathan, [[Urmila Unni]], [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Rajkapoor]], [[Kovai Sarala]], and [[Ganja Karuppu]] in supporting roles. The music for the film was composed by Aathish with cinematography by Naga Krishnan and editing by B. S. Vasu. The film was released on 10 February 2012.

== Plot ==
The movie begins with a scribe named Rita searching for the actress Anjali. Anjali had disappeared after being a famous heroine. All searches to find this actress ended up as a failure. After the journalist finds her after many feats of hardships, there is a flashback revealing Anjali's travails. Being the daughter of a poor folk artiste named Devarajulu, her mother has been going to places to make her daughter an actress and reached Kodambakkam. After painfully climbing stairs and being rejected in every studio in Kodambakkam and [[Vadapalani]], they agree on casting couch unhappily. However, Anjali gets her heroine role and makes it her debut after a compromise. This leads to a greed change in her mother to get money and leaves her in debt. After being humiliated by people in the industry exploiting her, she takes one of the film's extreme decisions. Thus, her discussions and other events lead up to the climax of the movie.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Sonia Agarwal]] as Anjali
* [[Urmila Unni]] as Girija
* [[Kovai Sarala]] as Papi
* [[Ganja Karuppu]] as Arokkiyasamy
* [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]] as Director
* Sathan
* Kabil
* [[Nicole (actress)|Nicole]]
* [[Manobala]]
* [[Jyothi Lakshmi]]
* [[Robert (choreographer)|Robert]]
* Yogi Devaraj as Devarajulu
* Sukran as Datchinamurthy
* Boys Rajan as SG TV Channel MD
* Veyil Venkatesan
* Velmurugan
* [[Muthukaalai]]
* [[Punnagai Poo Gheetha]] as Rita (cameo appearance)
* Radha Krishnan in a special appearance
* [[Jithan Ramesh]] as himself (special appearance)
* [[Vikraman]] as himself (special appearance)
* [[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]] as himself (special appearance)
* [[Suraj (director)|Suraj]] as himself (special appearance)
{{colend}}

==Production==
[[Sonia Agarwal]] accepted to work on the film after relating to script, stating that she also went through certain hardships during her time as an actress and lost weight to star in the film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raghavan |first=Nikhil |date=6 August 2011 |title=Itsy Bitsy |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/itsy-bitsy/article2330555.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220144640/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/itsy-bitsy/article2330555.ece |archive-date=20 December 2021 |access-date=3 June 2020 |work=The Hindu |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sonia Agarwal On The Casting Couch - Sonia Agarwal - Oru Nadigaiyin Vaakumoolam - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-12-02/sonia-agarwal-oru-nadigaiyin-vaakumoolam-10-02-12.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603202629/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-12-02/sonia-agarwal-oru-nadigaiyin-vaakumoolam-10-02-12.html |archive-date=3 June 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=www.behindwoods.com}}</ref> The actress however clarified to the media before release that the film was not based on her life or any other actress's life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supergoodmovies.com |url=http://www.supergoodmovies.com/28283/kollywood/sonai-agarwal-is-in-upset-news-details |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194231/http://www.supergoodmovies.com/28283/kollywood/sonai-agarwal-is-in-upset-news-details |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=www.supergoodmovies.com}}</ref> The success of the Hindi film, ''[[The Dirty Picture]]'' (2011), which was based on the same theme, created extra publicity for the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ONV becomes the new Dirty Picture |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/onv-becomes-the-new-dirty-picture-news-tamil-lmkkbAceacjsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118123518/http://www.sify.com/movies/onv-becomes-the-new-dirty-picture-news-tamil-lmkkbAceacjsi.html |archive-date=18 November 2015 |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> [[Nicole (actress)|Nicole]] was to supposed to shoot for the film for ten days but she stayed for twenty days at the insistentece of the film crew, out of which she only shot for five days.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2011 |title=Nicole hits back |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2011/Nov/01/nicole-hits-back-305885.html |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
Soundtrack was composed by Aatish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oru Nadigayin Vakku Moolam Songs: Oru Nadigayin Vakku Moolam MP3 Tamil Songs by Anandhan Online Free on Gaana.com |url=https://gaana.com/album/oru-nadigayin-vakku-moolam |access-date=3 June 2020 |via=gaana.com}}</ref>
*"Moondram Jenmam" - Anandhan, Anuradha Sriram
*"Vaanavil Idho" - Vinitha
*"Kaalai Sooriyan" - Ranjith
*"Cinema Cinema" - Mano

==Reception==
A critic from ''[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]'' noted "the narrative style is outdated, the proceedings are disjointed and the screenplay lacks any coherence or logic" and added "a theme that had the potential to be an engrossing tale turns out to be a dull fare with diluted and archaic approach".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rajkrishna's ham-handed approach mars 'Oru Nadigayin Vakkumoolam ' |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rajkrishna-s-ham-handed-approach-mars-oru-nadigayin-vakkumoolam-tamil-movie-review-news-national-mcmpOdagggbsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118210802/http://www.sify.com/movies/rajkrishna-s-ham-handed-approach-mars-oru-nadigayin-vakkumoolam-tamil-movie-review-news-national-mcmpOdagggbsi.html |archive-date=18 November 2015 |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=[[Sify]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Sify]]'' noted that "a premise that has to be insightful, dark and disturbing falls flat with an amateurish direction, jarring music and background score, wrong supporting cast, tacky production values and an old fashioned presentation".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oru Nadigayin Vakkumoolam |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/oru-nadigayin-vakkumoolam--review-tamil-pcmapciahheaf.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718210849/http://www.sify.com/movies/oru-nadigayin-vakkumoolam--review-tamil-pcmapciahheaf.html |archive-date=18 July 2018 |access-date=3 June 2020 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> Likewise, ''[[The Hindu]]'' also gave the film a negative review, concluding the "script is weak and the dialogues repetitive".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venkateswaran |first=Anand |date=11 February 2012 |title=Oru Nadigaiyin Vaakkumoolam: Dull confession |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/oru-nadigaiyin-vaakkumoolam-dull-confession/article2882523.ece |access-date=3 June 2020 |work=The Hindu}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title}}

[[Category:2012 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2012 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:2012 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films about actors]]
[[Category:Films about filmmaking]]
[[Category:Films about women in India]]
[[Category:Indian feminist films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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