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{{Infobox film
| name = Pennin Manathai Thottu
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Ezhil]]
| producer = M.Kaja Mydeen
| writer = Ezhil V. Prabhakaran (dialogues)
| starring = [[Prabhu Deva]] [[Jaya Seal]]
| music = [[S. A. Rajkumar]]
| editing = V. Jai Shankar
| cinematography = [[V. Manikandan]]
| studio = [[Roja Combines]]
| released = 7 July 2000
| runtime = 165 minutes
| language = Tamil
| country = India
}}
'''''Pennin Manathai Thottu''''' ({{trans|Touching the heart of girl}}) is a 2000 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language romantic drama film written and directed by [[Ezhil]]. The film features [[Prabhu Deva]] and [[Jaya Seal]] in the lead roles, with [[Sarathkumar]] in a guest appearance. Produced by Kaja Mydeen, the film was released on 7 July 2000 to positive reviews and commercial success at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilstar.info/reviews/pennin/|title=Movie: Pennin Manathai Thottu|access-date=24 March 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329021126/http://www.tamilstar.info/reviews/pennin/|archive-date=29 March 2009}}</ref>

==Plot==
Sunil (Prabhu Deva) is one of the leading heart surgeons in the country. He lives with Ganpat (Mouli), who is also a doctor and is loved by everyone in the family. Sunitha (Jaya Seal) arrives with a kid who has a heart problem to the hospital. But she is shocked seeing Sunil there and lashes out when she learns he is the doctor who is about to treat the kid.

The movie goes for a flashback. Sunil's brother Balaram (Sarathkumar) is a thug but does not want his brother to follow his footsteps, therefore sends him away to study. Sunitha and Sunil are classmates in a medical college and they both fall in love. Sunil expresses his wish of marrying Sunitha to Bala, for which he accepts. Meanwhile, Sunitha goes back to her village for her sister's child's ear piercing ceremony. Her sister's husband is money-minded and tries to get Sunitha married to a rich man in return for money. Sunitha is not interested in this alliance as she is in love with Sunil and calls him, asking him to come and rescue her, but he doesn't come. Sunitha's sister commits suicide to stop the marriage. Sunitha is angered on Sunil as he didn't come to save her, which also resulted in her sister's death. Sunitha takes her sister's child and leaves.

Sunil tries to meet Sunitha and convey the reason for not coming to save her, but Sunitha is not ready to listen. Sunil is worried and decides to leave to Canada, accepting a job offer there. Finally, Sunitha understands the truth: her sister's husband had killed Bala on the day of the marriage; therefore, Sunil wasn't able to come on time to stop the wedding. Sunitha finds out and tries to find and stop Sunil, who is going to Canada. In the end, she finds him and they reunite.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Prabhu Deva]] as Sunil
* [[Jaya Seal]] as Sunitha (Voice dubbed by Jayageetha)
* [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Kandhasamy
* [[Dhamu]] as Dhamu
* [[Vaiyapuri]] as Mute servant
* [[Aishwarya (actress)|Aishwarya]] as Sunitha's sister
* [[Kaveri (actress)|Kaveri]] as Meena
* [[T. S. B. K. Moulee|Moulee]] as Ganapathy
* [[S. Rajasekar]] as Doctor Shyam
* [[Kaka Radhakrishnan]] as Ganapathy's father
* [[N. Mathrubootham]] as Professor Das (Lord Labakkudaas)
* [[Ramji (actor)|Ramji]] as Ramji
* [[Madhan Bob]] as Madhan
* Chaplin Balu as Thozhar Arivumathi
* [[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] as Rowdy
* [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Police inspector
* [[Mahanadi Shankar]] as Rowdy
* [[S. N. Lakshmi]] as Ganapathy's mother
* [[Shanthi Williams]] as Mythili
* Jayapriya
* [[Hemanth Ravan]] as Sunitha's brother-in-law
* [[Vasu Vikram]] as Pandi
* Sukran as Student
* Kottachi as Kottangachi
* MLA Thangaraj as MLA Ekambaram, Kandhasamy's father
* [[Crane Manohar]] as Pickpocket
* Bava Lakshmanan as Pickpocket
* [[Mayilsamy]] as Pickpocket
* [[Krishnamoorthy (actor)|Krishnamoorthy]] as Pickpocket
* Vijay Ganesh as Pickpocket
* Sakthivel as Sakthivel
* [[Sampath Ram]] as Henchman
* [[Sridhar (choreographer)|Sridhar]] as Dancer
* [[Kanal Kannan]] as Left
* [[Karu Pazhaniappan]] as Man giving change (uncredited role)
* [[Sarathkumar]] as Balaram (guest appearance)
* [[Raju Sundaram]] in a special appearance
{{colend}}

==Production==
After the success of ''[[Thulladha Manamum Thullum]]'', [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] and Ezhil immediately decided to follow up this film with another collaboration, ''Oru Pennin Manathai Thottu'', with either [[Isha Koppikar]] or [[Roja (film)|Roja]] as the lead actress.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010813213540/http://home.bip.net/jeyam/1.htm</ref> However soon after pre-production, Vijay was replaced by Prabhu Deva.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/jul/26ss.htm|title=For a song and dance|work=Rediff.com|date=1999-07-26|access-date=2012-08-29}}</ref> Newcomer Jaya Seal was selected after the producers had spotted her in a commercial for Sunrise Coffee.

Sarathkumar chose to be a part of the film after two of his other films became suddenly postponed. He had cut his hair short for ''[[Maayi]]'' (2000), and as the other films required different hairstyles, the producers had pushed back the dates. To make most of the lost time, Sarathkumar agreed to portray an extended guest role in the film.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000929090353/http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/aug2303.asp</ref>

The shooting for the film was held at locations in Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. A song was shot on Prabhu Deva and his brother [[Raju Sundaram]] with a set resembling a market place was erected, and about 40 dancers participated in the dance with the duo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/location/pennin.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010314215046/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/pennin.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 March 2001 |date=2001-03-14 |access-date=2012-08-29 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack is composed by [[S. A. Rajkumar]]. There are a total of 6 Tracks in this film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pennin-manathai-thottu-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1394178131|title=Pennin Manathai Thottu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by S. A. Rajkumar|via=music.apple.com}}</ref>

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| label = Star Music [[Sa Re Ga Ma]] Bayshore
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{{tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Kannukkulle 
| extra1 = [[Unni Menon]]
| lyrics1 = Muthu Vijayan
| length1 = 4:44
| title2 = Udhadukkum
| extra2 = [[Devan Ekambaram|Devan]], Srividya, [[Febi Mani]]
| lyrics2 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length2 = 4:37
| title3 = Nan Salt Kotta (Salt Cotaur is a locality in Chennai)
| extra3 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], Krishnaraj
| lyrics3 = [[S. A. Rajkumar]]
| length3 = 3:56
| title4 = Kalloori Vaanil
| extra4 = Devan, [[Anuradha Sriram]], Deepika
| lyrics4 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| length4 = 4:45
| title5 = Thiyagarajarin
| extra5 = [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Nithyasree Mahadevan]], [[S. A. Rajkumar]], [[Febi Mani]]
| lyrics5 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| length5 = 4:56
| title6 = Kannukkulle Unnai
| extra6 = [[P. Unnikrishnan]]
| lyrics6 = Muthu Vijayan
| length6 = 4:45
}}

==Release==
A critic from [[Rediff]].com wrote "the movie has its moments, so I wouldn't say this is a must-avoid" and praised the performances of [[Prabhu Deva]] and [[Sarathkumar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.rediff.com/movies/2000/jul/18penn.htm|title=rediff.com, Movies: The Pennin Manadhai Thottu review|website=m.rediff.com}}</ref> Balaji B wrote: "the intention of the director may have been to ratchet up the tension, it ends up feeling like an unnecessary extension of an already threadbare movie".<ref>{{cite web|author=Balaji Balasubramaniam |url=http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/2000/pmthottu.html|title=Balaji's Tamil Movie Reviews |publisher=Bbthots.com |date= |access-date=2012-08-29}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Kalluri Vaanil" danced by [[Prabhu Deva|Prabhu Deva Sundaram]] became widely known on the internet in the form of a [[soramimi]] spoof and [[viral video]], following its subtitling as "Benny Lava" by [[YouTube]] user Mike Sutton (Buffalax) and "Rivaldo sai desse lago" (for Brazilian viewers). The name '''Benny Lava''' comes from Sutton's [[homophonic translation]] of the Tamil lead line "''Kalluri vaanil kaayndha nilaavo''?" as "''My loony bun is fine, Benny Lava!''" (original meaning: "The moon (metaphor for 'my love') that scorched the college campus"). This video led other YouTube users to refer to Prabhu Deva as "Benny Lava".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/11/buffalax |title=Buffalax Mines Twisted Translations for YouTube Yuks |last=Phan |first=Monty |date=2007-11-06 |work=(Entertainment : The Web) |publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired Magazine]] |access-date=2008-12-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204045619/http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/11/buffalax |archive-date=4 December 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>

Reactions to the "Kalluri Vaanil" soramimi were mixed. Some felt that the video was done in "good fun" while others worried that their culture was being mocked. The video was described by the [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] as a "Catchy melody, a battalion of back-up dancers, colourful costumes, impressive vocal gymnastics, jaw-dropping choreography this music video has it all. And if those aren't enough, the person who uploaded this vid also provided subtitles so you can sing along. They aren't the real lyrics though, but just what they sound in English, resulting in a lot of nonsense."<ref>{{cite news|title=Philippine Daily Inquirer: Indian invasion on YouTube |last=Nino Mark M. Sablan, 2bU! Correspondent|date=2008-05-14|work=Section: Lifestyle, Page: 2|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|id= ([[Newsbank]] Record Number: WDPI66164804)}}</ref> The music video was featured on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' on 4 December 2008 and appeared on the [[heavy metal music|Heavy Metal]] documentary ''[[Global Metal]]''. As of at least 1 April 2011, the original video has been removed because of the disabling of Buffalax's YouTube account. However, several other users have uploaded copies of the original video on their YouTube accounts.<ref>(Video) ''[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/212033/december-04-2008/pakistani-threat---bob-graham The Colbert Report]'', Comedy Central, 4 December 2008.</ref> In 2014, British-American [[hip-hop]] group [[Swet Shop Boys]] sampled the original song for their debut single, called "Benny Lava."<ref>Liu, Nelson (August 23, 2014). "Swet Shop Boys "Swet Shop" EP and "Batalvi" Video". Mass Appeal. Retrieved May 27, 2017</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian films]]
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[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar]]
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[[Category:Films shot in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ezhil]]
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Rahuljogi: minor expand formatting per sources after review

imported>Kugan1997 at 20:57, 25 August 2021