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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven | | name = Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven | ||
| image = | | image = Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = DVD cover | ||
| director = Kavi Kalidas | | director = Kavi Kalidas | ||
| writer = Kavi Kalidas | | writer = Kavi Kalidas | ||
| starring = [[Ajith Kumar]]<br>[[Simran (actress)|Simran | | starring = [[Ajith Kumar]]<br />[[Simran (actress)|Simran]] | ||
| producer = [[R. B. Choudary]] | | producer = [[R. B. Choudary]] | ||
| studio = Super Good Films | | studio = [[Super Good Films]] | ||
| cinematography = | | cinematography = Agilan | ||
| music = [[S. A. Rajkumar]] | | music = [[S. A. Rajkumar]] | ||
| editing = V. Jaishankar | | editing = V. Jaishankar | ||
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}} | }} | ||
'''''Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven''''' ({{ | '''''Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven''''' ({{translation|Give Me Yourself, And I'll Give You Myself}}) is a 2000 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[war drama film]] produced by [[R. B. Choudary]] of [[Super Good Films]] and directed by Kavi Kalidas. It stars [[Ajith Kumar]] and [[Simran (actress)|Simran]], with [[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]] in a guest appearance. The film released on 19 May 2000. | ||
==Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Surya | Surya has been brought up in the army training barracks in Wellington (Ooty), ever since his mother handed him over as a baby to the camp brigadier. She tells the officer the reason for her action, but the audience is not allowed to hear it at this point. Surya grows up to be a patriotic youth and the best soldier in his class. He is about to complete his training in three months and leave to the border. He falls in love with Indu, the daughter of a senior army officer, who is visiting Wellington Camp. Indu's parents accept her choice of husband, and the family leaves to Kashmir. Soon after, Indu's father dies in a bomb blast, while her mother loses her life on seeing her husband's body. Not wishing to lose her husband too in war, Indu asks Surya to choose between her and the army. Surya then asks the brigadier to advise him, and the brigadier tells the story of his parents. His father, Bomb Sekhar, was a very violent terrorist who was sentenced to three years of prison and death. His mother was a nun who visited prisoners and chanted Bible verses to them. Slowly, Surya's father's nature begins to change, and to near his death; he is completely reformed. Sensing that there is no way for him to repent for his mistakes by serving the nation, he confides to the nun that if he had a child, he would have made him act the country. That night, the nun thinks about her conversation with Sekhar and subsequently resigns her position with the church. The following day the nun convinces Sekhar that she will bear his child as a way to fulfill his dying wish, and they consummate inside the prison secretly. She leaves him, and the next day, his death sentence is executed. Once Surya is born, she hands him to authorities at the military camp and commits suicide as well. So Surya says, his birth was to serve the nation as a soldier, and if she wants to marry him, she must wait for the next 12 years until his service is over. Indu agrees, and Surya moves with his barrack to the border. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Camp Brigadier | * [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Camp Brigadier | ||
* [[Raghava Lawrence]] as Ganapathi | * [[Raghava Lawrence]] as Ganapathi | ||
* [[Manivannan]] as Subramaniyam | * [[Manivannan]] as Subramaniyam Singh | ||
* [[Charle]] as Surya's friend | * [[Charle]] as Surya's friend | ||
* [[Chinni Jayanth]] as James, | * [[Chinni Jayanth]] as James, Surya's friend | ||
* [[Dhamu]] as Mustafa, | * [[Dhamu]] as Mustafa, Surya's friend | ||
* [[Ramesh Khanna]] as Kannayiram | * [[Ramesh Khanna]] as Kannayiram | ||
* [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Selvam | |||
* [[Kitty (actor)|Kitty]] as Indu's father | * [[Kitty (actor)|Kitty]] as Indu's father | ||
* [[Fathima Babu]] as Indu's mother | * [[Fathima Babu]] as Indu's mother | ||
* Babilona as Prostitute '''Guest Appearances''' | * Babilona as Prostitute | ||
'''Guest Appearances''' | |||
* [[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]] as Bomb Sekar, Surya's father | * [[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]] as Bomb Sekar, Surya's father | ||
* [[Sukanya (actress)| | * [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] as Surya's mother | ||
{{colend}} | {{colend}} | ||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
Noted army general [[Major Ravi]] played a significant role in assisting the team during scenes featuring Ajith in the Indian army.<ref>{{ | Noted army general [[Major Ravi]] played a significant role in assisting the team during scenes featuring Ajith in the Indian army.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=2006-08-04 |title=Straight from a soldier's heart |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/04/stories/2006080400680100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030085025/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/08/04/stories/2006080400680100.htm |archive-date=2007-10-30 |access-date=2012-08-25 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> | ||
== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
The film | The film's score and soundtrack was composed by [[S. A. Rajkumar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=உன்னை கொடு என்னை தருவேன் (2000) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/unnai-kodu-ennai-tharuven-songs-T0000242 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120062835/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/unnai-kodu-ennai-tharuven-songs-T0000242 |archive-date=20 November 2021 |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=[[Raaga.com]] |language=ta}}</ref> | ||
{{tracklist | {{tracklist | ||
| headline | | headline = Track listing | ||
| extra_column = Singer(s) | | extra_column = Singer(s) | ||
| title1 = Ithayathai Kanavillai | |||
| title1 | | extra1 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] | ||
| extra1 | | lyrics1 = Ilayakamban | ||
| lyrics1 | | length1 = 4:48 | ||
| length1 | | title2 = Idduppu Selaikkulla | ||
| title2 | | extra2 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Anuradha Sriram]] | ||
| extra2 | | lyrics2 = [[Pa. Vijay]] | ||
| lyrics2 | | length2 = 5:04 | ||
| length2 | | title3 = Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven | ||
| title3 | | extra3 = [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[K. S. Chithra]] | ||
| extra3 | | lyrics3 = Pa. Vijay | ||
| lyrics3 | | length3 = 4:24 | ||
| length3 | | title4 = Sollu Thalaivaa | ||
| title4 | | extra4 = [[Rajesh Krishnan]] | ||
| extra4 | | lyrics4 = Nandalala | ||
| lyrics4 | | length4 = 5:02 | ||
| length4 | | title5 = Pethava Kanniru | ||
| title5 | | extra5 = [[Unni Menon]] | ||
| extra5 | | lyrics5 = Mayil | ||
| lyrics5 | | length5 = 2:37 | ||
| length5 | | title6 = Sateliteil Yeri | ||
| title6 | | extra6 = P. Unnikrishnan | ||
| extra6 | | lyrics6 = [[Pa. Vijay]] | ||
| lyrics6 | | length6 = 4:44 | ||
| length6 | | total_length = 26:39 <!-- Automatically generated with User:JPxG/TrackSum.js --> | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Reception== | |||
Malathi Rangarajan from ''[[The Hindu]]'' mentioned that "potholes in the screenplay prove irksome" and that "the thin thread of patriotism woven throughout the film, hardly makes an impact".<ref name="hindu2000">{{Cite web |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=2000-06-02 |title=Film Review: Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuvaen |url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/06/02/stories/09020223.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110050500/http://www.hindu.com/2000/06/02/stories/09020223.htm |archive-date=2012-11-10 |access-date=2012-08-25 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> ''Tamil Star Online'' wrote, "In spite of good acting by Ajith, Simran and Parthiban, exotic locales, catchy tunes and impressive choreography [''Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven''] falls way short of expectations. And the blame should fall squarely on the story and script writer Kavi Kalidas".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie: Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven |url=http://www.tamilstar.com/reviews/unnai/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010630052202/http://www.tamilstar.com/reviews/unnai/ |archive-date=30 June 2001 |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=Tamil Star Online}}</ref> The film was commercially unsuccessful, and Ajith mentioned that the shoot coincided with his marriage preparations and thus he found it difficult to invest to the project.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Generous Star |url=http://www.tamilstar.com/topnews/ajith9.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816022624/http://www.tamilstar.com/topnews/ajith9.shtml |archive-date=16 August 2000 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Tamil Star Online}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:2000 directorial debut films]] | ||
[[Category:2000 films]] | [[Category:2000 films]] | ||
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]] | [[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]] | ||
[[Category:2000s war drama films]] | |||
[[Category:Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar]] | |||
[[Category:Films shot in Ooty]] | [[Category:Films shot in Ooty]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Indian Army in films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian war drama films]] | [[Category:Indian war drama films]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Super Good Films films]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:22, 15 December 2022
| Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Kavi Kalidas |
| Produced by | R. B. Choudary |
| Written by | Kavi Kalidas |
| Starring | Ajith Kumar Simran |
| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
| Cinematography | Agilan |
| Edited by | V. Jaishankar |
Production company | |
Release date | 19 May 2000 |
Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven (transl. Give Me Yourself, And I'll Give You Myself) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language war drama film produced by R. B. Choudary of Super Good Films and directed by Kavi Kalidas. It stars Ajith Kumar and Simran, with Parthiban in a guest appearance. The film released on 19 May 2000.
Plot[edit | edit source]
Surya has been brought up in the army training barracks in Wellington (Ooty), ever since his mother handed him over as a baby to the camp brigadier. She tells the officer the reason for her action, but the audience is not allowed to hear it at this point. Surya grows up to be a patriotic youth and the best soldier in his class. He is about to complete his training in three months and leave to the border. He falls in love with Indu, the daughter of a senior army officer, who is visiting Wellington Camp. Indu's parents accept her choice of husband, and the family leaves to Kashmir. Soon after, Indu's father dies in a bomb blast, while her mother loses her life on seeing her husband's body. Not wishing to lose her husband too in war, Indu asks Surya to choose between her and the army. Surya then asks the brigadier to advise him, and the brigadier tells the story of his parents. His father, Bomb Sekhar, was a very violent terrorist who was sentenced to three years of prison and death. His mother was a nun who visited prisoners and chanted Bible verses to them. Slowly, Surya's father's nature begins to change, and to near his death; he is completely reformed. Sensing that there is no way for him to repent for his mistakes by serving the nation, he confides to the nun that if he had a child, he would have made him act the country. That night, the nun thinks about her conversation with Sekhar and subsequently resigns her position with the church. The following day the nun convinces Sekhar that she will bear his child as a way to fulfill his dying wish, and they consummate inside the prison secretly. She leaves him, and the next day, his death sentence is executed. Once Surya is born, she hands him to authorities at the military camp and commits suicide as well. So Surya says, his birth was to serve the nation as a soldier, and if she wants to marry him, she must wait for the next 12 years until his service is over. Indu agrees, and Surya moves with his barrack to the border.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Ajith Kumar as Surya
- Simran as Indu
- Nassar as Camp Brigadier
- Raghava Lawrence as Ganapathi
- Manivannan as Subramaniyam Singh
- Charle as Surya's friend
- Chinni Jayanth as James, Surya's friend
- Dhamu as Mustafa, Surya's friend
- Ramesh Khanna as Kannayiram
- Pandu as Selvam
- Kitty as Indu's father
- Fathima Babu as Indu's mother
- Babilona as Prostitute
Guest Appearances
Production[edit | edit source]
Noted army general Major Ravi played a significant role in assisting the team during scenes featuring Ajith in the Indian army.[1]
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
The film's score and soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[2]
| Track listing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Ithayathai Kanavillai" | Hariharan | 4:48 | ||||||
| 2. | "Idduppu Selaikkulla" | Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram | 5:04 | ||||||
| 3. | "Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven" | P. Unnikrishnan, K. S. Chithra | 4:24 | ||||||
| 4. | "Sollu Thalaivaa" | Rajesh Krishnan | 5:02 | ||||||
| 5. | "Pethava Kanniru" | Unni Menon | 2:37 | ||||||
| 6. | "Sateliteil Yeri" | P. Unnikrishnan | 4:44 | ||||||
Total length: |
26:39 | ||||||||
Reception[edit | edit source]
Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu mentioned that "potholes in the screenplay prove irksome" and that "the thin thread of patriotism woven throughout the film, hardly makes an impact".[3] Tamil Star Online wrote, "In spite of good acting by Ajith, Simran and Parthiban, exotic locales, catchy tunes and impressive choreography [Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven] falls way short of expectations. And the blame should fall squarely on the story and script writer Kavi Kalidas".[4] The film was commercially unsuccessful, and Ajith mentioned that the shoot coincided with his marriage preparations and thus he found it difficult to invest to the project.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (4 August 2006). "Straight from a soldier's heart". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "உன்னை கொடு என்னை தருவேன் (2000)". Raaga.com (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (2 June 2000). "Film Review: Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuvaen". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ "Movie: Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven". Tamil Star Online. Archived from the original on 30 June 2001. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ↑ "Generous Star". Tamil Star Online. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2022.