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Nee Pathi Naan Pathi
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| Nee Pathi Naan Pathi | |
|---|---|
| File:Nee Pathi Naan Pathi.jpg DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Vasanth |
| Produced by | Rajam Balachander Pushpa Kandaswamy |
| Written by | Vasanth |
| Starring | Rahman Gautami Heera |
| Music by | Maragadha Mani |
| Cinematography | R. Ganesh |
| Edited by | Ganesh Kumar |
Production company | |
Release date | 12 September 1991 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Nee Pathi Naan Pathi (transl. You are one half, I am one half) is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Vasanth and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Rahman, Gautami and Heera. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani under the pseudonym Maragathamani. The film's title is based on a song from Keladi Kanmani.
Plot[edit]
Nandha, a young graduate falls in love with Nivedha, an illicit daughter of a venerated judge. The guy's father comes to know of the affair; helps his son set up a scene to introduce Nivedha to their dominated mother, Vedavalli. Vedavalli likes the girl immediately and goes on to the Judge's house asking for Nivedha's hand to his first wife and ends up being bashed up. The second unmarried wife comes to know of the scene and begs the judge to give a moral life to their daughter. Judge goes to meet Nandha's parents and Vedavalli is not convinced. Nandha's father gives him cash asking him to elope with Nivedha. Meanwhile, the illicit wife gets arranged to be awarded for her acting skills from the hands of her own-not-publicly-known husband by their drama company chief played by Janagaraj. The scenes run parallel. As Nivedha elopes with Nandha, the award ceremony happens and when the mother was called to be awarded, she was spotted dead not being able to accept her daughter's eloped marriage. When she was shown to fall down, the car in which the couples eloped meets with an accident. Few months pass by. The couples stay in Ooty where Madhu falls in love with Nandha and that's when it is shown that Nivedha has turned mentally retard after the accident. Though Nandha firmly resists the entry of Madhu in his life, he is helpless in needing help to look after Nivedha when he's not at home. Janagaraj happens to visit Ooty for a drama and shocked by Nivedha's stage, asks Nandha to go for a booze party. Nandha comes back home not conscious. Meanwhile, on ill-health issues, Nandha takes Nivedha to a doctor and while treatment, by miracle, Nivedha completely recovers. When everyone around is happy, Madhu gets to know of her pregnancy through Nandha. She decides to hide it. But on the day of Nandha's wedding with Nivedha, Nivedha gets to know. On a conversation with Nandha, Madhu and Janarthanan; Nivedha decides to break the wedding against the wishes of everyone. In the end, Nandha marries Madhu.
Cast[edit]
- Rahman as Nandha
- Gautami as Nivedha
- Heera as Madhu
- Janagaraj as Ramasamy
- Poornam Vishwanathan
- Manorama as Vedavalli
- Srividya as Kalpanadevi
- Disco Shanthi as Ramasamy's wife
- Jaishankar
- Delhi Ganesh
- Ganeshkar
- Sulakshana
- K. S. Jayalakshmi
Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack was composed by Maragathamani, with lyrics penned by Vaali.[1][2]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Devan Theerpendrum" | K. J. Yesudas | Vaali | 04:43 |
| 2 | "Kaalam Ullavarai" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 05:38 | |
| 3 | "Nivedha" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 03:17 | |
| 4 | "Paattu Paattu" | K. S. Chithra | 05:16 | |
| 5 | "Pondatti Kupidumpothu" | K. S. Chithra | 04:49 | |
| 6 | "Pudhiya Pookalai" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:01 | |
| 7 | "Yaarai Kaettu" | K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:19 |
Reception[edit]
The Indian Express praised Vasanth for his direction and content but was critical of second half of the film.[3] At the 39th Filmfare Awards South, Gautami won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil,[4] and at the 12th Cinema Express Awards, she won the Best Actress (Special) award.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "நீ பாதி நான் பாதி (1992)". Raaga.com (in தமிழ்). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Nee Paathi Naan Paathi Tamil Film LP vinyl Record by Maragathamani". Mossymart. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ↑ "Nee Paadhi Naan Paadhi". The Indian Express. 13 September 1991. p. 7.
- ↑ "39th Annual Filmfare Tamil Best Actor Actress". 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "'Chinnathambhi' bags Cinema Express award". The Indian Express. 25 February 1992. p. 3.