Ninaithen Vandhai

Ninaithen Vandhai
Ninaithen Vandhai
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released	13 March 1998
Recorded	1997-1998
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	35:02
Label	Star Music; Sa Re Ga Ma
Producer	Deva
Deva chronology

Ninaithen Vandhai
Ninaithen Vandhai
	File:Ninaithen Vandhai poster.jpg Poster
Directed by	K. Selva Bharathy
Produced by	Allu Aravind
Screenplay by	K. Selva Bharathy
Story by	Sathyanand
Based on	Pelli Sandadi (Telugu)
Starring	Vijay; Rambha; Devayani
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	Ilavarasu
Edited by	B.S.Vasu; Saleem
Production; company	Raghavendra Movie Corporation
Distributed by	Geetha Arts
Release date	10 April 1998;
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹4.2 crore

Ninaithen Vandhai (English: When I Thought of You, You Came) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. Selva Bharathy and produced by Allu Aravind. The film features Vijay, Rambha and Devayani in the lead roles while Charle, Ranjith, Senthil, and Vinu Chakravarthy, amongst others play supporting roles. The film is the Tamil remake of the 1996 Telugu film Pelli Sandadi. The music was composed by Deva. It released on 10 April 1998 to positive reviews and became a commercial success at the box office.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Gokula Krishnan (Vijay) is a music loving man who begins the film with a dream where he sees his dream girl. The only trademark he remembers from it is a mole which is situated next to her navel (bellybutton). He then becomes determined in looking for his "dream girl" with the help of his uncle (Manivannan) and brothers-in-law (Charle and Halwa Vasu). On the other hand, his father (Vinu Chakravarthy) arranges his marriage to a village girl named Savithri (Devayani), which Gokul (often referred to as "Mapillai") objects to, but Savithri loves him. Gokul later sees his dream girl, Swapna (Rambha), at a wedding where he spots the mole on her navel. He then sings to her, impressing her, but she leaves abruptly. He later sees her at a music class which he teaches, and from then on, they love each other. Gokul tries to stop the marriage with Savithri in many failed attempts due to everyone in Savithri's family getting the wrong impression. Swapna then arrives to Savithri's village, and it is revealed that they are sisters. Neither of them knew that they love the same man.

Gokul tells Savithri's father that he does not want the marriage, which Swapna overhears. Knowing how much her sister loves him, Swapna is determined to get Gokul to forget her by lying that she has a blood clot in her heart. After much persuasion, Gokul agrees to marry Savithri. Throughout the movie, Vignesh (Ranjith) is in love with Swapna and tries to get her to marry him and if not, he will kill her with him also. When Vignesh reveals after almost killing Savithri that he loved Swapna but she said that she will only marry Gokul, Savithri lets Swapna marry him.

Cast[edit]

Vijay as Gokula Krishnan
Rambha as Swapna
Devayani as Savithri, Swapna’s sister
Ranjith as Vignesh, Swapna’s one side lover
Vinu Chakravarthy as Sandhana Goundan, Gokul's father
Malaysia Vasudevan as Savithri's and Swapna’s father
Senthil as Savithri's and Swapna’s uncle
R. Sundarrajan as Savithri's and Swapna’s uncle
Manivannan as Gopalakrishnan, Gokul's uncle
Charle as Gokul's brother-in-law
Halwa Vasu as Gokul's brother-in-law
S. N. Lakshmi as Savithri's and Swapna’s grandmother
Latha as Gokul's sister
Pasi Narayanan

Production[edit]

A remake of the successful Telugu film Pelli Sandadi (1996), the film marked the debut of Sundar C's erstwhile dialogue writer K. Selvabharathy. Goundamani was initially expected to portray a key role, but eventually did not feature.^[2]

Release[edit]

The film released on 10 April 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Reception[edit]

Jeyachandran from Indolink.com gave the film 3.5 out of 5, citing that "the story is nothing new, the treatment of the story is commendable, backed by good music, songs and comedy, make this film an entertainer. " and that "the director has tried hard to make a feel good romantic flick and has partially succeeded".^[3]

The success of the film prompted film-makers to sign on Rambha to appear alongside Vijay in a couple of his next projects - Endrendrum Kadhal (1999) and Minsara Kanna (1999).^[4]

Soundtrack[edit]

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva was well received by the audience.^[5]^[6]^[7] Three of the tunes were borrowed from the original Telugu film (Unnai Ninaithu, Pottu Vaithu & Un Marbile Vizhi). The song "Vannanilavae Vannanilavae" based on carnatic ragam Shivaranjani and songs "Maligayae Maligaiyae", "Unai Ninaithu Naan Enai" and "Un Marbile Vizhi Moodi" based on ragam Hindolam and song "Ennavale Ennavale" based on ragam Shuddha Dhanyasi and song "Pottu Vaithu Poomudikkum" based on ragam Hamsanandi.

Song	Raga	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Duration
"Vannanilavae Vannanilavae"	Shivaranjani	Hariharan	Pazhani Bharathi	5:07
"Ennavale Ennavale"	Shuddha Dhanyasi	Mano, Anuradha Sriram		4:58
"Maligayae Maligaiyae"	Hindolam	K. S. Chithra, Anuradha Sriram		4:54
"Un Marbile Vizhi Moodi"	Malkauns	K. S. Chithra		4:56
"Pottu Vaithu Poomudikkum"	Hamsanandi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha		4:47
"Manisha Manisha"		Deva, Sabesh, Krishnaraj	K. Selva Bharathy	5:13
"Unai Ninaithu Naan Enai"	Hindolam	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra, Sujatha	Vaali	5:07

References[edit]

↑ "Vijay - Superstars Success Streak". Behindwoods. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.culture.tamil/i_HDqNg7Dmo
↑ "Ninaithen vanthai: Movie Review". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
↑ "Vijai's exclusive interview (Part 1)". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
↑ http://www.jointscene.com/movies/kollywood/Ninaithen_Vandhai/1111#songs
↑ "Ninaithen Vanthai Songs - Deva - Ninaithen Vanthai Tamil Movie Songs - Oosai.com - A Sound of Tamil Music - An Online Tamil songs Portal , Carries more than 4600 Tamil Movie Songs Online".
↑ "Ninaithen Vandhai Songs - Tamil Movie Songs - Raaga.com". Raaga.com.

External links[edit]

Ninaithen Vandhai on IMDb

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[Behindwoods-1] "Vijay - Superstars Success Streak". Behindwoods. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[2] ttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.culture.tamil/i_HDqNg7Dmo

[il-3] "Ninaithen vanthai: Movie Review". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2011.

[4] "Vijai's exclusive interview (Part 1)". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.

[5] ttp://www.jointscene.com/movies/kollywood/Ninaithen_Vandhai/1111#songs

[6] "Ninaithen Vanthai Songs - Deva - Ninaithen Vanthai Tamil Movie Songs - Oosai.com - A Sound of Tamil Music - An Online Tamil songs Portal , Carries more than 4600 Tamil Movie Songs Online".

[7] "Ninaithen Vandhai Songs - Tamil Movie Songs - Raaga.com". Raaga.com.

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