Enakku 20 Unakku 18
Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (transl. I am 20, you are 18) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Jyothi Krishna. The film stars Tarun Kumar, Trisha, and Shriya Saran. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu (transl. I know your heart) with Sunil and Tanikella Bharani replacing Vivek and Manivannan respectively. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. This film marks the Tamil debut of Shriya Saran.
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Directed by | Jyothi Krishna |
Produced by | A. M. Rathnam |
Written by | Jyothi Krishna |
Starring | Tarun Kumar Trisha Shriya Saran |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Cinematography | R. Ganesh |
Edited by | Kola Bashkar |
Distributed by | Sri Surya Movies |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil Telugu |
Plot
Sridhar (Tarun) is a final year degree student and gets selected in the campus selections for studies abroad. He goes to Mumbai for an interview and in his return finds Preeti (Trisha) and loses his heart to her. Sridhar comes to know that Preeti was about to join in degree and Preeti learns that he was a final year degree student. Sridhar is an ardent cricket fan, so is Preeti, while Sridhar is also a good football player. The principal of the college appoints a coach called Reshma (Shriya), who is also a student, for the football team led by Sridhar. Sridhar tries his best to trace Preeti by visiting several women's colleges, while Preeti also watches for Sridhar at the men's college. Accidentally, Preeti helps Sridhar's mother, when she had a heart attack. In order to find Preeti at any cost, Sridhar goes to the LB Stadium, where a cricket match is in progress and gets injuries in a bomb blast in the stadium. Just before the blast, both Preeti and Sridhar find each other but could not meet due to the blast.
Later Preeti's parents convince her to agree for a marriage and tell her to forget about the boy she was searching. At the same time, Sridhar's mother also tells him to concentrate on studies and go abroad to complete his studies. At this juncture, Sridhar comes to know that Preeti was staying just behind his house, when her parents come to his house to inform that she is getting married. Sridhar's gang participates in an inter-college football match and wins the cup. Before his return, Sridhar's mother suffers yet another heart attack and Preeti's father admits her in the hospital. Then they come to know that Sridhar's brother-in-law was behind bars for no fault of his and Preeti helps him to come out of the case. Meanwhile, Sridhar's mother passes away. Later Sridhar's brother-in-law gets another job and the family leaves for Bangalore. Sridhar feels lonely so, he decides to go abroad. After three years, Sridhar returns from abroad to find Preeti in the same compartment. To his surprise, Preeti is still unmarried and they unite.
Cast
- Tarun Kumar as Sridhar
- Trisha as Preeti
- Shriya Saran as Reshma
- Vivek (Tamil) / Sunil (Telugu) as Kapali / Kapil
- Manivannan (Tamil) / Tanikella Bharani (Telugu) as Preeti's father
- Riyaz Khan as Preeti's brother
- Archana Puran Singh as Preethi's mother
- Devadarshini as Girija, Sridhar's sister
- Kalairani as Gayathri, Sridhar's mother
- Suvarna Mathew as Preeti's sister-in-law
- Babloo as Babloo
- Siva Reddy (Telugu) / Sasi (Tamil) as Chimpu
- Sweety as Sweety
- Saathappan Nandakumar as College principal
- Cell Murugan as Traffic police (Tamil)
- Surya as Police inspector
- Minnal Deepa as College student (uncredited role)
- Bharathi as College student (uncredited role)
- Preethi Varma as College student (uncredited role)
- Saranya Nag as College student (uncredited role)
- Lollu Sabha Soundarya as College student (uncredited role)
- Reemma Sen as Priyanka (guest appearance)
- Anand as Anand, Sridhar's brother-in-law (guest appearance)
- Janaki Sabesh as Train Passenger (guest appearance)
- R. Sundarrajan and Vaiyapuri (Tamil) / Chandra Mohan and Omkar (Telugu) as Train Passengers (guest appearances)
- Mano as Himself (cameo appearance)
Production
Trisha had signed the film before any of her other films had released.[1] For one song, 260 shots were taken and picturised at 90 locations in Chennai and Hyderabad.[2]
Release
The Hindu wrote, "certain scenes have appreciable depth while some are downright superficial and predictable" and that the film was "absorbing in parts, spontaneous in spurts, natural at times and clichéd now and then".[3] Karthiga Rukmanykanthan of the Sri Lankan newspaper Daily News labelled it as "strictly for youth" and a "perfect choice".[4]
Soundtrack
Enakku 20 Unakku 18 / Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu | ||||
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Released | 14 October 2003 | |||
Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Label | Five Star Audio / Aditya Music | |||
Producer | A.R. Rahman | |||
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The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman. Lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay for the Tamil version. The same set of vocalists were used for the both versions, except for two songs. Mano and Unnikrishnan were replaced by S. P. B. Charan and Venkat Prabhu in the Tamil version of the song "Snehitude Unte", titled Oru Nanban Irundhal. Sriram Parthasarathy was replaced by Srinivas in the Tamil version of the song "Masthura", titled Asathura.
- Tamil Soundtrack
The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by A. R. Rahman.
Song | Artist(s) | Length |
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"Askava" | Surjo Bhattacharya, Shreya Ghoshal | 5:23 |
"Sandhippoma" | Unni Menon, Annupamaa, Chinmayee | 5:32 |
"Kama Kama" | Annupamaa, Aparna, Kunal Ganjawala, Blaaze, George Peter | 4:37 |
"Oru Nanban Irundhal" | S. P. B. Charan, Venkat Prabhu, Chinmayee | 4:19 |
"Yedho Yedho" | Karthik, Gopika Poornima | 5:43 |
"Asathura" | Srinivas, Chitra Sivaraman, Mathangi, George Peter | 5:04 |
- Telugu Soundtrack
Song | Artist(s) | Length |
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"Andani Andam Askava" | Surjo Bhattacharya, Shreya Ghoshal | 5:23 |
"Kalusukundama" | Chinmayi, Unni Menon | 5:32 |
"Kama Kama" | Anupama, Aparna, Kunal Ganjawala, Blaaze, George Peter | 4:37 |
"Snehitude Unte" | Chinmayi, Mano, Unnikrishnan | 4:19 |
"Edho Edho Naalo" | Karthik, Gopika Poornima | 5:43 |
"Masthura Masthura" | Sriram Parthasarathy, Chitra Sivaraman, Mathangi, George Peter | 5:04 |
References
- "An offer she couldn't refuse". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040102081316/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/en20.asp
- "Enakku 20 Unakku 18". The Hindu. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- "Film for young filmgoers". Daily News. 21 January 2004. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-04.