Unnai Charanadaindhen

Unnai Charanadaindhen
Directed by	Samuthirakani
Produced by	S. P. B. Charan
Written by	Samuthirakani
Starring	Venkat Prabhu; S. P. B. Charan; Meera Vasudevan;
Music by	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Srinivasa Moorthy;
Cinematography	Rajesh Yadav
Edited by	K. Pazhanivel
Production; company	Capital Film Works
Release date	19 September 2003;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Unnai Charanadaindhen is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Samuthirakani, featuring Venkat Prabhu, S. P. B. Charan and Meera Vasudevan in lead roles. Samuthirakani's directorial debut, it was produced by Charan's Capital Film Works and features a soundtrack composed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. Although the film was made on a small budget and fetched critical acclaim upon release, also winning two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, Charan has said that it was not a profitable venture.[1] Samuthirakani later directed the Telugu remake Naalo (2004).

Cast

Venkat Prabhu as Kannan
S. P. B. Charan as Nandha
Meera Vasudevan as Bobby, Kannan's lover
Santhoshi as Teja, Nandha's lover
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ilavarasu as Teja's father
Riyaz Khan
Mahesh
Paravai Muniyamma
Anju
Sindhu

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by noted playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Charan's father, and consists of six songs with lyrics penned by Gangai Amaren, Venkat Prabhu's father. Balasubrahmanyam himself lent his voice for three songs, while noted composers M. S. Viswanathan and Ilaiyaraaja co-sang the first song of the album. Aside from Balasubrahmanyam, his sister S. P. Sailaja and his daughter Pallavi had also performed each one song. The film score was composed by Srinivasa Moorthy.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Natpu Natpu"	M. S. Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraaja, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:06
2.	"Kalluri Vazhvil"	S. P. Sailaja	4:39
3.	"Ippo Ingge"	Venkat Prabhu	5:36
4.	"Kanna Kalakkama"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Pallavi	5:11
5.	"Oru Vazhippathai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:20
6.	"Aala Piranthavanda"	Paravai Muniyamma	0:32

Reception

Critical response

Chennaionline.com wrote: "A neatly crafted screenplay with some engaging situations, catchy lines, well etched characters, sensitive treatment and some fine performances, all make debutant director Samuthiraikani's maiden directorial effort Unnai Charanadainthein worth watching.[2] Balaji Balasubramaniam from Thiraipadam.com commented: "Barring the weak third act, the movie is engaging as it places one person in the middle of both a romance and friendship and gets the other two to fight over him".[3]

Awards

2003 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards[4]

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References

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article927574.ece
"Unnai Charanadainthein". 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009.
"Unnai Saranadainthein - Tamil Movie Review". www.thiraipadam.com.
http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/13022006-1.shtml

External links

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[1] ttp://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article927574.ece

[2] "Unnai Charanadainthein". 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009.

[3] "Unnai Saranadainthein - Tamil Movie Review". www.thiraipadam.com.

[4] ttp://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/13022006-1.shtml