Unnaruge Naan Irundhal
Unnaruge Naan Irundhal (English: If I am with you nearby) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Selva. The film stars R. Parthiban and Meena played the lead roles. Manorama, Vadivelu, Vivek, and Anandaraj play supporting roles. Rambha played a guest appearance in this movie. The film has music by Deva, editing by Suresh Urs, and cinematography by R. Raghunatha Reddy. It released on 3 December 1999 and opened to mixed reviews from critics.
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| Directed by | Selva |
| Produced by | K. Muralidharan V. Swaminathan G. Venugopal |
| Written by | Murthy Ramesh Nagulan Ponnusamy (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Selva |
| Starring | R. Parthiban Meena Manorama Vadivelu Vivek Anandaraj |
| Music by | Deva |
| Cinematography | R. Raghunatha Reddy |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
Production company | Lakshmi Movie Makers |
| Distributed by | Lakshmi Movie Makers |
Release date | 3 December 1999 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
R. Parthiban plays a die-hard fan of Rambha and a self-interest governed taxi driver whose name is never revealed throughout the movie. Meena plays Mahalakshmi, the daughter of a "zamindar" who has lost all his money due to financial troubles; his death leaves Mahalakshmi with a lot of debts (over two lakhs worth). Parthiban is the taxi driver that drives Mahalakshmi's dead father's corpse back to her hometown. There, the people that Mahalakshmi is now indebted to by Anandaraj, who tortures Mahalakshmi with cruel words for being unable to pay the debt. Later, Parthiban helps Mahalakshmi out by giving his taxi in replace to her debt in order to save her at the point of time. However, the twist in the movie is that Parthiban irritates Mahalakshmi, though unwillingly, to get back his taxi as soon as possible. In the later part, Mahalakshmi falls in love with Parthiban for his continuous help and support towards Mahalakshmi. At that time Parthiban's dream girl actress, Rambha, comes for shooting in that palace, which makes Mahalakshmi very angry and jealous as all his attention has been diverted to Rambha. At the end of the shooting, Rambha tries to talk to Parthiban and Mahalakshmi and make them realize their love for each other. However, Mahalakshmi never sees any sign of Parthiban loving her and thus accepts to marry the villain (Anandaraj's) son to get back Parthiban's taxi and settle her debt. Eventually, Parthiban realizes his love for Mahalakshmi and tries to stop the wedding as the groom is also a bad guy who cheated Manorama's daughter. Finally the movie ends on a happy note with Mahalakshmi getting back all her money and property and leading a happy life with Parthiban.
Cast
- R. Parthiban as Taxi Driver
- Meena as Mahalakshmi
- Manorama as Caring Maid
- Vadivelu
- Vivek as Film Director
- Anandaraj as Jamindar
- Jai Ganesh as Rajamgam
- Sathyapriya as Sathyavadi
- Fathima Babu as Jamindar's wife
- Santhana Bharathi
- Kaka Radhakrishnan
- Vaiyapuri
- Nellai Siva
- Rambha (guest appearance)
- Indraja (item dance)
- Anand (guest appearance)
- Anju Aravind (guest appearance)
- Sindhu (actress) (Vadivelu's Lover)
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Palani Bharathi, Na. Muthukumar, Kalai Kumar, Subash, Thamarai. The soundtrack was released under the label "Saregama".[1]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chinna Chinna Poove" | Sujatha | 05:51 |
| 2 | "Enthan Uyire Enthan Uyire" | K. S. Chithra, Krishnaraj | 06:07 |
| 3 | "Podava Kattina" | Shankar Mahadevan / Krishna Raj, Anuradha Sriram | 06:08 |
| 4 | "Poori Poori" | Swarnalatha, Unni Menon | 05:36 |
| 5 | "Victoria Victoria" | Anuradha Sriram, Naveen | 05:30 |
Critical reception
Indolink wrote, "Unnaruge Naan Irundhal" is a painful rememberance(sic) that Nakkal & Nyaandi are here to stay in all of Parthi's forthcoming films. With the rather mediocre combination of Parthi & Director Selva, this quickie production's real highlights only involve Vadivelu & Vivek, which only reflects the sad state of films today."[2] Balaji B wrote "when the comedy works, as is the case with Unnaruge Naanirundhaal, it makes for a thoroughly enjoyable time, even compensating for other, more important factors.Here the comedy makes us look past the story, or lack thereof, and instead, we find ourselves frequently laughing at the lines, masterfully delivered by Parthiban."[3]