Unnai Charanadaindhen

Unnai Charanadaindhen is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Samuthirakani, starring Venkat Prabhu, S. P. B. Charan and Meera Vasudevan. 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).

Unnai Charanadaindhen
DVD cover
Directed bySamuthirakani
Written bySamuthirakani
Produced byS. P. B. Charan
Starring
CinematographyRajesh Yadav
Edited byK. Pazhanivel
Music by
Production
company
Capital Film Works
Release date
  • 19 September 2003 (2003-09-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Nandha and Kannan are dearest friends. While Kannan is goofy, fun-loving and naïve; Nandha is somber, serious and responsible. He takes the onus of taking care of Kannan and helping him in all ways which makes Kannan absolutely devoted to Nandha. Teja is in love with Nandha and he reciprocates. Enters Bobby, a well-to-do, sophisticated, intelligent and responsible girl who falls in love with Kannan seeing his goodness. Kannan too loves her but Nandha does not approve without which Kannan won't proceed. Nandha starts to punish Kannan subtly at first and overtly later for maintaining relations with Bobby.


Bobby's family and her brother do not approve of Kannan and tries to get rid of him wherein Nandha steps in to save him. A tug of war over Kannan starts between Bobby and Nandha. Is Nandha's intentions for Kannan pure or is he simply unwilling to forgo his control over him seeing him as a slave? Will Bobby be steadfast or is she simply using him to have fun?

Cast

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.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Natpu Natpu"M. S. Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraaja, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:06
2."Kalluri Vazhvil"S. P. Sailaja4:39
3."Ippo Ingge"Venkat Prabhu5:36
4."Kanna Kalakkama"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Pallavi5:11
5."Oru Vazhippathai"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam5:20
6."Aala Piranthavanda"Paravai Muniyamma0:32

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] The Hindu wrote "It is a pity that the film, racy and absorbing in the first half, gets bogged down and drags in the last forty minutes".[3]

Awards
2003 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards[4]

References
  1. "The Hindu : Arts / Cinema : Double impact". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010.
  2. "Unnai Charanadainthein". 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009.
  3. "Unnai Charan Adainthaen". The Hindu. 19 September 2003. Archived from the original on 3 January 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  4. "டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!". Archived from the original on 18 February 2006.
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