''Ennavalle'' () is a 2000 Indian
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
-language
romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
directed by
J. Suresh which stars,
R. Madhavan
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi films. Madhavan has won four Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Madhava ...
in lead role.
Sneha made her acting debut through this movie. The film also featured
Manivannan
S. Manivannan Rajagopal (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better known by his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film director, actor and activist who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and also worked in a few Telugu & Malayalam films. In a care ...
,
Thalaivasal Vijay
Thalaivasal Vijay is an Indian actor and dubbing artist. He was born on 4 August 1962 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. He has acted predominantly in numerous Tamil and Malayalam films.
Career
Vijay's debut film was '' Thalaivaasal'' (1992), ...
and
Charle
Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English co ...
in pivotal roles, while music was composed by
S. A. Rajkumar
S. A. Rajkumar is an Indian composer and lyricist. He has made music for all South Indian language films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada.
Early life
Rajkumar's father was a vocalist performing in stage shows conducted by popular mu ...
. The film released on 22 December 2000 to negative reviews from film critics.
Plot
James Vasanthan (
R. Madhavan
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi films. Madhavan has won four Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Madhava ...
) and his three friends Ganeshan (
Charle
Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English co ...
), Charles (
Vaiyapuri
Vaiyapuri (born 23 October 1968 as Ramakrishnan) is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil-language films. He rose to fame by appearing in supporting roles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, often portraying supporting comedic characters. His ...
), and Mohan (
Venu Madhav), have a music troupe that sings at weddings. They are tenants of Subramani (
Manivannan
S. Manivannan Rajagopal (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better known by his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film director, actor and activist who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and also worked in a few Telugu & Malayalam films. In a care ...
) whose daughter Lakshmi (
Sneha) shares a good rapport with the youths, helping them in their time of need. Her encouragement puts a new zeal in James, who soon gains recognition as a singer. Not that this brings any change in the group's lifestyle, for J. Suresh still shows them as strugglers. James finally proposes to Lakshmi who rejects him, as she has her past to reckon with. She is a divorcee, her husband having abandoned her soon after marriage for his girlfriend. When Lakshmi's friend and neighbour Seetha (Aswini) puts some sense into her, she decides to make amends. But misunderstandings pile up between the lovers – the situations are all forced here – until J. Suresh leads the story to a desired happy ending.
Cast
*
R. Madhavan
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi films. Madhavan has won four Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Madhava ...
as James Vasanthan
*
Sneha as Lakshmi
*
Manivannan
S. Manivannan Rajagopal (31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better known by his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film director, actor and activist who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and also worked in a few Telugu & Malayalam films. In a care ...
as Subramani
*
Charle
Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English co ...
as Ganeshan
*
Vaiyapuri
Vaiyapuri (born 23 October 1968 as Ramakrishnan) is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil-language films. He rose to fame by appearing in supporting roles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, often portraying supporting comedic characters. His ...
as Charles
*
Venu Madhav as Mohan
*
Anand as Anand
*
Thalaivasal Vijay
Thalaivasal Vijay is an Indian actor and dubbing artist. He was born on 4 August 1962 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. He has acted predominantly in numerous Tamil and Malayalam films.
Career
Vijay's debut film was '' Thalaivaasal'' (1992), ...
as Neighbour
*
Venu Arvind
Venu Arvind is an Indian actor. He is known for his roles in television serials of K. Balachander and Kovai Anuradha. He initially gained popularity as lead hero of television serials with Costly Mappilai (1996), Green Signal (1997) both direct ...
as Kumar
*
Kalairani
Kalairani Indian actress who has worked in many Tamil films and as a performer with the Koothu-P-Pattarai theatre group.
Filmography
Serials
* ''Panchavan Kaadu'' (2014) (Tamil)
* ''Unarchigal'' (2014) (Tamil)
* '' Nandini'' (2018) (Tami ...
as Lakshmi's mother
*
S. N. Lakshmi
Sennalkudi Narayana Lakshmi (1927 – 20 February 2012) was an Indian actress, who appeared in supporting roles, often playing roles of a mother or grandmother in films. A recipient of the state government's Kalaimamani and Kalaiselvam awards, ...
as Lakshmi's grandmother
*
Aswini as Seetha
*
Pandu
In the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata'', Pandu ( sa, पाण्डु, Pāṇḍu, pale) was a king of the Kuru Kingdom. He was the foster-father of the five Pandava brothers, who were the boons bestowed upon his wife Kunti by a number of deities ...
as First House Owner
*
K. R. Vatsala
*
Kathadi Ramamurthy
Sundaresan Ramamurthy (born February 2, 1938) better known as Kathadi Ramamurthy, is an Indian actor, director, writer and dubbing artiste. He is primarily known for his roles as a comedian in Tamil film, theatre and television.
Early life
...
*
Narra Venkateswara Rao
Narra Venkateswara Rao was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He hailed from Agraharam village (Ramachandrapuram) in Zarugumalli Mandal, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Career
He acted in over 500 films spanning ...
*
Oru Viral Krishna Rao
Oru Viral Krishna Rao was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in Tamil-language films. A recipient of the state government's Kalaimamani award, Rao got the nickname ''Oru Viral
''Oru Viral'' () is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language mystery fil ...
*
Crane Manohar
Crane Manohar (born 4 October 1965) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films, mostly in comedy roles. He appeared in many Vadivelu and Vivek comedy tracks.
Career
Manohar initially worked as a crane technician for films and when he start ...
*
Scissor Manohar
Scissor Manohar is an Indian comedian and actor.
Career
Manohar began to work as a production assistant working on films such as ''Puthiya Vaarpugal'' (1979). Manohar earned the name Scissor for his character in '' Gokulathil Seethai'' (1996 ...
*
LIC Narasimhan
LIC Narasimhan was an Indian character actor who appeared in Tamil-language films.
He has appeared in over 300 films and was also seen on the small screen and in ads.
He was working for LIC as an officer, quit his job to take up a career in ...
*
A. V. Ramanan
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*
Pasi Sathya
Pasi Sathya is an Indian actress who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema and television. She has worked in popular movies like ''Veedu'', '' Magalir Mattum'', ''Pudhupettai''.
She made her debut in the National award-winning Tamil film, '' ...
*Jothi
Production
The director
J. Suresh initially approached
Mani Ratnam
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six Nat ...
to produce the film, but Mani Ratnam refused the script. He however introduced Suresh to
R. Madhavan
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi films. Madhavan has won four Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Madhava ...
, who was signed on to play the lead role.
The film was tentatively titled as ''Dhool'' and then as ''Sugham'', whilst actress
Sneha made her debut with the film after calling off schedules for her film, ''
Virumbugiren
''Virumbugiren'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Susi Ganeshan. The film stars Prashanth and Sneha, while Eswari Rao played a pivotal role which fetched her Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artist ...
''. Telugu comedian
Venu Madhav also made his debut in Tamil films with the project. The film was shot across locations in Chennai, Ooty, Hyderabad and Gopichettipalayam and the filming was completed within 18 days.
Release
The film opened to predominantly negative reviews, with most critics agreeing that
Madhavan Madhavan may refer to:
People
* James Madhavan (died 1973), Fijian politician
* Kavya Madhavan (born 1985), Indian actress
* Mahesh Madhavan (born 1963/64), Indian businessman, CEO of Bacardi
* N. S. Madhavan (born 1948), Indian writer
* O. Madha ...
had taken a wrong career move after the success of ''
Alaipayuthey
''Alai Payuthey'' ( ) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, co-produced and directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Madhavan (in his Tamil debut) and Shalini. The film explores the tensions of married life between two young pe ...
''.
The Hindu
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critic revealed that the "reeks of melodrama bogs down even a natural performer like Madhavan". In regard to performances it claimed that "for Madhavan, it is merely a prosaic exercise in melodrama" while the "new heroine
Sneha could have shown more emotions and reactions in certain scene". Another reviewer drew particular criticism for the role of
Thalaivasal Vijay
Thalaivasal Vijay is an Indian actor and dubbing artist. He was born on 4 August 1962 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. He has acted predominantly in numerous Tamil and Malayalam films.
Career
Vijay's debut film was '' Thalaivaasal'' (1992), ...
, claiming it was "arguably the smallest role in his career". The film subsequently did not perform well at the box office.
''Kalki'' review
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Soundtrack
References
External links
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2000s Tamil-language films
Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar