''Nellai Santhippu'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language

crime thriller film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by K.B.B. Naveen and starring Rohith, Bhushan,

Megha Nair Meghna Nair is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil and Malayalam films. Career Aged 18, Meghaa Nair first began shooting for ''Thangam'' (2008), portraying the role of the lead actress paired opposite Sathyaraj. She portrayed Sathyaraj ...

, and Devika.

Cast

* Rohith * Bhushan *

as Lalitha * Devika Madhav as Manju *

P. L. Thenappan PL. Thenappan is an Indian film producer and actor who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry. He owns the production company Shree Rajalakshmi Films (P) Ltd. He debuted as a producer with the Tamil film ''Kaathala Kaathala''. He is a ...

Saravana Subbiah Saravana Subbiah is an Indian film director and actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his directorial debut with ''Citizen'' (2001), before making the romantic drama, '' ABCD'' (2005). Career Saravana Subbiah made his directo ...

as Sethu * Shankarguru Raja * Yogi Devaraj as Annachi *

Mayilsamy Mayilsamy (born October 2, 1965) is an Indian actor and comedian who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he is also a regular guest judge on '' Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai. Career He is a popular ...

as a textile seller *

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan Lakshmy Ramakrishnan is an Indian actress, director and philanthropist. She made her debut in the Malayalam film ''Chakkara Muthu'' (2006), and has since appeared primarily in supporting roles in Tamil films. Personal life Lakshmy was born an ...

as a doctor

Production

K.B.B.Naveen, who worked as an assistant director to

K. S. Ravikumar K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, primarily working in Tamil films. Career 1990–1997 Ravikumar worked as co-director on R. B. Choudary's production ''Pudhu Vasantham'' direct ...

, made his directorial debut with this film. The film is produced by

Thirumalai ''Thirumalai'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Ramana. The film stars Vijay and Jyothika, with Manoj K. Jayan, Avinash (in his Tamil debut), Vivek, Raghuvaran, Kausalya and Karunas in supporting roles. Prod ...

. Newcomer Rohith plays the lead while

plays the antagonist. The film was shot in Tirunelveli. The other lead roles are played by newcomer Bhushan, Megha Nair, and Devika while

plays an important role.

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by

Yugendran Yugendran (born Yugendran Vasudevan on 20 December 1976) is an Indian actor and singer who has sung hundreds of songs in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. He is also an occasional music director and host. Personal life Yugendran is the son of the ...

Release

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

'' gave the film a rating of one-and-a-half out of five stars and noted that "The fairly engaging script even helps gloss over the fact that the lead actors can't emote". ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

'' wrote that "The knot did have the potential to turn into an engaging thriller, but fails". A critic from ''

Dinamalar ''Dinamalar'' is an Indian Tamil daily newspaper. It was founded in 1951 by T. V. Ramasubba Iyer. ''Dinamalar'' has an average circulation of 942,812 (ABC Jan-June 2016) History Dinamalar was founded by T. V. Ramasubbaiyer on 6 September 195 ...

'' praised the story, but criticized the below par execution.

References

{{Reflist 2012 films 2012 crime thriller films Indian prison films Indian crime thriller films Films about police brutality 2010s Tamil-language films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police