''Unnai Naan'' is a 2008 Indian

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romantic drama 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 ...

film produced and directed by

Senthilnathan Senthilnathan Jambulingam is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and television actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and serials, based in Chennai. He is best known for his action-masala films. As of 2013, he has directed mo ...

. The film stars newcomers Viinu and Naash, with

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, Sulakshana,

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and

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playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Joe Arulraj and was released on 8 August 2008.

Plot

The film begins with a psychiatrist (

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) uncovering the past of Vijay (Viinu) in his hospital. Vijay (Viinu) was a carefree youngster who lived with his naive parents (

and Sulakshana). He was not a good-looking person, all his friends had girlfriends and he felt depressed about not having a girlfriend. One day, Vijay saved Jennifer (Naash), a soft-spoken and shy woman, from rowdies who tried to misbehave with her and they fell in love with each other. Later, Vijay introduced Jennifer to his friends and his father but they couldn't see her. The psychiatrist concludes that Vijay felt into depression and he is now suffering from

pseudohallucination A pseudohallucination (from grc, ψευδής (pseudḗs) "false, lying" + "hallucination") is an involuntary sensory experience vivid enough to be regarded as a hallucination, but which is recognised by the person experiencing it as being subject ...

: Vijay thinks that Jennifer is real. The psychiatrist tells his father that the only way to cure him is to find him a woman who looks like Jennifer. Naash, a model who looks exactly like Jennifer, comes across Vijay's friends and they beg her to help their friend but she refuses and makes fun of them. Thereafter, Vijay's friends then kidnap her and sequester her in a bungalow, they then bring Vijay to live with her. As the days go by, Naash has no other choice than to act as Jennifer to escape from the place but Vijay eventually finds out that she is not Jennifer and Vijay tells her that his love is pure. The film ends with Naash falling in love with Vijay.

Cast

*Viinu as Vijay *Naash as Naash/Jennifer *

as Vijay's father * Sulakshana as Lakshmi, Vijay's mother *

as "Bruce Lee" Bhaskar *

*Besant Seenu *Shobana *Padmapriya *S. Thangapandian *S. Suresh *Rajgopal *

as Psychiatrist *Birla Bose as Henchman *Lekhasri in a special appearance *Laksha in a special appearance

Production

Production on the film began in August 2004, with director

's son, Vinod, selected to portray the leading role.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Joe Arulraj. The soundtrack features 5 tracks.

Release

The film was released on 8 August 2008 after many delays and it bombed at the box-office.

References

{{Senthilnathan 2008 films 2008 romantic drama films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian romantic drama films Films directed by Senthilnathan