''Nee Pathi Naan Pathi'' () is a 1991 Indian

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-language romantic drama film directed by

Vasanth Vasanth is an Indian director well known in Tamil language films for directing films such as ''Keladi Kanmani'' (1990), '' Aasai'' (1995), '' Nerrukku Ner'' (1997), ''Rhythm'' (2000) and '' Satham Podathey'' (2007). Career Vasanth began his ...

and produced by

Kavithalayaa Productions Kavithalayaa Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai. It was founded by filmmaker K. Balachander in 1981. It has a library of 50+ films in three languages and 3500+ hours of television content. Kavitha ...

. The film stars Rahman,

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and Heera. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani under the

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Maragathamani. The film's title is based on a song from ''

Keladi Kanmani ''Keladi Kannmanii'' (; also spelt ''Keladi Kanmani'') is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film that marked the directorial debut of Vasanth. The film stars S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Raadhika, Ramesh Aravind and Anju. It revolves aro ...

''. It was an average success.

Plot

Nandha, a young graduate falls in love with Nivedha, an illicit daughter of a venerated judge. The man's father learns of the affair; helps his son set up a scene to introduce Nivedha to their dominated mother, Vedavalli. Vedavalli likes the girl immediately and goes on to the Judge's house asking for Nivedha's hand to his first wife and ends up being bashed up. The second unmarried wife learns of the scene and begs the judge to give a moral life to their daughter. Judge goes to meet Nandha's parents and Vedavalli is not convinced. Nandha's father gives him cash asking him to elope with Nivedha. Meanwhile, the illicit wife gets arranged to be awarded for her acting skills from the hands of her own-not-publicly-known husband by their drama company chief played by Janagaraj. The scenes run parallel. As Nivedha elopes with Nandha, the award ceremony happens and when the mother was called to be awarded, she was spotted dead not being able to accept her daughter's eloped marriage. When she was shown to fall down, the car in which the couples eloped meets with an accident. Few months pass by. The couples stay in Ooty where Madhu falls in love with Nandha and that's when it is shown that Nivedha has turned mentally retard after the accident. Though Nandha firmly resists the entry of Madhu in his life, he is helpless in needing help to look after Nivedha when he's not at home. Janagaraj happens to visit Ooty for a drama and shocked by Nivedha's stage, asks Nandha to go for a booze party. Nandha comes back home not conscious. Meanwhile, on ill-health issues, Nandha takes Nivedha to a doctor and while treatment, by miracle, Nivedha completely recovers. When everyone around is happy, Madhu gets to know of her pregnancy through Nandha. She decides to hide it. But on the day of Nandha's wedding with Nivedha, Nivedha gets to know. On a conversation with Nandha, Madhu and Janarthanan; Nivedha decides to break the wedding against the wishes of everyone. In the end, Nandha marries Madhu.

Cast

* Rahman as Nandha *

as Nivedha * Heera as Madhu *

Janagaraj Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 200 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthu ...

as Ramasamy *

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* Manorama as Vedavalli *

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as Kalpanadevi *

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as Ramasamy's wife *

Jaishankar Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...

Delhi Ganesh Delhi Ganesh is an Indian actor who mostly acts in supporting roles in Tamil cinema and serials. He has acted in more than 400 films from 1976 to present. Before films, he was a member of the Delhi-based theatre troupe, ''Dakshina Bharata Natak ...

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* Sulakshana *

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Maragathamani, with lyrics penned by Vaali.

Reception

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'' praised Vasanth for his direction and content but was critical of the second half of the film. Sundarji of ''

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'' criticised the film for lacking a strong and coherent story. At the 39th Filmfare Awards South, Gautami won the

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil ( Kollywood) films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. Film world, p 43 The year indicates the year o ...

, and at the 12th Cinema Express Awards, she won the Best Actress (Special) award.

References

External links

* {{Vasanth 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 films 1991 romantic drama films Films directed by Vasanth Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Indian romantic drama films