Azhagana Naatkal (transl. Beautiful days) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Sundar C, is a remake of the Malayalam film Minnaram (1994) and is also loosely based on the Tamil film Penne Nee Vaazhga (1967). The film stars Karthik and Rambha and became the third collaboration of the pair with Sundar.C, after the successes of Ullathai Allitha (1996) and Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999). The film also featured Mumtaj, Goundamani and Senthil in pivotal roles and featured music composed by Deva. The film was released on 7 December 2001.
| Azhagana Naatkal | |
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| Directed by | Sundar C |
| Written by | Boopathy Pandian (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Sundar. C. |
| Story by | Priyadarshan Cheriyan Kalpakavadi (uncredited) |
| Produced by | S. T. Selvan |
| Starring | Karthik Rambha Mumtaj |
| Cinematography | Prasad Murella |
| Edited by | P. Sai Suresh |
| Music by | Deva |
Production company | Gowthami Arts |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
editIndu and Chandru fall in love. Indu does the disappearing act and Chandru gets engaged to Rekha. Indu re-appears after three years with a little girl, who she claims is Chandru's daughter. Chandru vehemently denies it and finding Indu's presence an embarrassment tries to ferret out the truth. After many scenes of forced comedy, it is revealed that the girl is the illegitimate daughter of Chandru's much-married brother, who had seduced Indu's sister. After his brother's futile attempt to play the villain, Chandru latches on to Indu fast enough with no apology to Rekha. But it is not really Chandru's fault. For Rekha had done the disappearing act from the scene early enough without any explanation either.
Cast
edit- Karthik as Chandru
- Rambha as Indu
- Mumtaj as Rekha
- Goundamani as Ranjith
- Manivannan as Rajasekhar
- Senthil as Mahali
- Rajeev as Guna
- Delhi Ganesh as Somasundaram
- Ponnambalam as Somasundaram's nephew
- Thalapathy Dinesh as Fighter
- Madhan Bob as Doctor
- Sabitha Anand as Guna's wife
- Jyothi Meena as Asha
- Chitra Lakshmanan
- Anu Mohan
- Vengal Rao
- Muthukaalai
- Pandiarajan as Michael (Guest appearance)
Production
editSimran had originally signed on to play the lead role in the film, before she was replaced by Rambha.[1] This is a Tamil remake of 1994 Malayalam film Minnaram.[2][3] Two songs were shot at Ooty.[4]
Soundtrack
editThe music was composed by Deva.[5]
| Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Adi Devathaiye" | Tippu, "Mahanadhi" Shobana | Pa. Vijay |
| "Chik Chik Chinnakiliye" I | Sujatha, S. P. B. Charan | |
| "Chik Chik Chinnakiliye" II | Hariharan, Shaisan | |
| "Ishaa Ishaa" | Mano, Anuradha Sriram | |
| "Kadhal Ok" | Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha | Kalaikumar |
| "Udugaya Udugaya" | Malgudi Subha | Pa. Vijay |
Reception
editMalini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "No serious thought seems to have gone into the scripting. The performances are lacklustre".[6] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote Sundar C. reused plots and scenes from his own films and panned Goundamani's humour but called Delhi Ganesh's acting as the only relief.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Karthik-Simran paired". Indiainfo. Archived from the original on 7 December 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Rasika. "Simran to wed?". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 25 October 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "மோகன்லாலும், பின்னே தமிழ் ரீமேக்கும்..." Dinamalar (in Tamil). 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Azhagana Naalgal". Tamil Star. Archived from the original on 4 January 2003. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Azhagana Natkal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. 1 February 2002. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ Mannath, Malini. "Azhagana Naalgal". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 19 August 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ தாசன், விஷுவல் (23 December 2001). "அழகான நாட்கள்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 96. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023 – via Internet Archive.