Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
| Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven | |
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| File:Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven movie poster.jpg | |
| Directed by | Kavi Kalidas |
| Written by | Kavi Kalidas |
| Produced by | R. B. Choudary |
| Starring | Ajith Kumar Simran |
| Cinematography | Agilan |
| Edited by | V. Jaishankar |
| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
Production company | |
Release date | 19 May 2000 |
Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven (transl. Give Me Yourself, And I'll Give You Myself) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film produced by R. B. Choudary and directed by Kavi Kalidas. It stars Ajith Kumar and Simran, with Parthiban in a guest appearance.
Plot
Surya (Ajith Kumar) has been brought up in the army training barracks in Wellington (Ooty), ever since his mother (Sukanya) handed him over as a baby to the camp brigadier (Nassar). She tells the officer the reason for her action, but the audience is not allowed to hear it at this point. Surya grows up to be a patriotic youth and the best soldier in his class. He is about to complete his training in 3 months and leave to the border. He falls in love with Indu (Simran), the daughter of a senior army officer, who is visiting Wellington Camp. Indu's parents accept her choice of husband, and the family leaves to Kashmir. Soon after, Indu's father dies in a bomb blast while her mother loses her life on seeing her husband's body. Not wishing to lose her husband too in war, Indu asks Surya to choose between her and the army. Surya then asks the brigadier to advise him, and the brigadier tells the story of his parents. His father, Bomb Sekhar (R. Parthiban) was a very violent terrorist, who was sentenced to 3 years of prison and death. His mother was a nun, who visited prisoners and chanted Bible verses to them. Slowly, Surya's father's nature begins to change, and to near his death; he is completely reformed. Sensing that there is no way for him to repent for his mistakes by serving the nation, he confides to the nun that if he had a child, he would have made him act the country. That night the nun thinks about her conversation with Sekhar and subsequently resigns her position with the church. The following day the nun convinces Sekhar that she will bear his child as a way to fulfil his dying wish and they consummate inside the prison secretly. She leaves him, and the next day his death sentence is executed. Once Surya is born, she hands him to authorities at the military camp and commits suicide as well. So Surya says, his birth was to serve the nation as a soldier, and if she wants to marry him, she must wait for the next 12 years till his service is over. Indu agrees, and Surya moves with his barrack to the border.
Cast
- Ajith Kumar as Surya
- Simran as Indu
- Nassar as Camp Brigadier
- Raghava Lawrence as Ganapathi
- Manivannan as Subramaniyam Singh
- Charle as Surya's friend
- Chinni Jayanth as James, Surya's friend
- Dhamu as Mustafa, Surya's friend
- Ramesh Khanna as Kannayiram
- Kitty as Indu's father
- Pandu as Selvam
- Fathima Babu as Indu's mother
- Babilona as Prostitute
Guest Appearances
Production
Noted army general Major Ravi played a significant role in assisting the team during scenes featuring Ajith in the Indian army.[1]
Release
The film opened to mixed reviews with a reviewer from The Hindu citing that "potholes in the screenplay prove irksome" and that "the thin thread of patriotism woven throughout the film, hardly makes an impact.".[2]
In regard to the failure of the film, Ajith mentioned that the shoot coincided with his marriage preparations and thus he found it difficult to invest to the project.[3]
Soundtrack
| Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2000 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 27:39 |
| Label | Star Music Sa Re Ga Ma |
The film's score and soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ithayathai Kanavillai" | Ilayakamban | Hariharan | 4:48 |
| 2. | "Idduppu Selaikkulla" | Pa. Vijay | Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram | 5:04 |
| 3. | "Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven" | Pa. Vijay | Unnikrishnan, K. S. Chithra | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Sollu Thalaivaa" | Nandalala | Rajesh Krishnan | 5:02 |
| 5. | "Pethava Kanniru" | Mayil | Unni Menon | 2:37 |
| 6. | "Sateliteil Yeri" | Pa. Vijay | Unnikrishnan | 4:44 |
References
- ^ "Friday Review Chennai : Straight from a soldier's heart". The Hindu. 4 August 2006. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Film Review: Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuvaen". The Hindu. 2 June 2000. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.tamilstar.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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