Naadodigal
| Naadodigal | |
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| Directed by | Samuthirakani |
| Written by | Samuthirakani |
| Produced by | S. Michael Rayappan |
| Starring | Sasikumar Ananya Vijay Vasanth Bharani Abhinaya Ganja Karuppu |
| Narrated by | Samuthirakani |
| Cinematography | S. R. Kathir |
| Edited by | A. L. Ramesh |
| Music by | Sundar C Babu |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Global Infotainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹7 crore(equivalent to₹18 crore or US$2.1 million in 2023) |
| Box office | ₹35 crore(equivalent to₹88 crore or US$11 million in 2023)[1] |
Naadodigal(transl. Vagabonds) is a 2009 IndianTamil-languageaction drama film[2]written and directed bySamuthirakaniand produced byS. Michael Rayappanunder banner ofGlobal Infotainment.The film starsSasikumaralong withVijay VasanthandBharani,whileAnanyaandAbhinayamade their debut inTamiland Malaysia-basedShanthini Devaenacting the lead female roles andGanja Karuppuplaying a pivotal role, providing comical relief.
The plot focuses on a trio who attempt to unite their friend with his lover against the wishes of all families involved, and at heavy cost to themselves, only to realize that the lovers separate after a short while.
Cinematography was handled byS. R. Kathir,songs composed and score bySundar C Babu,editing done byA. L. Ramesh,stunt co originated byDhilip Subbarayan,dance choreographyDinesh,produced designed by R. K. Vijay Murugan and lyrics written byVaali,Na. Muthukumar,KabilanandYugabharathi.
The film released in June 2009, garnering highly positive reviews.[3][4]The film was a blockbuster.[5]The film spawned a namesake sequel,Nadodigal 2,which released in 2020.
Plot
[edit]The film revolves around Karunakaran Natraj (Sasikumar), Paandi (Bharani), and Chandran (Vijay Vasanth). The trio eats, sleeps, and parties together inRajapalayam.They also have their individual ambitions in life. Karuna is a history graduate and a university rank holder, although his father Natraj (L. Raja) sometimes ridicules the value of his degree, B.A. History, as many colleges do not even offer such a course anymore. Despite this, his father, mother, grandmother, and sister Pavithra (Abhinaya) love him dearly and view him as a source of inspiration for their family. Karuna is in love with Nallammal (Ananya), the daughter of a distant relative Sudalai (Gopal). He is madly pursuing a government job because Nallamal's father will agree to the marriage only if he obtains one. Paandi, who is often discriminated at home by his father to appease Pandi's stepmother, is desperate to go abroad and get rich. Chandran, who is working as a software teacher, is committed to start a computer center and is in love with Pavithra. Chandran's father is a widowed army veteran and is all decent to help his son's love.
All goes well until Saravanan (Ranga), Karuna's childhood friend from Kanyakumari, arrives in town. The son of a former MP and a prominent politician, he is in love with Prabha (Shanthini Devi), the daughter of a rich bigwig Pazhanivelraman (Jayaprakash) inNamakkal.Shocked by Saravana's suicide attempt due to love failure, the trio promises to help him out and unite the two lovers. They set out to Namakkal, where they enlist the help of their friend Maariyappan (Ganja Karuppu).
The trio manages to help the couple get married by abducting the girl while she is visiting thefamous anjaneya templewith her family. In an ensuing fracas between the two families, Karuna gets scarred near one of his eyes; Paandi is hit on the ear by a pipe, thereby becoming deaf; and Chandran loses his leg due to an injury by falling under a passing truck. Palanivelraman, on realizing who aided his ward escape, sends his goons to attack Karuna's family, which ends with Karuna's grandmother being killed.
During the funeral, the family members have a fight due to Karuna being arrested, hence hindering his ambition of obtaining a government job. Sudalai insults Karuna, angering Natraj and Karuna's mother. Natraj angrily tells him that anything Karuna does will always be correct and that he is proud of Karuna for the man he is. Sudalai questions his daughter's loyalty, as she wants to marry Karuna as well, and she breaks down, and he realizes she is still hoping for Karuna to be her husband. Sudalai angrily leaves and says she can have Karuna, but after he is dead, hanging himself from a fan in their house in front of Nallammal and her mother, before being let down by the help of their neighbors. This results in Nallammal being coaxed by her parents to give up on him, and marry a better suitor. Nallammal sadly follows her father's orders to stay away from Karuna and that should she ever be seen speaking to him, she would never see her father alive again.
The three friends end up being put in jail and getting entangled in a kidnapping case. However, they are released as time goes by. After slowly experiencing hell upon return to their native town, they begin working alongside a local wedding food caterer and eventually begin to adjust to their new lifestyle.
Pandi leaves his house, and even though his father insults him publicly, Pandi cannot hear anything being said. After being hit by his father, Pandi tells him that he always loved him, but he could not the son his father wanted to be. Pandi's father realizes his selfishness and feels saddened at this and tries to call Pandi back, but Pandi cannot hear him and simply walks away despite his father's cries to come back home.
Chandran's father laments for his son losing his leg but tells him to stay strong as he can still come up in life. When Pavithra walks in to see him, she sobs at his lost leg and inability to walk, and Chandran's father goes out of everyone's sight and breaks down at his son's fate but still stands by his son to succeed in life.
Karuna returns home and is traumatized as he lost his beloved grandmother, and the entire family laments for his pain and efforts. His father tells him that whatever he did was fine, but he has to give up on Nallammal due to her father's behavior at the funeral. Karuna, heartbroken, agrees and decides to work as the caterer's aid, helping with cooking and serving. His family, albeit supportive, lament for him.
One day, Karuna's fiancé's wedding is announced, and they are told to serve food there. Karuna is shattered, and Pandi goes to the fiancé's house and wreaks havoc with her father, reprimanding the entire family, telling them that no man on the earth is as good as Karuna. He questions Nallammal about her loyalties, and she looks at her father Sudalai, who is silent during Pandi's rage. Pandi realizes that Sudalai threatened to hang himself, hence the reason why Nallammal stopped talking to Karunakaran. He threatens to kill Sudalai, saying that him being alive is not beneficial to anyone. Pandi nearly succeeds until Karuna rushes to stop him, and reasons with him. Karuna slowly becomes depressed afterwards, as the girl he loved so much is going to marry another man due to her father's adamancy.
Pavithra's love with Chandran is caught by her parents, for which she is shouted at and hit by them, but Karuna stops them and advises them to allow her to marry Chandran, since he was unable to marry the girl of his choice. Despite some hesitation, both parents relent, making everyone happy. Pandi has a hearing aid implanted in his ear and can hear again, while Chandran uses a prosthetic leg to be able to walk again, albeit with Pavithra's and his father's support. Life slowly begins looking up for the trio after a very long time, with Karuna also letting go of his past love for Nallammaal.
Eventually, the case filed upon the trio is withdrawn, and they find out through Karuna's uncle who helped them with the star-crossed lovers that they had managed to unite. Such great personal and emotional losses have gone their separate ways, having grown bored of each other and sex. They realize the battle they fought did not serve any purpose. They also learn that Saravana and his ex-wife are planning for their respective second marriages. Furious, the trio goes to Kaniyakumari to talk sense to Saravana. All of them are ridiculed and rebuffed without remorse. They gather again and prepare to kidnap Saravana and the girl. Pandi and Chandran go to Namakkal and kidnap her, while Karuna goes back and kidnaps Saravana. The trio brings them to a desolated forest area and whips them black and blue. Karuna then tells them to reconsider their life together so that their sacrifices do not go in vain.
The trio then goes to a tea stall, where they overhear another man trying to group people to help his friend's love, and they volunteer.
Cast
[edit]- Sasikumaras Karunakaran Natraj
- Vijay Vasanthas Chandran Karuppiah
- Bharanias Pandi Azhagusundaram
- Ananyaas Nallammal
- Abhinayaas Pavithra Natraj
- Ganja Karuppuas Mariyappan
- Ranga as Saravanan
- Shantini Theva as Prabha Pazhanivelraman
- Jayaprakashas Pazhanivelraman
- Lakshmi Ramakrishnanas Karunakaran's mother
- L. Rajaas Natraj Veerabhadran, Karuna's father
- Prabhaas Saravanan's mother/Kanyakumari Ex-MP
- Namo Narayanaas Chinnamani
- Gopalas Sudalai, Nallammal's father
- Ravi Venkatraman
- Rajadurai as P.Senthatikaalai, Nallamal's husband
Production
[edit]SamuthirakaniapproachedJaito play one of the lead roles, while the duo worked together onSubramaniapuram(2008). The actor, however, opted to work on different projects at the time.[6]
Soundtrack
[edit]The film score and soundtrack for Naadodigal was composed bySundar C Babu.The songSambho Siva Sambhowas later used in the Hindi remakeRangrezzas well, and also in Kannada remake film "Hudugaru" byV Harikrishnaalbeit with a little modifications. Another song in HindiYaaro Aisa Haiwas loosely based onUlagil Yentha Kathal
| Naadodigal | ||||
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| Soundtrack albumby | ||||
| Released | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | Sony Music South | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Producer | Sundar C. Babu | |||
| Sundar C. Babuchronology | ||||
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| Song Title | Singers | Lyricist |
|---|---|---|
| "Aadungada" | Velmurugan | Kabilan |
| "Sambho Jagadam" | Shankar Mahadevan | Yugabharathi |
| "Ulagil Yentha Kathal" | Hariharan | Vaali |
| "Yakka Yakka" | Chandran,Senthildass Velayutham,Srilekha | Na. Muthukumar |
| "Sambho Siva Sambho" | Shankar Mahadevan | Yugabharathi |
| "Theme Music" | Shankar Mahadevan | |
| "Pain of Love" | Hariharan |
Release
[edit]The satellite rights of the film were sold toSun TV.[7]
Critical reception
[edit]Naadodigalopened to positive reviews. A critic fromSifygave 5/5 and wrote that "Nadodigal is not great cinema, but enjoyable and a welcome change in these hard days. It is eminently watchable."[8]Bhamadevi Ravi ofThe Times of Indiarated the movie 3.5/5 and called the movie "a good show."[9]Pavithra Srinivasan ofRediffgave the film 3 out of 5, calling "Naadodigal is in its realistic feel, mostly logical screenplay and cast go a long way in making it a worthwhile watch."[10]Aravindan DI fromNowrunning.comrated the movie 3/5 stating that "The film does carry an appealing message for today's jet-age society - it's shocking yet powerful." Another reviewer Mythily Ramachandran fromNowrunning.comgave 3 out of 5 and wrote that "Nadodigal entertains and is thought provoking. Told in simple narrative style it is presented most realistically and is a treat for lovers of good cinema."[11]A critic fromTop10Cinemawrote that "as a team and a team work, Nadodigal is a definite entertainer."[12]
Box office
[edit]The movie was in the list of 2009 Blockbusters. According toSify,the movie was considered to be a Super Hit verdict.[13]
Remakes
[edit]Following its success, the film was remade inKannada,Telugu,MalayalamandHindi.The Kannada version, titledHudugaruis directed by Maadesh and starsPuneeth Rajkumar,Yogesh,Srinagar Kitty,Radhika Pandit,andAbhinaya.The Telugu version, titledShambo Shiva Shambo,named after a hit song from the original film, is directed bySamuthirakanihimself, and starsRavi Teja,Allari Naresh,Siva Balaji,Priyamani,Abhinaya,Surya Teja andSunil.The Malayalam version, titledIthu Nammude Katha,is directed by Rakesh Kannankara, and starsAsif Ali,Abhishek,Nishan,Ananya,Nimisha Suresh,andAmala Paul.[14]The Hindi version, titledRangrezz,is directed byPriyadarshan,and starsJackky Bhagnani,Vijay Verma, Amitosh Nagpal,Priya Anand,Rajpal Yadav,andAkshara Gowda.
Awards
[edit]- Won:Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
- Won:Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-Abhinaya
- Nominated:Filmfare Award for Best Director-Samuthirakani
- Nominated:Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress-Abhinaya
- Won:Vijay Award for Best Film
- Won:Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress-Ananya
- Won:Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress-Abhinaya
- Won:Vijay Award for Favourite Director-Samuthirakani
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Best Director-Samuthirakani
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor- Bharani
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Best Comedian-Ganja Karuppu
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Best Comedian- Namo Narayan
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress-Abhinaya
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Best Editor- A.L.Ramesh
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Best Story, Screenplay Writer-Samuthirakani
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Best Make Up Artistes- S.A.Shanmugam
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Best Crew
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Favourite Hero-Sasikumar
- Nominated:Vijay Award for Favourite Film
- Best Introduced Playback Singer - Velmurugan
Mirchi Music Award for Mannin Kural (Male) - Velmurugan
In popular culture
[edit]The song "Sambo Siva Sambo" was parodied by Santhanam inMaanja Velu(2010).
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