Eera Nilam

Eera Nilam (transl. Wetland) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language war film co-written, produced and directed by Bharathiraja, starring his son Manoj and Nanditha. It was released on 8 August 2003,^[1] and won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film while Thenmozhi won for Best Dialogue Writer.

Eera Nilam
DVD cover
Directed by	Bharathiraja
Screenplay by	Bharathiraja
Story by	R. Selvaraj
Produced by	Bharathiraja
Starring	Manoj Bharathiraja Nanditha Suhasini Maniratnam
Cinematography	C. Dhanapal
Edited by	K. Palanivel
Music by	Sirpy
Production company	Manoj Creations
Release date	8 August 2003 (2003-08-08)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Manoj Bharathiraja as Duraisamy
• Nanditha as Sornam
• Suhasini Maniratnam as Chinnathayi
• Vadivelu as Sonai
• Ilavarasu as Chellakannu
• Bose Venkat as Kalanjiam
• Rekha Unnikrishnan
• Sivakumar as Samuthram
• Kalidaas as Police officer

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Sirpy.^[2]

Song	Singers	Lyrics
"Hey Sembaruthi"	Anuradha Sriram, Ranjith Govind	Kabilan
"Karisakaatu Kuiley"	Sujatha, Sirpy	Thenmozhi Dass
"Karpaga Maramum"	Anuradha Sriram, C.Sathya	Snehan
"Megam Karukuthu"	Ranjith Govind, Ganga	Na. Muthukumar
"Poonthene"	Chinmayi	Thenmozhi Dass

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "Bharathiraja has worked on R. Selvaraj's story and has come out with a screenplay that drags at times. But crisp, intelligent editing takes care of things".^[3] Visual Dasan of Kalki gave the verdict, "above average".^[4] Sify wrote, "There is no newness in the story as it is predictable as this village story is too dry and dull to absorb".^[5] The film won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film,^[6] and Thenmozhi won for Best Dialogue Writer in the same ceremony.^[7]