Nalanum Nandhiniyum

Nalanum Nandhiniyum (English: Nalan and Nandhini) is a 2014 Tamil romance film written and directed by Venkatesan R.,^[1] here making his debut as solo director. The film is produced by Ravindar Chandrasekaran under his production house, The Libra Productions. The film features Michael Thangadurai and Nandita Swetha in lead roles, while Jayaprakash, Azhagam Perumal, and Soori play supporting roles. The music is composed by Ashwath Naganathan, and the film was released on 11 July 2014.

Nalanum Nandhiniyum
Film poster
Directed by	Venkatesan R
Written by	Venkatesan R
Produced by	Ravindar Chandrasekaran
Starring	Michael Thangadurai Nandita Swetha
Cinematography	Nizar Shafi
Edited by	I J Alen
Music by	Ashwath (music director)
Production company	Libra Productions
Release date	11 July 2014 (2014-07-11)
Running time	132 min
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Duraipandi and Arunachalam have a worsening foe, but Nalan, the son of Duraipandi's sister, and Nandhini, Arunachalam's daughter, have known each other from childhood, love each other, get married, and move to Chennai. Nandhini finds work as a teacher. Her falling pregnant and losing her job is a wake-up call; Nalan tries and succeeds in breaking into the film industry and becoming a successful director.^[2][3]

Cast

• Michael Thangadurai as Nalan
• Nandita Swetha as Nandhini^[4]
• Jayaprakash as Duraipandi
• Azhagam Perumal as Arunachalam
• Soori as Sivabalan
• Renuka as Rajalakshmi
• Soundararaja as Muthu
• Rinson Simon as Nalan's brother
• Chaams
• Jangiri Madhumitha
• Venkat Prabhu as Guest Appearance
• SPB Charan as Guest Appearance
• T. Siva as Guest Appearance
• P. L. Thenappan as Guest Appearance

Soundtrack

The audio launch was held on June 1 at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland along with the audios of Thillu Mullu and Sutta Kadhai.^[5] Behindwoods wrote:"The album houses complex and beautiful melodies, but feels in need of more hooks".^[6]

The audio launch in Chennai happened on 19 March 2014.^[7]

No.	Title	Lyrics	singer(s)	Length
1.	"Gummunu Varugudhu"	Viveka	Vijay Prakash	5:32
2.	"Kadhal Veesum"	Na. Muthukumar	P. Unnikrishnan, Pop Shalini, Sowmya	4:34
3.	"Sala Sala"	Viveka	Shankar Mahadevan, Sachin Warrier	3:37
4.	"Vaadagai Koodu"		Shreya Ghoshal, S. P. B. Charan
5.	"Thoongama"	Niranjan Bharathi	Balram, Chinmayi Sripada	4:45

Reception

The reviewer for the Deccan Chronicle judged the film "undercooked", failing to balance the intensity—such as the two warring old men, whose performances he judged the best part of it—with the "charming innocence of the romance".^[3] The reviewer for the Times of India found the plot trite and the film "content to coast on feel good moments and melodrama bordering on implausibility".^[2]