Nenjamellam Neeye

Nenjamellam Neeye (transl. You are all over my heart) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film written and directed by K. Rangaraj in his debut. The film stars Mohan, Radha and Poornima Jayaram. It was released on 29 April 1983.^[1]

Nenjamellam Neeye
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Directed by	K. Rangaraj
Written by	K. Rangaraj
Produced by	Indira
Starring	Mohan Radha Poornima Jayaram
Cinematography	Ravi Babu
Edited by	R. B. Thilak D. S. Maniam
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Indira Creations
Release date	29 April 1983 (1983-04-29)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Mohan as Mohan
• Radha as Susheela
• Poornima Jayaram
• Shankar–Ganesh (special appearance)
• S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (special appearance)
• Charuhasan (special appearance)
• Vennira Aadai Moorthy
• Goundamani
• Neelu
• Haja Sheriff
• Kumari Sachu
• Geetha

Production

Nenjamellam Neeye is the directorial debut of Rangaraj who had earlier apprenticed with Bharathiraja. Filming took place mostly in Ooty, while a house and studio were shot in Chennai. According to Rangaraj, the Hindi film Abhimaan (1973) was a major influence on this film.^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.^[2][3] Rangaraj felt it would be good if Ilaiyaraaja was the composer, but desisted from signing him due to budget constraints.^[1] The song "Yaaradhu Sollamal" attained popularity.^[4][1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vayasuponnu"	M. G. Vallabhan	Vani Jairam, P. Jayachandran	4:02
2.	"Naalai Muthal"	Vaali	Vani Jairam	4:50
3.	"Yaaradhu Sollamal"	Vairamuthu	Vani Jairam	4:42
4.	"Oru Thamarai Mottu"	Gangai Amaran	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam	4:12
Total length:				17:46

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki noted that the film was reminiscent of Abhimaan due to its predictable plot and characterisations and praised Rangaraj's direction, citing he has become adept at suddenly putting sudden brakes on the story and turning it around. Jayamanmadhan noted about Ravibabu's cinematography that in some places there is a wax pattern and in some places it glows like a sodium lamp, panned Haja Sheriff's humour as vulgar but praised Shankar–Ganesh's music.^[5] According to Rangaraj, the film was neither a failure nor highly successful.^[1]