Nenjangal

Nenjangal (transl. Hearts) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Major Sundarrajan and produced by Vijayakumar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi, Manjula and Vijayakumar. It was released on 10 December 1982 and it marks the on-screen debut of Baby Meena as child actress.^[1][2]

Nenjangal
Poster
Directed by	Major Sundarrajan
Written by	Krishna (dialogues)
Story by	Rabi Ghosh
Produced by	Vijayakumar
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Lakshmi Manjula Vijayakumar
Cinematography	T. S. Vinayagam
Edited by	B. Kandhasamy
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	Vanitha Film Productions
Release date	10 December 1982 (1982-12-10)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan
• Lakshmi
• Manjula
• Vijayakumar
• Jyothi
• Baby Meena
• Y.G. Mahendran
• Major Sundarrajan
• Thengai Srinivasan
• Thiagarajan
• Sudarshan as Bairava

Production

When Vijayakumar was in search of a child actress to portray Ganesan's daughter, he found Meena and approached her mother to let her daughter act in the film to which she agreed.^[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ganesh and lyrics of the songs were penned by Vaali while the lyrics for an item number were penned by actor Vijayakumar.^[4][5][6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Amma Oru"	Vaali	T. M. Soundararajan
2.	"Kuthuna Kuthu"	Vijayakumar	Vani Jairam
3.	"Kanne Kannin"	Vaali	T. M. Soundarrajan, Vani Jairam
4.	"Ennayandri"	Vaali	Vani Jairam

Critical reception

Thiraignani of Kalki felt it is carelessness on the part of the director to trivialise the story which should have been taken seriously.^[7] Balumani of Anna praised Ganesan's acting but felt Vijayakumar and Manjula just come and go and praised humour and Shankar Ganesh's music and concluded this is amongst those films which come and go unnoticed soon.^[4]