Nila (film)

Nila (transl. Moon) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Nambirajan. The film stars Jayaram and Vineetha, with an ensemble supporting cast including Yuvarani, Goundamani, Senthil, Gandhimathi, Vijayakumar, Manjula Vijayakumar and Prakash Raj. It was released on 24 November 1994.^[1] The film was remade in Telugu as Maa Ayana Bangaram (1997).^{[citation needed]}

Nila
Poster
Directed by	Nambirajan
Written by	Nambirajan
Produced by	S. Sreedevi S. Vengatesh
Starring	Jayaram Vineetha
Cinematography	A. Sabhabathy
Edited by	A. P. Manivannan
Music by	Deva
Production company	Shri Sairam Arts
Release date	24 November 1994 (1994-11-24)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Ayyanar is a kind-hearted person and a kulfi street vendor. One day, out of pity Ayyanar gives refuge to a girl suffering from amnesia and behaving like a child. Ayyanar and Aatha, who is like his own mother, take care of her. Ayyanar names the girl "Nila". In the meantime, the medical student Subha falls in love with Ayyanar. Living with a woman without getting married is not well seen, so Ayyanar and Nila get married. Afterwards, Ayyanar and Nila live happily, Nila even becomes pregnant. After her delivery, Nila regains her memory and is transferred in a better hospital. There, Nila meets her real family and her fiancé.

The real name of Nila is Ramya. She lived with her parents in Delhi and she was engaged to Ramesh. One day, an earthquake struck in Delhi and they were all separated, her family thought that she was dead.

When Ayyanar comes to see his wife, Nila in the first place rejects him but she then decides to live as "Nila" with Ayyanar and their newborn baby. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Jayaram as Ayyanar
• Vineetha as Nila / Ramya
• Yuvarani as Subha
• Goundamani
• Senthil as Dinku
• Gandhimathi as Aatha
• Vijayakumar as Vijay, Ramya's father
• Manjula Vijayakumar as Lakshmi, Ramya's mother
• Prakash Raj as Ramesh
• Jai Ganesh as Subha's father
• Idichapuli Selvaraj as Munusamy
• Karikalan as Vadivelu
• Ponnambalam
• LIC Narasimhan
• Loose Mohan
• Bonda Mani
• M. R. Krishnamurthy
• Krishnamoorthy
• Sanjay
• Pasi Narayanan
• Thideer Kannaiah
• Thayir Vadai Desigan
• Vellai Subbaiah
• Bayilvan Ranganathan
• Velmurugan
• Ramakrishna Iyer
• Sahadevan
• Mahadevan
• Kavithasri
• Pasi Sathya

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Vaali.^[2][3]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
"Mele Idi Idikkum"	Mano, Swarnalatha	5:20
"Raasa Mela Aasai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	5:06
"Rukku Namba"	K. S. Chithra	5:04
"Naidu Hallu"	Mano	4:46
"Chinna Chinna"	Mano, Jayaram	4:57
"Soodaaga Suttu"	Gangai Amaran, Malgudi Subha	5:03

Reception

On 25 November 1994, Malini Mannath, writing for The Indian Express, called it an extended version of Moondram Pirai, adding, "the director has managed to keep proceedings interesting".^[4]