Ninaivellam Nithya

<p>Chandru, a young and carefree man visits an estate on a hill region along with his friend Thyagu. He meets Nithya, a local girl. At first they have a bit of stand offs but eventually they fall in love. At a time, when their love affair is known to the girl’s family, the whole village joins hands to separate them, but Chandru and Nithya escape to Chandru’s hometown. Chandru was of the opinion that his father, a well to do businessman will support him, but he turns Chandru and Nithya away. Chandru and Nithya temporarily stay with Chandru’s other friend. What happens to both of them forms the balance of the story. Gigi, a daughter of , made her acting debut, and was her only film as an actress. The music was composed by , with lyrics by . Many of the songs are set in ; “Rojavai Thalattum Thendral” is set in , “Panivizhum Malar Vanam” is in , “Neethane Enthan Pon Vasantham” is in Brindavani, and “Kanni Ponnu” is in Hamsanadam. Sudhakar played the flute for “Panivizhum Malar Vanam”. S. Shiva Kumar of wrote, “Karthik’ s sensitive performance and Ilayaraja’s soothing music save the film from being a total washout. Gigi makes a very unsure debut and looks uncomfortable throughout.” Thiraignani of praised Karthik’s acting and Ilaiyaraaja’s music and also praised Sridhar for showing love in a different dimension, he concluded though he wrote praising Sridhar after watching the film, the review is negative. Balumani of newspaper praised the acting of star cast and cinematography but found Ilayaraja’s songs to be average and stated Sridhar, who has focused well on the early part of the film, would have been a hit if he had focused well on the second half. The song “Neethane Enthan Pon Vasantham” inspired the titles of a 2012 film ( , in which the lead character briefly sings the song) and a . “Panivizhum Malarvanam” inspired the title of a .</p>