Unnale Unnale

<p>The film opens with a man ( ) and woman interviewing civilians on and the opposite sex. After a mixture of answers, they cease their questions, and the credits roll. The credits end as a boy, after being rejected by his girlfriend, is accidentally hit by a passing car and dies. Karthik ( ) walks off, disturbed, to his girlfriend Jhansi’s ( ) office. There, he is criticized by her for his antics with other women and his lack of passion for their love. She walks off, ending their relationship. Karthik is then shown as a in , still playful and fun-loving. Accepting a request from his manager to go on a six-month business trip to , he bids farewell to his friends Raju ( ) and Sathish ( ). On the plane, he encounters a playful, flirtatious girl named Deepika ( ), whom he sits next to during the flight. After spending hours together, they become friends and exchange contact details. However, by coincidence, Deepika is travelling to Melbourne to work in the same company as Jhansi, who is settled there. Together they seem to conveniently bump into Karthik at every corner, prompting an unwelcome reunion for Jhansi and Karthik. While Deepika takes a liking to Karthik, Jhansi ignores him, even though he has hopes of getting back together. At a restaurant, Karthik bumps into a fellow named Vaidyanathan ( ) and explains his love for Jhansi. The story then flashes back two years. Karthik had met Jhansi at a festival in a temple, where she played a prank on him and his friends. Taking a liking to Jhansi, Karthik begins to follow her intentionally, hoping for her to fall in love with him. Soon after, she becomes more and more suspicious of Karthik. This comes to a head when Karthik acts as the boyfriend of Raju’s girlfriend Pooja ( ), only for Jhansi to get confused and mistake him. His reputation as a trusting boyfriend takes another turn for the worse, when at a wedding, the bride ( ) gives him a kiss after he improvises a song. As the pair have a love-hate relationship, the breakup beckons when Jhansi sends her friend ( ) undercover to flirt with Karthik. However, he lies by claiming that he was at home ill, prompting Jhansi to end their relationship. At the end of the flashback, Vaidyanathan suggests to Karthik that it is more important to move on than think regretfully, and Karthik gets over his relationship with Jhansi. However, finding out about Deepika’s love towards Karthik, Jhansi becomes jealous and reinstates her love for Karthik. Soon, as she sees Deepika and Karthik’s compatibility and understanding her fault, she finally understands what went wrong in their relationship. Then, Karthik tells her through a meaningful conversation that he still loves her, not Deepika. After this, Jhansi runs away to surreptitiously. At the end of the film, the male interviewer who appeared at the start questions Jhansi on her decision to leave anonymously; however, she refuses to answer at first. Later, she replies that though she still loves Karthik, she was unable to understand him well. She knew that it would not work out and that she did not want to hurt Karthik further, thus becoming the sole reason for her departure. She then confirms that she met up with Deepika recently, and had found that she is married to Karthik and they have a child. She then walks away, claiming that her future lies in her own hands, and she is happy the way she is now. The entire production of the film took about a year and a half to be completed and released. became ‘s last finished film prior to his death on the sets of his next film, . The film was originally announced under the title of (In the Winds of July) with a scheduled casting of , and . However all three of the proposed lead cast opted out of the film. Agarwal cited that her marriage was on the cards and she would find it difficult to sign on for a year, whilst the other two were unable to star in the film due to undisclosed reasons. In an interview, Jeeva said, “Romance always finds a special place in Tamil films. My new film July Kaatril is also about love”, confirming it was a romantic flick. While was signed on as the music director with Kavignar and assisting him with the lyrics, Jeeva’s wife, Aneez was signed as a costume designer. The casting of , after opted out, as Karthik was due to some similarities with the character. Vinay made his debut into the film industry after modelling and featuring in a couple of advertisements. However, they finalised the choice of the actor only after the script was ready. The choice of was more difficult and since she had received many negative reviews and the film became important to rekindle her success. The role of Deepika went to , who despite being a leading heroine’s sister ( ), she was yet to maintain a hit film. Mukherjee, came down to to look for new opportunities and attracted the producer into signing her on. She immediately expressed her satisfaction with the character and consented for the role. The film was mostly shot in , Australia overlooking the . The climax was shot in while the beginning and the flashback was picturized in various cities across . Playback singer, dubbed for . The film has six songs composed by with the lyrics primarily penned by and . The audio of the film released nationwide on 24 January 2007, three months prior to the movie release. gave a positive rating stating “Full marks to Harris Jeyaraj for the songs especially the “Unnale Unnale…”, “June Pona…” and the background score which stays long after you leave the hall. They are picturised aesthetically in never-seen-before locations with utmost care going into details. ” The soundtrack was highly acclaimed and won the “Youthful Album of the Year” award at “Tamil Music Awards”. Harris Jayaraj was also nominated for the and the . The song “June Ponal” is based on ” ” by . All tracks are written by . The movie was released worldwide alongside , and on ‘s Day, 14 April 2007. Owing to the success of the film, the number of reels grew to about hundred. The film completed 100 days of screening in the theaters in the state of . The reception in was equally successful and was released in six major for up to 9 weeks, the film collected $114,883 (then approximately 5 million) within its 50-day run. Along with its relative commercial success, the film received positive reviews on the storyline and the performances of the actors themselves. praised ‘s, Tanishaa’s, and ‘s performances. Lajjavathi of praised the acting of lead pair, humour, Jayaraj’s music, Ramakrishnan’s dialogues and added Jeeva scored both as cinematographer and director and praised him for narrating the plot like a Haiku and felt the screenplay was fast paced and concluded saying let’s welcome this to come and sit in the row of films like ‘Mozhi’. wrote “A youthful colourful ambience, a handsome star cast, and some pleasant melodies, all packaged in attractive frames was the trademark of Jeeva’s earlier films. the cinematographer-director’s third venture, has all these elements. And when the narration tends to lag a little or the scenes turn repetitive, it’s these factors that keep it going”. wrote “Unnale Unnale is an urban romantic fun film that explores love from a slightly realistic and different point of view. The movie does not have clichéd characters nor the typical masalas associated with Tamil films and is packaged in Bollywood style. Though some of the scenes are straight lifts from various Hollywood and Bollywood films, director Jeeva has succeeded in bringing out brilliant performances from his lead actors and presenting the film in a chic and sophisticated manner”. The DVD version of the film was released on 8 August 2007 in the United Kingdom. This DVD release was distributed by all around the world. It is available in , , 24 , and format. The satellite rights of the film were bagged by . The film made business for Vinay, who signed up many films after the project. The original title of this film, , inspired a film , also based on a love triangle between the lead actors, just like in .</p>