Neengadha Ninaivu

<p>The story starts with a friendship between two young children. The girl is from an affluent family and she is friends with a poor boy. Both of them used to ride on a horse for fun. The girl’s father does not like their friendship. One day he accuses the boy of pushing the girl off the horse and forbids their meeting thereafter. The children grow up. The boy, now a young man, Kumar, lives in a farmer’s house. Another farmer’s daughter loves him. Kumar loses his eyesight in an accident and he and the lover girl make their living by singing in the streets. Kumar becomes acquainted with an eye surgeon and surgeon restores his eyesight. The surgeon becomes friendly with Kumar and he tells the surgeon about his childhood sweetheart. But when Kumar tells the name of his childhood friend, Mala, the surgeon is shocked because he is in love with Mala. Kumar learns that Mala is the surgeon’s lover. He blinds himself again and returns to singing on the streets. The list is adapted from the review article published in . Music was composed by . The song is the first Vaali’s song sung by T. M. Soundararajan. The song set to the tune of the Hindi version song “Bachpan Ke Din Bhoolana Dena” composed by Naushad, was a hit. Film historian said the film is “Remembered for the performances of S. S. Rajendran and Kalyankumar.</p>