Nila Pennae

<p>Krishnamoorthy lives in the city and decides to stay in a village within a forest for some time. As he is very stressed due to the city life, he meets an old guru woman who creates a girl for him. Krishnamoorthy falls in love immediately and so does the girl whom he calls Suriya. She goes on to show him the beauty of life. The film was directed by V. Thamilazhagan, son of R. M. Veerappan. mentioned he was supposed to be introduced as lead actor with this film but due to his commitment to he was not able to take up this film. As director was scouting for the film’s lead actress, he instructed art designer Bharani to draw the portrait of a girl with the features he had imagined as he wanted the actress to look that way. The portrait was printed in an magazine and around twenty girls auditioned but none of them satisfied Thamilazhagan. When he came to know about Divya Bharathi in Mumbai who had that look, he chosen her but since she was too young the crew waited for a year for her to grow and then the filming began. This was Anand’s first film as solo lead actor after previously appearing in second lead roles. The music was composed by . was released on 5 July 1990, delayed from June. NKS of appreciated Divya Bharti and the music, but criticised the acting of the others. P. S. S. of wondered who would be guilty of derailing a wonderful film that started out as a highly award-winning feature for box-office collection purposes or anything else, but praised the cinematography.</p>