Unnai Charanadaindhen

<p>Nandha and Kannan are dearest of friends. While Kannan is goofy, fun-loving and naïve; Nandha is somber, serious and responsible. He takes the onus of taking care of Kannan and helping him in all ways which makes Kannan absolutely devoted to Nandha. Teja is in love with Nandha and he reciprocates. Enters Bobby, a well-to-do, sophisticated, intelligent and responsible girl who falls in love with Kannan seeing his goodness. Kannan too loves her but Nandha does not approve without which Kannan won’t proceed. Nandha starts to punish Kannan subtly at first and overtly later for maintaining relations with Bobby. Bobby’s family and her brother do not approve of Kannan and tries to get rid of him wherein Nandha steps in to save him. A tug of war over Kannan starts between Bobby and Nandha. Is Nandha’s intentions for Kannan pure or is he simply unwilling to forgo his control over him seeing him as a slave? Will Bobby be steadfast or is she simply using him to have fun? The soundtrack was composed by , Charan’s father, and consists of six songs with lyrics penned by , Venkat Prabhu’s father. Balasubrahmanyam himself lent his voice for three songs, while noted composers and co-sang the first song of the album. Aside from Balasubrahmanyam, his sister and his daughter Pallavi had also performed each one song. The score was composed by Srinivasa Moorthy. Malini Mannath of wrote, “A neatly crafted screenplay with some engaging situations, catchy lines, well etched characters, sensitive treatment and some fine performances, all make debutant director Samuthiraikani’s maiden directorial effort worth watching. Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “It is a pity that the film, racy and absorbing in the first half, gets bogged down and drags in the last forty minutes”. Mokkarasu of praised the acting of Charan, Meera, Venkat Prabhu and Ilavarasu also appreciated humour in first half, Balasubramaniam’s music and the film’s screenplay for creating tension of whether lovers unite or not but panned characters for speaking lengthy dialogues, double meaning dialogues and Charan’s weak reason of separating his friend’s love. The film won two : and (Samuthirakani).</p>