Endrendrum Kadhal

Endrendrum Kadhal
Directed by	Manoj Bhatnagar
Produced by	K. T. Kunjumon Manoj Bhatnagar
Written by	Crazy Mohan (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Manoj Bhatnagar
Story by	Manoj Bhatnagar
Starring	Vijay Rambha M. N. Nambiar Banupriya Raghuvaran
Music by	Manoj Bhatnagar
Cinematography	K. S. Shiva
Edited by	B. S.Vasu – Saleem
Production company	Sameera Films
Distributed by	Gentleman Film International
Release dates	5 March 1999
Running time	160 min.
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Endrendrum Kadhal (Tamil: என்றென்றும் காதல்; English: Forever Love) is a Tamil film which released in 1999 written, directed and co-produced by Manoj Bhatnagar. The film stars Vijay and Rambha in the lead roles with Raghuvaran and Banupriya in other pivotal roles.^[1] Veteran actor M. N. Nambiar also played a supporting role, while Manoj Bhatnagar also composed the film's music. The film opened to average reviews but was an average success.

Plot

Vijay is the managing director of a large shipping corporation. He lives in a joint family with his father (Nambiar), two brothers (Radharavi and Dhamu), their wives and children and a spinster sister (Banupriya). He goes to Switzerland to stipulate a contract with Nizhalgal Ravi and Raghuvaran. There he meets Rambha, Ravi's sister. The two fall in love. Ravi approves of Vijay but when he expresses the condition that Vijay should stay with them after the marriage because India is not good, he refuses his offer and returns home. But later Raghuvaran and Rambha travel to India to mend fences. Raghuvaran learns that Banupriya had been dumped by Ravi for a better life and Vijay is just waiting for an opportunity to kill the man who destroyed his sister's life. He devises ways of preventing Ravi from attending the marriage but later he tells Banupriya the truth. Vijay overhears this and is angered, but Raghuvaran solves all the problems by deciding to marry Banupriya. Banupriya agrees for this too, making everyone happy. Finally Vijay, seeing his sister happy leaves Ravi alone. Eventually Rambha and Vijay get married.

Cast

• Vijay as Vijay
• Rambha as Meenakshi "Meenu"
• M. N. Nambiar as Sethupathi
• Banupriya as Pooja
• Raghuvaran as Shekher
• Radha Ravi as Krishna
• Nizhalgal Ravi as Nagaraj
• Charle as Sabapathi
• Dhamu as Vasu
• Anju as Krishna's wife
• Sindhu as Vasu's wife
• Visali Kannadasan as a television interviewer
• S. A. Rajkumar as a singer

Production

The film marked a comeback for actress Banupriya, who was signed on for the film in November 1998, after she had relocated base to the USA.^[2] Meena was initially approached for the film, but had to turn the offer down due to her busy schedule.^[3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Manoj Bhatnagar and lyrics written byPazhani Bharathi, Piraisudan, Ponniyin Selvan. Arivumathi & Vairamuthu.^[4]

• O Thendrale — SPB, Anuradha Sriram
• Kangala Minnala — SPB, Chithra
• Endrendrum Kadhal — Hariharan
• Nadodi Nanba — Unnikrishnan, Chithra
• Jalakku - SN Surendar, Sujatha
• Take It Easy - Anuradha Sriram

Release

This low-budget production opened to mixed reviews, with a critic from Indolink.com claiming "even though the film has absolutely nothing new to offer, it doesn’t test your patience."^[5] The Deccan Herald labelled that "all in all it is a pleasant film" and that "Vijay’s a little glib, Rambha’s weight loss makes her look haggard and Raghuvaran as not a villain is nice", claiming it was "worth a look".^[6]

The co-producer K. T. Kunjumon, who was still reeling under the failure of Ratchagan, faced further financial crunch owing to the failure of this film, with L. Suresh, a financier in Chennai publicly threatening legal action against the producer for failure to pay back a loan of ₹75 lakh taken out for the film.^[7]

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