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'Ennavalle' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by J. Suresh which stars, R. Madhavan in lead role. Sneha made her acting debut through this movie. The film also featured Manivannan, Thalaivasal Vijay and Charle in pivotal roles, while music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film released on 22 December 2000 to negative reviews from film critics.

Plot



James Vasanthan (R. Madhavan) and his three friends Ganeshan (Charle), Charles (Vaiyapuri), and Mohan (Venu Madhav), have a music troupe that sings at weddings. They are tenants of Subramani (Manivannan) whose daughter Lakshmi (Sneha) shares a good rapport with the youths, helping them in their time of need. Her encouragement puts a new zeal in James, who soon gains recognition as a singer. Not that this brings any change in the group's lifestyle, for J. Suresh still shows them as strugglers. James finally proposes to Lakshmi who rejects him, as she has her past to reckon with. She is a divorcee, her husband having abandoned her soon after marriage for his girlfriend. When Lakshmi's friend and neighbour Seetha (Aswini) puts some sense into her, she decides to make amends. But misunderstandings pile up between the lovers the situations are all forced here until J. Suresh leads the story to a desired happy ending.

Cast



*R. Madhavan as James Vasanthan

*Sneha as Lakshmi

*Manivannan as Subramani

*Charle as Ganeshan

*Vaiyapuri as Charles

*Venu Madhav as Mohan

*Anand as Anand

*Thalaivasal Vijay as Neighbour

*Venu Arvind as Kumar

*Kalairani as Lakshmi's mother

*S. N. Lakshmi as Lakshmi's grandmother

*Aswini as Seetha

*Pandu as First House Owner

*K. R. Vatsala

*Kathadi Ramamurthy

*Narra Venkateswara Rao

*Oru Viral Krishna Rao

*Crane Manohar

*Scissor Manohar

*LIC Narasimhan

*A. V. Ramanan

*Pasi Sathya

*Jothi

Production



The director J. Suresh initially approached Mani Ratnam to produce the film, but Mani Ratnam refused the script. He however introduced Suresh to R. Madhavan, who was signed on to play the lead role. The film was tentatively titled as 'Dhool' and then as 'Sugham', whilst actress Sneha made her debut with the film after calling off schedules for her film, 'Virumbugiren'. Telugu comedian Venu Madhav also made his debut in Tamil films with the project. The film was shot across locations in Chennai, Ooty, Hyderabad and Gopichettipalayam and the filming was completed within 18 days.

Release



The film opened to predominantly negative reviews, with most critics agreeing that Madhavan had taken a wrong career move after the success of 'Alaipayuthey'.http://www.lolluexpress.com/ennavale.htm The Hindu critic revealed that the "reeks of melodrama bogs down even a natural performer like Madhavan". In regard to performances it claimed that "for Madhavan, it is merely a prosaic exercise in melodrama" while the "new heroine Sneha could have shown more emotions and reactions in certain scene". Another reviewer drew particular criticism for the role of Thalaivasal Vijay, claiming it was "arguably the smallest role in his career".http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=139&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english The film subsequently did not perform well at the box office.[https://archive.org/details/kalki2001-01-14/page/n133/mode/2up 'Kalki' review]

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