Nenjamellam Neeye

1983 Indian film

Mohan
Radha
Poornima Jayaram

CinematographyRavi BabuEdited by

R. B. Thilak
D. S. Maniam

Music byShankar–Ganesh

Production
company

Indira Creations

Release date

29 April 1983 (1983-04-29)

CountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Nenjamellam Neeye (transl. You are all over my heart) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film written and directed by K. Rangaraj in his debut. The film stars Mohan, Radha and Poornima Jayaram. It was released on 29 April 1983.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Mohan
Radha
Poornima Jayaram
Shankar–Ganesh (special appearance)
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (special appearance)
Charuhasan (special appearance)
Vennira Aadai Moorthy
Goundamani
Neelu
Haja Sheriff
Kumari Sachu
Geetha

Production

Nenjamellam Neeye is the directorial debut of Rangaraj who had earlier apprenticed with Bharathiraja. Filming took place mostly in Ooty, while a house and studio were shot in Chennai. According to Rangaraj, the Hindi film Abhimaan (1973) was a major influence on this film.^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.^[2]^[3] Rangaraj felt it would be good if Ilaiyaraaja was the composer, but desisted from signing him due to budget constraints.^[1] The song "Yaaradhu Sollamal" attained popularity.^[4]^[1]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vayasuponnu"	M. G. Vallabhan	Vani Jairam, P. Jayachandran	4:02
2.	"Naalai Muthal"	Vaali	Vani Jairam	4:50
3.	"Yaaradhu Sollamal"	Vairamuthu	Vani Jairam	4:42
4.	"Oru Thamarai Mottu"	Gangai Amaran	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam	4:12
Total length:				17:46

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki noted the film reminds of Abhimaan due to its predictable plot and characterisations and praised Rangaraj's direction, citing he has become adept at suddenly putting sudden brakes on the story and turning it around. Jayamanmadhan noted about Ravibabu's cinematography that in some places there is a wax pattern and in some places it glows like a sodium lamp, panned Haja Sheriff's humour as vulgar but praised Shankar–Ganesh's music.^[5] According to Rangaraj, the film was neither a failure nor highly successful.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "பாரதிராஜா அஸிஸ்டென்ட்டுன்னாலே உடனே சான்ஸ்; முதல்படம் நெஞ்சமெல்லாம் நீயே' ரிலீசாகி 36 வருடங்கள்! - இயக்குநர் கே.ரங்கராஜ் நெகிழ்ச்சி பேட்டி". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Nenjamellam Neeye (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. 31 December 1983. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "Nenjamellam Neeye Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ ராம்ஜி, வி. (24 April 2018). "'15 படங்கள் ஹிட்...' - 'உதயகீதம்' கே.ரங்கராஜ் - 15 வருடங்களுக்குப் பிறகு மனம் திறக்கிறார்". Kamadenu.in (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ ஜெயமன்மதன் (15 May 1983). "நெஞ்சமெல்லாம் நீயே". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 68–69. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024 – via Internet Archive.