Nila Pennae


Nila Pennae is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by V. Thamilazhagan and produced by R. M. Veerappan. The film stars Divya Bharti and Anand with Vennira Aadai Moorthy and Janagaraj in supporting roles. It was released on 5 July 1990.

Plot

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.

Cast

The film was directed by V. Thamilazhagan, son of R. M. Veerappan. Vikram mentioned he was supposed to be introduced as lead actor with this film but due to his commitment to En Kadhal Kanmani he was not able to take up this film. As the 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 a 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 chose 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.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vidyasagar.
SongSingersLyricsLength
"Adi Raasathi"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamVaali0:44
"Kichang Kichang"K. S. Chithra, Gangai AmaranPulamaipithan05:14
"Manasukku Vayasenna"K. S. ChithraVaali04:53
"Otha Kuyilu"Swarnalatha, S. P. BalasubrahmanyamGangai Amaran04:39
"Pudhu Uravu"K. J. Yesudas, P. SusheelaVairamuthu04:47
"Raathiri Mella" 1S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. ChithraVaali05:14
"Raathiri Mella" 2Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. ChithraVaali05:14
"Thalaiyil Kiridangal"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamVairamuthu04:33

Release and reception

Nila Pennae was released on 5 July 1990, delayed from June. NKS of The Indian Express appreciated Divya Bharti and the music, but criticised the acting of the others. P. S. S. of Kalki 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.