''Nanbanin Kadhali'' ( ''Friend's lover'') is a 2007 Indian

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-language romantic drama film written and directed by G. Kicha, starring

Vikramaditya Vikramaditya (IAST: ') was a legendary king who has been featured in hundreds of traditional stories including those in ''Baital Pachisi'' and '' Singhasan Battisi''. Many describe him as ruler with his capital at Ujjain (Pataliputra or Prati ...

, Kunal, Shivani Singh and

Vinu Chakravarthy Vinu Chakravarthy (15 December 1945 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or i ...

. The film had been shot and completed in 2005 under the title ''Cleopatra'', but only released in 2007. The film is inspired from Telugu film '' Nee Premakai''. This is Kunal's last Tamil film release before his death in 2008.

Plot

Jeeva who takes up residence in Sujata's neighbourhood, falls for her ample charms. Jeeva's attempts to woo Suji misfires, landing him on the wrong side of her father, a retired military man. Enters into the scene Surya. Surya's smooth talking ways and pleasing manners charm Suji and her family. In the game of one-upmanship and misunderstandings, who finally gets the girl forms the finale.

Cast

as Jeeva * Kunal as Suryaprakash aka Surya, Jeeva's childhood friend * Shivani Singh as Sujatha (Suji) *

as Sujatha's father * Nirosha as Sujatha's mother * R. Thyagarajan *

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* Kalpana Shree

Production

The film began production in 2005 under the title ''Cleopatra'', the filming was held at Goa and Visakhapatnam for 40 days.

Soundtrack

The music for the film was scored by Deva and lyrics were written by

Yugabharathi Yugabharathi is a Tamil poet and lyricist. His birth name was "Santhanam Desan" and he was known as "Santhanam" by his family and friends. During the early 1990s when he began writing poems for magazines he started using the pen name "Yugabharat ...

References

External links

* 2007 films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian romantic drama films Films scored by Deva (composer) Films shot in Goa Films shot in Visakhapatnam 2007 romantic drama films {{2000s-romance-film-stub