''Ennamo Nadakkudhu'' ( ''Something is happening'') is a 2014 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by P Rajapandi. It stars

Vijay Vasanth Vijay Vasanth (born Vijayakumar Vasanthakumar on 20 May 1983) is an Indian politician who is a Member of Parliament from Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency. He contested and won the bypoll that took place for Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency ...

Mahima Nambiar Gopika Palat Chirakkaraveettil (born 21 December 1994) known by her stage name Mahima Nambiar is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films. She debuted with '' Kaaryasthan'' (2010) and went on to receive praise for h ...

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, Rahman,

Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam and a few Kannada language films. She also acted in one Hindi movie '' Chup: Revenge of the Artist'' in 2022. Saranya made ...

, and

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. Produced by Vijay Vasanth's brother, V Vinoth Kumar for Triple V Records, it has music composed by

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and cinematography by A. Venkatesh, while the editing is taken care of by

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and

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. The story revolves around a young man in love, who gets caught between two influential people in the society.

Cast

as Vijay *

as Madhu *

as Parthipan * Rahman as Burma *

as Vijay's mother *

as Gayathri *

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as Burma's friend *

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as OC Kudi Kumar, Vijay's friend *

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as Madhu's father *

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as Money Lender *

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* Thirumurugan * Kaajal Pasupathi *

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* Kavitha Bharathy *

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* Velu GR as bike rider

Production

Mahima Nambiar who appeared in

Samuthirakani P. Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander, in '' Paarthale Paravasam''. He won the National F ...

's ''

Saattai ''Saattai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by M. Anbazhagan. The film features Samuthirakani, Yuvan, Mahima Nambiar and Thambi Ramaiah in pivotal roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were compo ...

'' was signed as lead actress and she plays a nurse. It was reported that Rahman plays a politician and

plays a businessman in the film.

was cast as the hero's mother and she also sang a folk number for the film. Vijay Vasanth trained with

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and also learned certain kinds of fights for his role. The shooting started on 12 December 2012 and the first look poster was released on the same day. The climax action sequences were being shot in an unopened shopping mall in Chennai in March 2013.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. The audio launch of ''Ennamo Nadakkudhu'' happened in Chennai on 16 December 2013.

Critical reception

The film received overall positive reviews. ''

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'' gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "There is a lot to like in ''Yennamo Nadakkudhu'' and first and foremost among these is the script. The film is tautly written with one scene leading into another or informing the other so that there is hardly a wasted moment. Generally, thrillers tend to lose some bit of the tension after the revelation but this film manages to keep you on the edge of the seat till its climax and it is certainly its biggest triumph. ''Yennamo Nadakkudhu'' is the surprise of the season".

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wrote, "''Ennamo Nadakkuthu'' is a racy edge of the seat thriller with lots of twists and turns, till the very end. The film works due to its speed, earthy dialogues, performances from its actors and a cracker of a climax". ''

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'' wrote, "With an intriguing screenplay and with enough twists and turns to keep up the momentum, the film is a racy, riveting action-suspense thriller. ''Ennamo Nadakkuthu'' is an impressive work from a debutant maker". Behindwoods.com gave 2.5 stars and wrote, "The ups, downs, twists and turns in the script make the movie interesting to watch and takes it to a pacy finale that might make the audience forget that their seats have push backs. The director has placed some of the leads pretty neatly in the initial portions of the script and the unwinding of those leads in the climax sequence shout out the subtle brilliance in the scripting. Although the movie has a few pinches of cinematic elements here and there, the perfection in the script and the flawlessness in the execution allows the movie to take a step up". Indiaglitz.com wrote, "''Ennamo Nadakkudhu'' is a good relief from usual masala with a practical concept told with a high quality of cinematic touch, and makes for a good watch". ''

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'' was more critical of the film, writing, "it would have been all very well had Vijay asanthused just brains and got the job done, the plot might have worked and made it a neat film. But the minute we see him jumping off buildings and dodging goondas in hot pursuit, you are tempted to ask – Oh really?"

References

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*{{IMDb title, 3686168 2014 films 2014 action thriller films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films Indian action thriller films Films scored by Premgi Amaren