''Nenjil'' () is a 2006 Indian

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directed by

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and produced by Manish Nair, Bhavani Kanagasapay under the banner Candy Films Ltd & Gatpaham Entertainment Ltd. The film stars

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and Aparna in the lead roles, while

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, and

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play supporting roles. The music was composed by

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with cinematography by

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. The film was released on 1 December 2006.

Plot

The film is about a group of people who win a competition and are taken to London for a free trip. The group includes Anand and Priya, but the joyous journey sours when the lead pair falls in love at the beginning of the holiday. Enters Rishi, a tour guide for London. He resolves to separate the lovers and plans to marry Priya. The rest is a cat and mouse game between Anand and Rishi and how their love overcomes all problems. There are also two people who separate him. They were in love before but got separated, and so they hate love. They decide to split them up so that they win the competition against Priya and Anand. In the end they tell them the truth, and Priya and Anand reunite.

Cast

Production

The film was launched on 17 February 2006 at Prasad Studios under the title ''Nenjil Jil Jil'', which is also a song in ''

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'' (2002). A nine-year-old, Siddharth, entered the Limca Book of Records as the youngest musician to record for the film with his drums. Scenes for the film were shot at

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in March 2006 with the 30-strong cast and crew would also be visiting Weymouth, Bath and London.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by

. It was released under the film's original title.

Critical reception

A critic from ''

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'' described Senthil Kumar's cinematography as the film's only positive, adding, "If you are looking for any value from screenplay or direction just banish the thought". Malathi Rangarajan of ''

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'' wrote, "''Nenjil'' is laughable in patches you could say, but the romantic thread is so common and run of the mill that it pulls down the interest quotient terribly". Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "There's nothing here that can hold you to the film. It's a lacklustre script, insipid narration and performances that fail to excite". Lajjavathi of ''

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'' praised the performances of lead pair, cinematography and called Vadivelu's humour as both positive and negative and also praised the director for keeping scenes short without dragging but felt after interval, the sag could have been avoided. ''Cinesouth'' wrote, "It is quite enjoyable to see the little tiffs between Navdeep and Aparna and how they hide their love within their hearts. But this is something we have seen umpteen times, so one gets impatient for the film to get a move on".

References

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