Natpukkaga

Natpukaaga
Directed by K. S. Ravikumar
Produced by A. M. Rathnam
Written by K. S. Ravikumar
Story by Jyothi Krishna
Starring R. Sarathkumar
Simran
Vijayakumar
Music by Deva
Cinematography Ashok Rajan
Edited by K. Thanikachalam
Production
company
Sri Surya Movies
Distributed by Sri Surya Movies
Release date
  • 25 June 1998 (1998-06-25)
Country India
Language Tamil

Natpukaaga (English: For Friendship) is a 1998 Tamil language film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It starred R. Sarathkumar, Simran and Vijayakumar in the lead roles. It became a blockbuster upon release.

It was remade into Telugu as Sneham Kosam which starred Chiranjeevi with K. S. Ravikumar directing the version. Later remade in Kannada as Diggajaru (2000).

Plot

Chinnayya (Sarath Kumar) works for a rich man Ayya (Vijayakumar) in a village. Chinnayya has great respect and affection towards Ayya and Ayya, too, takes care of Chinnayya and looks after him as his own son. Ayya hates his first daughter Gowri (Sithara) and her husband (Mansoor Ali Khan). Prabhavathy (Simran), Ayya's younger daughter, arrives at the village after completing her education from the US. Prabhavathy loves Chinnayya but he does not reciprocate, thinking this would be a betrayal of Ayya’s trust in him. Later, Chinnayya too understands Prabhavathy’s love and accepts it.

One day, suddenly, Prabhavathy accuses that Chinnayya tried to rape her. This angers Ayya and he beats Chinnayya and sends him away from his home. At this time, Muthaiya (also Sarath Kumar), Chinnayya’s father, is released from jail and comes to meet Ayya. Muthaiya also worked under Ayya before and had won his trust. But Prabhavathy gets angry on seeing Muthaiya and asks him to leave the house because he had been jailed for murdering Ayya’s wife Lakshmi (Sujatha) a few years back. Prabhavathy also reveals the truth that she staged a drama to send Chinnayya away from her father. Ayya is shocked knowing the truth and feels bad that he misunderstood Chinnayya, believing his daughter’s deception.

Chinnayya also hates his father Muthaiya since childhood as he was accused of killing Lakshmi. The story moves to a flashback. Muthaiya was a loyal servant in Ayya’s home. Mansoor Ali Khan is Lakshmi's brother and his wedding was arranged with Gowri. On the day of marriage, Lakshmi got to know about Mansoor Ali Khan’s plans to rob Ayya's properties and decided to cancel the wedding. But Mansoor Ali Khan injured Lakshmi badly, hid her in a room and the marriage was completed. But Muthaiya found Lakshmi and got to know the truth about Mansoor Ali Khan. Before he could go and stop the marriage, it was already finished and so he did not want Mansoor Ali Khan to go to jail as that would impact Gowri’s life. Lakshmi died from her injuries and Muthaiya accepted that he had murdered her for money and was arrested by police. This made Gowri and Prabhavathy hate him and his family.

Ayya did not believe this, so he went to jail to meet Muthaiya and asked him the truth. Muthaiya told the truth to Ayya and got a promise that Ayya would not reveal this truth to anyone else as Gowri would be alone then. Ayya agreed but sent Mansoor Ali Khan away from his home. Gowri also left his home without knowing the truth and understanding her father. The story comes to present and wedding is planned between Prabhavathy and Mansoor Ali Khan's brother Sirasu (Ranjith). On the day of marriage, Ayya tells the truth to everyone. Mansoor Ali Khan tries to kill him but Muthaiya comes in between, gets stabbed and dies. Mansoor Ali Khan is killed by Sirasu after knowing the truth that he killed his own sister Lakshmi. Meanwhile, Ayya cries in front of Muthaiya’s dead body and he also dies. The movie ends with Chinnayya and Prabhavathy getting married to each other.

Cast

Production

Director K. S. Ravikumar initially approached Mammootty to play the lead role.[1] For reasons unknown, he declined the offer. Sarath Kumar was then chosen to play the lead. The team had initially considered Soundarya and then Keerthi Reddy to play the leading female role, their unavailability led to Simran being cast.[2] The film's story was written by Jothikrishna, son of producer AM Rathnam.[3]

Remakes

Year Film Language Cast Director
1999 Sneham Kosam Telugu Chiranjeevi, Meena K. S. Ravikumar
2000 Diggajaru Kannada Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh D. Rajendra Babu

Soundtrack

There are 6 songs composed by Deva. Lyrics by Kavignar Kaalidhasan [4] Sarathkumar and Vijayakumar made their singing debut with this film, performing "Meesaikkaara Nanbaa".[5]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XElsAGpbb7U&feature=youtu.be&t=273
  2. ↑ http://chandrag.tripod.com/sept98/
  3. ↑ Kamath, Sudhish (28 December 2003). "Filmmaker with a difference". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Natpukkaga Songs - Natpukkaga Tamil Movie Songs - Tamil Songs Lyrics Trailer Videos, Preview Stills Reviews
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010112113500/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/highlights/01-01-99/yearhig2.htm
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