Nee Unnai Arindhaal

Nee Unnai Arindhaal (English: If you know yourself) is a 2009 Tamil drama film film directed by V. Rishiraj and Indian Bhaskar. The film features Murali, V. Rishiraj, newcomer Kushi in lead roles, with Risha, T. K. Kala, T. Harikrishnan, Indian Bhaskar and Dhadha Muthukumar playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Z. T. Choudhary, had musical score by R. K. Sundar and was released on 3 July 2009.^[1][2]

Plot

Sadai (V. Rishiraj) is an orphan who was adopted by Gopal's mother (T. K. Kala) when he was a kid, she considers Sadai as her own son. Gopal (Murali) and Sadai are rickshaw pullers and best friends, they live in a slum with their mother. Gopal's mother runs a roadside dosa business, and the poor people can eat there for cheap. Gopal and Sadai are kind-hearted persons, Gopal is a soft person without any bad habits whereas Sadai is a big brute who loves drinking alcohol and sleeping with prostitutes. Gopal has a cousin Valli (Kushi), and they are in love with each other. They eventually get married and Valli moves in Gopal's small house, thus Gopal's mother and Sadai have to sleep in front of the house.

Gopal and his mother don't want to see Sadai being alone, so they decide to find him a wife. One day, they force Sadai to see a woman, who they choose for him to be married to but the woman insults Sadai for being an ugly man and an alcoholic. Gopal and his wife Valli reassure Sadai and swear to find him a better woman. Shortly after, Gopal's mother died of heart attack. Things get sticky, when Valli gets pregnant, she finds that Sadai is having a bad influence on her husband. Valli complains to Gopal about Sadai's bad habits and tells him to stop hanging out with him but Gopal refuses to follow his wife's instruction and tells her that his friend is more important than anything else.

Sadai wants to sleep with the beautiful prostitute Dashani (Risha) but he does not have enough money to pay her. Later, Gopal gives him his wife's ornaments to repair his rickshaw. Sadai then trades the jewels for money but instead of repairing his vehicle, he pays Dashani to sleep with him. The big Sadai starts to hurt the little Dashani, thus she refused to sleep with him and she threw his money in his face. The heavily intoxicated Sadai then goes to Gopal's house, and Valli reluctantly welcomes him. Sadai assaults her and brutally rapes her, she dies after the assault and Sadai left the house. Gopal returns home after a hard day's work and discovers the dead body of his wife. Gopal thought she has committed suicide because he refused to follow her advice.

After the funeral, a neighbour reveals Gopal that his best friend killed his wife but Gopal refuses to believe him first. One night, the neighbour curses Sadai for killing Valli, Sadai then kills him for being the only witness of the murder. The next day, his dead body was found under a bridge. Gopal has had this suspicion that Sadai might have murdered his wife, so he decides to unearth his wife's corpse and he finds there Sadai's hair. He is therefore heartbroken and mad with rage all at the same time. Later that night, Gopal finds an intoxicated Sadai in a chemical warehouse, Gopal beats him up and disposes his body in a gallon barrel, and dissolves his body with nitric acid.

Cast

Production

Murali signed to play the role of a rickshaw puller. Newcomer Kushi was chosen to play the female lead role, with V. Rishiraj, T. K. Kala, Dhadha Muthukumar and T. Harikrishnan playing supporting roles. R. K. Sundar has scored the music for the lyrics jotted down by Indian Bhaskar. V. Rishiraj and Indian Bhaskar had written the story, screenplay and dialogues and the latter is taking care of the stunts. Z. T. Choudhary produced the film under the banner 24 Frames Productions.^[2][3][4]

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer R. K. Sundar. The soundtrack, released in 2009, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Indian Bhaskar. Actor Narain, director Rama Narayanan, producer Chandra Prakash Jain, Murali, V. Rishiraj and Kushi attended the audio launch.^[2][3][5][6]

Release

The film had a low-key theatrical release across Tamil Nadu in July 2009. A reviewer from Dinamalar said, "Murali's underplayed performance in the title role is far better than V. Rishiraj over-the-top's acting" and added that the rest of the cast were apt but criticized the film's screenplay and presentation.^[7][8]

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