Nilaave Vaa is a 1998 Tamil film which released directed by A. Venkatesh and produced by K. T. Kunjumon.[1][2]. The film starsVijay and Suvalakshmi in the main lead roles, while Sanghavi,Raghuvaran and Manivannan play other supporting roles. The film opened in August 1998 and met with an unfavourable response critically and commercially.[3]
Siluvai (Vijay) is the son of Cruz (Vinu Chakravarthy). They are Christians living in a fishing village. In another town, Perumaal (Jaiganesh) is the father to Sangeetha (Suvalakshmi) and Gauri. Sangheeta comes to the small fishing village. Raghuvaran is proposed (and later engaged) to marry her. However, Gauri, falls in love with Siluvai's friend and after hearing that their father Jaiganesh doesn't want to accept the Hindu-Christian marriage, she decides to elope with her lover. This leads to the breakup of Sangeetha and Siluvai's love affair. However Raghuvaran, upon hearing Siluvai's story, gives a great speech to the villagers and unites Siluvai and Sangeetha.[edit]Plot
| Nilaave Vaa | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | A. Venkatesh |
| Produced by | K. T. Kunjumon |
| Starring | Vijay Suvalakshmi Sanghavi |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | R. Selva |
| Editing by | B. S. Vasu-Saleem |
| Release date(s) | 14 August 1998 |
| Running time | 165 min. |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Tamil |
[edit]Cast
- Vijay as Siluvai
- Suvalakshmi as Sangheeta
- Sanghavi as Pilomina
- Jaiganesh as Perumaal
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Cruz
- Raghuvaran as Siva
- Manivannan as Dubai
- Charle as Kilipas
- Sanjeev as Baasha
- Balaji as Kicha
- Sriman as Laasar
- A. Venkatesh makes a cameo appearance
[edit]Production
The film was jointly produced on Vijay's home banner and K. T. Kunjumon and featured an extensive budget.[4]Initially Rakshana was signed on as heroine but was subsequently replaced by Suvalakshmi.[5] Mansoor Ali Khan had signed to be the villain in Nilaave Vaa, but the actor later returned the advance of Rs. 50,000 and took back his 40 days of call sheets, with Anantharaj consequently replacing him.[6]
[edit]Release
A critic from Indolink.com concluded that the film was "not impressive", while mentioning that "Vijay is his usual self" and that Raghuvaran "has given a good performance as usual".[7] Vijay mentioned that he had expected the film to do good business but was disappointed by it's box office failure.
[edit]Soundtrack
| Song Title | Singers |
|---|---|
| "Nee Kaatru Naan Maram" | K. S. Chitra, Hariharan |
| "Nilave Nilave" | Vijay, Anuradha Sriram |
| "Onnum Onnum" | Arun Mozhi, Swarnalatha |
| "Chandira Mandalathai" | Vijay, Harini, S. P. B. Charan |
| "Akkuthe Akkuthe" | Vidyasagar, S. N. Surendar, Gopal Rao |
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