Neethaane En Ponvasantham(2012)
Neethaane En Ponvasantham is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Jiiva and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in lead roles, with Santhanam, Ravi Raghavendra, and Ravi Prakash in supporting roles. The story follows Varun and Nithya, childhood friends who repeatedly fall in and out of love across three stages of their lives — school, college, and adulthood. The film explores how ego, pride, and class differences can tear a couple apart. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, and the cinematography was handled by M. S. Prabhu and S. R. Kathir. Samantha won the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress for her performance. The film was released on 14 December 2012 and was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu.
Neethaane En Ponvasantham is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube since 14 March 2013.
Where to watch:Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, MX Player
- OTT Release Date
- 14 March 2013
- Theatrical Release
- 14 December 2012
- Director
- Gautham Vasudev Menon
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 2h 33m
- Rating
- 6.6/10
Storyline
Varun and Nithya have been friends since childhood. They fall in love in school, break up, and reunite in college only to break up again. Years later, as adults, they meet once more and try to make their love work. But their egos and pride keep getting in the way. Can they finally overcome their differences and stay together?
“Love is not easy. But it is worth it.”
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Cast & Crew
Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Neethaane En Ponvasantham
Cast reunions in this film: Santhanam & Jiiva (4 films together), Samantha Akkineni & Gautham Menon (4 films together), Samantha Akkineni & Nalini Sriram (4 films together), Gautham Menon & Nalini Sriram (4 films together), Santhanam & Ravi Prakash (3 films together), and Santhanam & Vidyullekha Raman (3 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title was inspired by a line from a 1982 Tamil song of the same name by Ilaiyaraaja.
- Actress Samantha, who played the female lead, learned to play the violin for her role in the movie.
- The song 'Pengal Yendral' was originally composed for another Gautham Menon film, 'Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa', but was used here instead.
- This was the first Tamil film where composer Ilaiyaraaja collaborated with his son, Yuvan Shankar Raja, on the background score.
- A significant portion of the film was shot in the real-life school, St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, in Chennai.
- The film faced multiple delays in release due to financial and production issues, stretching over two years.
- Director Gautham Menon made a brief cameo appearance as a doctor in one of the film's scenes.