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Unnudan
Unnudan
	DVD cover
Directed by	R. Balu
Written by	R. Balu
Produced by	Aroma Mani
Starring	Murali; Kausalya;
Cinematography	Thangar Bachan
Edited by	B. Lenin; V. T. Vijayan;
Music by	Deva
Production; company	Sunitha Productions
Release date	18 October 1998;
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Unnudan (transl. With you) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by R. Balu. The film stars Murali and Kausalya, while Vivek and Manivannan play supporting roles.^[1] It was released on 18 October 1998.

Plot

Santhosh runs a medical store along with his uncle and he lives with his mother. Gowri is a medical student in government hospital living with her grandfather, both become friends and they love to be in company of each other. santhosh falls for gowri but is unable to express his feelings for her likewise gowri falls for him but failed to reach him out through her letter. gowri's grandfather is supportive to her love and tells her that he will help her out and he promises to tell santhosh about this but unfortunately he passes away. As gowri completed her final exam her parents are ready to take her back to cochin which is her home town. A letter she sends before reaches his hands by that time and he rushes to railway station to meet her but train moves but a patient in train gets abdominal pain due to pregnancy and gowri is called in for treatment, she treats the girl and a boy child is born which she names as 'santhosh'. As santhosh reaches her that time and they both join and gets permission from her parents to be united forever.

Cast

Murali as Santhosh
Kausalya as Gowri
Manivannan as Santhosh's uncle
Vivek as Santhosh's friend
Chinni Jayanth as Madhesh
Charle as Azhagu Sundaram
Pandu as Venkatesh
Madhan Bob
Sumithra as Santhosh"s mother
Kovai Sarala as Thayamma
Bindu Panicker
Alphonsa as Special appearance
Pandiyan as Guest appearance

Production

Filming took place in areas including Ooty and Mamallapuram (both Tamil Nadu), Alappuzha, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi (all Kerala) and Mysore, Karnataka.^[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.^[3]

Song	Singers	Length
"Bul Bul Dhara"	Anuradha Sriram, Mano	05:11
"Cochin Madapura"	P. Unnikrishnan, Swarnalatha	05:48
"Kandupidi"	Harini, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	06:13
"Kobama Enmel"	Hariharan	05:44
"Paalaaru"	Sabesh	05:34
"Vaanam Tharaiyil"	Hariharan	05:57

Reception

A critic from Dinakaran noted "the one great highlight among all the plus points in the film is the excellent cinematography of Thangar Bachann! Especially the natural sceneries of Kerala and the songs' scenic backgrounds fill our eyes with aesthetic extravaganza!".^[4] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "This is one Cupid's arrow that loses steam before reaching its target, so laborious is the narration of director, R. Balu". He added, "If the amount of care and attention the director has paid in selecting the locations to enact the drama as well as the song sequences had been bestowed on the story content the movie would have been something different, for the production values are rich like the cinematography of Thankar Bachchan".^[5] K. N. Vijiyan of New Sunday Times wrote, "If not for the numerous songs, this movie would have been even more enjoyable".^[6]

References

^ Rajitha (17 October 1998). "Southern bonanza". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ Kummar, S. R. Ashok (16 October 1998). "Varied fare for Deepavali". The Hindu. p. 27. Archived from the original on 18 August 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Unnudan (1998)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "Film Review: "Unnudan"". Dinakaran. 13 November 1998. Archived from the original on 5 May 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ Ramanujam, D. S. (23 October 1998). "Film Reviews:En Uyir Neethanae / Unnudan / Chandralekha / Bade Miyan Chote Miyan". The Hindu. p. 27. Archived from the original on 5 June 2001. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ Vijiyan, K. N. (23 November 1998). "Love story marred by deluge of songs". New Sunday Times. pp. Arts 3. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024 – via Google News Archive.