Kadhalil Vizhunthen is a movie starring Nakul

Nakul (actor)

Nakul , also known as Nagulan, is a Tamil film actor and playback singer. Brother of former film actress Devayani, he debuted as a lead actor in the 2003 film Boys directed by S...

 and Sunaina

Sunaina

Sunaina is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. She got her break in the Tamil film Kadhalil Vizhunthen, which co-starred Nakul. It was a major success in the box office.-Early life:...

. The movie's music was composed by Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony

-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...

, cinematography by S D Vijay Milton and editing by V.T Vijayan. The movie was produced by Umapathy for Atlantic Cinemas. The shooting for the film started in August 2007 and the movie was released in September 2008.

The film was distributed by Kalanithi Maran, the managing director of Sun Networks and the son of politician (late) Murasoli Maran

Murasoli Maran

Murasoli Maran was a prominent Tamil politician in India, and an important leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party which is headed by his maternal uncle and mentor, M. Karunanidhi. A Member of Parliament for 36 years, he was made a Union Minister in three separate central governments, in...

 and released on September 2008. The song Nakka Mukka, a kuthu (folk) song and Thozhiya.., a melodious romantic song were very successful hits composed by young music director Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony

-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...

 and was one of the main reasons of the film's success.The song Nakka Mukka was also played in the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup 2011 held at Mirpur

Mirpur Thana

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, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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 and also in the inagural of the Indian Primier League (IPL) 2011 held at Chennai, India.

These sensational music scores by Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony

-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...

 also made him popular. The use of Rihanna

Rihanna

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's Unfaithful

Unfaithful (song)

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 with Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 lyrics as "Unakkena Naan Yenakkena Nee" displeased many of the film's audience.

Plot

The story focuses on the life of Sebastian (Nakul). He is the football crazy son of a drunkard, and lives in the slums. However, he lives a comfortable life and plays football with his mates as he completes his college career. He meets Sunaina after an accident and later develops a liking for her. He slowly starts to love her but is afraid to express his love since she is rich and would react hastily. However, he later does confirm his love to her and she accepts. When Nakul leaves for a football match with his college, he promises that he will propose to her as soon as he gets back. Nakul returns from his match to only find out that Sunaina has died.
Nakul is shocked and he slips into a psychotic depression, travelling around with Sunaina's dead body, still believing she is alive. To make matters even worse, the police are also after him. The film ends as he commits suicide after he kills Sunaina's uncle, who murdered Sunaina in the first place in order to gain her wealth.

Critics

The song nakka mukka became very popular and attracted the youth. Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony

-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...

 went to make more successful albums in the following films Ninaithale Inikkum

Ninaithale Inikkum

Ninaithale Inikkum is a 1979 Indian Tamil language Drama film directed by K. Balachander starring Kamal Hassan, Rajnikanth, Jayaprada, Geetha and Nakul. The film was also simultaneously shot in Telugu as Andamaina Anubhavam...

 and Vettaikaran. Nakul went on to do two more films Masilamani and Kandhakottai.