Unnale Unnale

Unnale Unnale (transl. Because of You) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic comedy film written, photographed and directed by Jeeva and produced by Oscar Ravichandran. It stars Vinay, Sadha and Tanishaa in lead roles; Raju Sundaram, Srinath and Sathish Krishnan in supporting roles; and Lekha Washington, Aravind Akash, Uma Padmanabhan, and Vasundhara Kashyap in cameo roles. Sundaram also choreograped the songs for the film. This film marked Vinay's feature film debut and Tanishaa's only Tamil film that she ever acted. The soundtrack and film has received a cult status over the years. The film revolves around the aftermath of a relationship between a careless man and a serious woman. Despite being in a relationship, the latter walks out on the former due to his antics with other women. However, the man changes his ways and on a business trip to Melbourne, he encounters another woman. This other woman's boss turns out to be the man's former lover. The events that follow and who the man eventually gets together with form the crux of the story. The Telugu dubbed version was titled Neevalle Neevalle and released simultaneously with the Tamil version. The film opened to Indian audiences after several delays, on 14 April 2007, coinciding with the Tamil New Year. The film received positive reviews and became a blockbuster hit at box office. It marked the last directorial venture of Jeeva before his death on 26 June 2007.