Nesam

1997 Indian film

15 January 1997 (1997-01-15)

Running time

139 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Nesam (/neɪsəm/ transl. Affection) is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by K. Subash. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Maheswari in the lead roles, while Goundamani, Senthil and Manivannan among others play other pivotal roles. It was released on 15 January 1997 and became a commercial failure.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Cast

Ajith Kumar as Ranganathan
Maheswari as Madhu
Goundamani as Narasimman
Manivannan as Muthuvel Arunachalam
Senthil as Thanikachalam
Sathyapriya as Madhu's mother
Manobala as Telephone booth owner
Subhalekha Sudhakar as Vaitheeshwara Moorthy
Vichu Viswanath as Muthuvel Arunachalam's assistant
Visu in a special appearance as himself
Pandu in a special appearance
Jyothi Lakshmi in a special appearance
Jyothi Meena in a special appearance
Shakeela in a special appearance

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Deva.^[3]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"O Ranganatha"	Palani Bharathi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	5:00
2.	"Kundrathile"	Ponniyin Selvan	Sabesh	5:04
3.	"Madonna Varuvala"	Palani Bharathi	Mano, Swarnalatha	5:06
4.	"Natchathira Bangla"	Palani Bharathi	Deva, Subha	5:03
5.	"Thuli Thuli"	Palani Bharathi	Mano, Mary George	5:59
Total length:				26:12

Release and reception

R. P. R. of Kalki praised Manivannan's dialogues and Goundamani's comedy but panned the acting of Ajith and Maheswari and concluded the makers tried to create a rice out of mixing everything.^[4] Two years after release, the producers were given a ₹5 lakh subsidy by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi along with ten other films.^[5]

References

^ "A-Z Continued..." Indolink. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "அருணாச்சலம் முதல் வி.ஐ.பி வரை" [From Arunachalam to VIP]. Indolink. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Nesam". JioSaavn. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^ ஆர். பி. ஆர் (2 February 1997). "நேசம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 65. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Subsidy for low budget films distributed". The New Indian Express. PTI. 30 March 1999. Archived from the original on 27 April 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2023.