| Ini Ellam Sugame | |
| Director: | A. R. Ramesh |
| Screenplay: | A. R. Ramesh |
| Story: | E. Ramdoss |
| Producer: | A. L. Azhagappan |
| Cinematography: | S. Kumar |
| Editing: | B. S. Vasu–Saleem |
| Music: | Sirpy |
| Studio: | Valli Cine Arts |
| Runtime: | 130 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Tamil |
Ini Ellam Sugame is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by A. R. Ramesh. The film stars Abbas, Sanghavi and Shruthi Raj, with R. Sundarrajan, Jai Ganesh and K. R. Vatsala playing supporting roles. It was released on 18 March 1998.[1] [2] [3]
Aravind (Abbas) comes to Chennai to participate in a singing competition. During the competition, Aravind falls in love at first sight with the female spectator Nandhini (Sanghavi) so does she. He eventually wins the first prize. Aravind and Nandhini want to meet each other and express their feelings.
Aravind decides to stay in Chennai to find Nandhini. Meanwhile, he befriends the clever Chennaite Mani (R. Sundarrajan) and his neighbour Nirmala (Shruthi Raj).
Nandhini is the boss of an advertising company. Later, he is hired as a model in her company but Aravind and Nandhini don't express their love. With Aravind's help, Nirmala is also hired in Nandhini's company. Nirmala eventually falls in love with Aravind. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
The soundtrack was composed by Sirpy.[4]
| Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Ae Poongatru" | Arivumathi | 4:29 | ||
| "Kangalilae" | Palani Bharathi | 5:05 | ||
| "Devi Enakkaha" | Mano | 4:48 | ||
| "Kudaigal Silirkkum" | Sumangali | 4:55 | ||
| "Onna Iranda" | Kalidasan | 5:24 |
D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "A stale story, made staler by the slip-shod direction of A. R. Ramesh (``Thayagam), who has also penned the screenplay, offers dull hours in Valli Cine Arts, ``Eni Ellam Sukamae. The lead pair Sanghavi and Abbas just go through the movie, the latter still in the infancy stage of acting".[5] Two years after release, the producers were given a subsidy by the Tamil Nadu government along with several other films.[6]