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Pennin Manathai Thottu

Pennin Manathai Thottu (transl. Touched the heart of a girl) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by S. Ezhil. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Jaya Seal, with R. Sarathkumar in an extended guest appearance. Produced by Kaja Mydeen, the film was released on 7 July 2000 and became a commercial success.

Sunil is one of the leading heart surgeons in India. He lives in Trichy with Ganapathy, who is also a doctor and is loved by everyone in the family. Sunitha arrives with a child who has a heart problem to the hospital. But she is shocked seeing Sunil there and lashes out when she learns he is the doctor who is about to treat the child.

The movie goes into a flashback. Sunil's brother Balaram "Bala" is a rich thug but does not want his brother to follow his footsteps; therefore, he always sends him to study. Sunil and Sunitha are classmates in a medical college in Chennai and they both fall in love. Sunil expresses his wish of marrying Sunitha to Bala, for which he accepts. Meanwhile, Sunitha goes back to her village for her sister's child's ear piercing ceremony. Her sister's husband is money-minded and tries to get Sunitha married to a rich man in return for money. Sunitha is not interested in this alliance as she is in love with Sunil and calls him, asking him to come and rescue her, but he does not come. Sunitha's sister commits suicide to stop the marriage. Sunitha is angered on Sunil as he does not come to save her, which also resulted in her sister's death. Sunitha takes her sister's child and leaves.

Sunil tries to meet Sunitha and convey the reason for not coming to save her, but Sunitha is not ready to listen. Sunil is worried and decides to leave to Canada, accepting a job offer there. Finally, Sunitha understands the truth: her sister's husband had killed Bala on the day of the marriage; therefore, Sunil was not able to come on time to stop the wedding. Sunitha finds out and tries to find and stop Sunil, who is going to Canada. In the end, she finds him and they reunite.

After the success of Thullatha Manamum Thullum (1999), Vijay and Ezhil immediately decided to follow up this film with another collaboration, Oru Pennin Manathai Thottu, with either Isha Koppikar or Roja as the lead actress. However soon after pre-production, Vijay was replaced by Prabhu Deva. Jaya Seal made her Tamil debut; she previously appeared in a few advertisements and non-Tamil films.

Sarathkumar chose to be a part of the film after two of his other films became suddenly postponed. He had cut his hair short for Maayi (2000), and as the other films required different hairstyles, the producers had pushed back the dates. To compensate for the lost time, Sarathkumar agreed to portray an extended guest role in the film.

The shooting for the film was held at locations in Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. A song was shot on Prabhu Deva and his brother Raju Sundaram with a set resembling a market place was erected, and about 40 dancers participated in the dance with the duo.

The soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The tune of the track "Thyagarajarin Deiva Keerthanam" is based on a popular Thyagaraja kriti itself – "Entha Nerchina", which is set in the raga Shuddha Dhanyasi.[citation needed] The first 2 lines of song "Kannukkulle Unnai" is inspired from the Hindi song "Ruk Ja O Jaanewaali". Venky of Chennai Online wrote "Overall, an okay effort by S.A. Rajkumar".

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