Naangellam Edagoodum

{{Short description|2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film}}

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| director = R Vijaykumar

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| starring = Manoj Devadas
Veena Nair

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| cinematography = R S Saravanan Pillai

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| music = Charles Melvin

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Naangellam Edagoodum is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by R Vijaykumar and starring Manoj Devadas and Veena Nair. The music was composed by newcomer Charles Melvin.{{Cite web|url=https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/events/naangellam-edagoodams-audio-is-out/|title=Naangellam Edagoodam’s Audio is Out|work=Silverscreen India|date=22 April 2014|last=Vandhana|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629193443/https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/events/naangellam-edagoodams-audio-is-out/|url-status=live}}

Plot

A boxing coach becomes angry that all his students are rowdies. A needy group of new students ask if they can train under him.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/previews/naangellam-edakoodam/articleshow/45348868.cms?from=mdr|title=Naangellam Edakoodam|date=2 December 2014|work=The Times of India|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629193443/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/previews/naangellam-edakoodam/articleshow/45348868.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}

Cast

  • Manoj Devadas as Maari
  • Veena Nair as Maha
  • Rajesh as Devaraj
  • George Vijay Nelson as Mani

Production

The film was shot in forty-seven days in Ennore and Thiruvottiyur.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/182292-.html|title=வடசென்னையில் தயாராகும் ஏடாகூடம்|date=27 December 2013|language=ta|first=கா.இசக்கி|last=முத்து|work=Hindu Tamil Thisai|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629193443/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/182292-.html|url-status=live}}

Reception

A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "Naangellam Edagoodam is at the most a passable fare".{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2014/dec/06/passable-fare-by-a-debutant-690778.html|title=Passable Fare by a Debutant|work=The New Indian Express|last=Mannath|first=Malini|date=6 December 2014|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922234750/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2014/dec/06/Passable-Fare-by-a-Debutant-690778.html|url-status=live}} A critic from The Times of India wrote that " Naangellam Edagoodum could have been much more than what it eventually has turned out to be".{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/naangellam-edagoodum/movie-review/45402457.cms|title=NAANGELLAM EDAGOODUM MOVIE REVIEW|first=Manigandan|last=K. R.|work=The Times of India|access-date=2023-06-29|archive-date=2022-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923033543/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/naangellam-edagoodum/movie-review/45402457.cms|url-status=live}} A critic from Silverscreen India wrote that "The whole routine makes me feel like I am watching TV with a restless person switching channels all the time. Romance. Comedy. Action. Back to Romance".{{Cite web|url=https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/reviews/naangellam-edagoodam-review-the-forgotten-game/|title=Naangellam Edagoodam Review: The Forgotten Game|first=Deepika|last=Ramesh|date=6 December 2014|work=Silverscreen India|access-date=29 June 2023|archive-date=31 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131140157/https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/reviews/naangellam-edagoodam-review-the-forgotten-game/|url-status=live}}

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