Enai Noki Paayum Thota

Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019)

எனை நோக்கி பாயும் தோட்டா

A college student’s life takes an unexpected turn when he falls for an actress caught in a dangerous web of control. As their love story unfolds, he is drawn into a high-stakes world where survival becomes the ultimate challenge.

Date of release
2019-11-29
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (20)
Runtime
2h 32m
Genres
Action, Drama, Romance
Director
Gautham Vasudev Menon

Casting

Interesting facts

Enai Noki Paayum Thota is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic action thriller film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, who co-produced the film with P. Madhan and Venkat Somasundaram. The film stars Dhanush, M. Sasikumar, Megha Akash and Sunaina. The music was composed by Darbuka Siva with cinematography handled by Jomon T. John and Manoj Paramahamsa, while Praveen Antony handled the editing.

Production

Gautham Vasudev Menon first discussed the script of Enai Noki Paayum Thota with actor Suriya during mid-2013, but the actor's rejection meant that they instead chose to finalise Dhruva Natchathiram as their next project together. However, soon after the pair had creative differences and their intended collaboration in 2013 was cancelled.

Enai Noki Paayum Thota was relaunched with Dhanush in the lead role during February 2016, after Menon and Dhanush had discussed the script following their work on a talk show. Intended to be a quick project, the team expected to finish the shoot within two months starting from March 2016. Jomon T.

Principal photography began at SSN Engineering College in Chennai in mid-March 2016. Dhanush and Megha Akash shot scenes on the first day, and were joined by Rana Daggubati, who would portray a guest role. In April 2016, the team travelled to Turkey to film a song and scenes in regions including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Alanaya.

In November 2016, Menon revealed that 85% of the film's shoot was complete and that only one more schedule in Mumbai remained. He added that five songs were shot as montages, because the team had not yet finalised a music composer. The film's first look posters and teaser were released in the same month, and the team announced a February 2017 release, but the date was not met after the film ran into financial troubles.

Following a year-long production delay owing to financial problems and Menon and Dhanush's other commitments, another schedule began in December 2017, with Menon suggesting it would complete the film. A further final ten day schedule was then shot in Mumbai during July 2018 with extra scenes added to include actor Sasikumar, who would play the elder brother of Dhanush's character. Principal photography ended in September.

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