Nala Damayanthi

Nala Damayanthi (2003)

நள தமயந்தி

A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian's home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless with an expired visa. Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook, but to stay on, he needs to get legal. A solution comes up when Damayanthi, a free-spirited biker, agrees to marry the docile cook for a price.

Date of release
2003-07-03
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (9)
Runtime
2h 18m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Mouli

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Australia

Nala Damayanthi is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Mouli, and written and produced by Kamal Haasan. The film stars R. Madhavan in the lead role, with Geetu Mohandas and Shrutika playing supporting roles. The film follows the story of a naive Tamil cook stuck in Australia. It was released on 12 June 2003 to positive reviews. Madhavan later reprised his role in the film's Hindi remake Ramji Londonwaley (2005).

Production

Kamal Haasan had written the script with himself in mind to play the lead role in the late 1990s, but never got down to making it because he felt it would not have been cost-effective. Through the project, he had aimed to reprise his character of the Palakkad Brahmin cook Kameshwaran from Michael Madana Kama Rajan (1990) and place him in funny situations occurring in a foreign country. The plot was reportedly based on Green Card (1990).

The film was shot predominantly in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia in February and March 2003 to make most of the daylight hours. Anu Hasan, daughter of producer Chandra Haasan as well as the niece of Kamal Haasan, helped with production duties and cut costs of the team's shoot in Australia, as well leading post-production works while also provided voice for the film's lead actress Geethu.

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