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{{short description|2013 film by I. Mueenuddin Ahmed}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Endrendrum Punnagai
| image          = Endrendrum punnagai.jpg
| alt            = <!-- see BP:-->
| director       = [[I. Ahmed]]
| producer       = [[G. K. M. Tamil Kumaran]]
| writer         = I. Ahmed
| starring       = {{ubl|[[Jiiva]]|[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]|[[Vinay Rai]]|[[Andrea Jeremiah]]|[[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]]|[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]}}
| music          = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
| cinematography = [[R. Madhi]]
| editing        = [[Praveen K. L.]]<br />[[N. B. Srikanth]]
| studio         = [[G. K. M. Tamil Kumaran|Tamilkumaran Productions]]
| distributor    = [[Red Giant Movies]]
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2013|12|20}}
| runtime        = 152 minutes
| country        = India
| language       = Tamil

}}
'''''Endrendrum Punnagai''''' ({{translation|Everlasting Smile}}) is a 2013 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romance film|romantic]] [[comedy drama]] film written and directed by [[I. Ahmed]] starring [[Jiiva]], [[Vinay Rai]], [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]], [[Andrea Jeremiah]], [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] and [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2957485.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=Nikhil | last=Raghavan | title=Itsy Bitsy: Star cast | date=3 March 2012}}</ref> The film has music by [[Harris Jayaraj]] and cinematography by [[R. Madhi]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-15/news-interviews/31342403_1_tamil-film-lisa-haydon-dil-chahta-hai | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729170921/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-15/news-interviews/31342403_1_tamil-film-lisa-haydon-dil-chahta-hai | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 July 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Lisa Haydon to debut in Tamil movie | date=15 April 2012}}</ref> The film was launched officially in [[Chennai]] on 29 June 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jiiva-attends-launch-of-endrendrum-punnagai/268695-71-180.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702150814/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jiiva-attends-launch-of-endrendrum-punnagai/268695-71-180.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 July 2012 | publisher =IBN Live | title=Jiiva attends launch of 'Endrendrum Punnagai' | date=30 June 2012 | access-date = 1 July 2012}}</ref> Upon its release on 20 December 2013, the film met with positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/endrendrum-punnagai-a-sleeper-hit-news-tamil-nm4jbcbijbe.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230134530/http://www.sify.com/movies/endrendrum-punnagai-a-sleeper-hit-news-tamil-nm4jbcbijbe.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-30 |title=Endrendrum Punnagai- A sleeper hit!|website=[[Sify]] |access-date=2013-12-30}}</ref>

==Plot==
The movie starts with Goutham as a child, being told that women are all bad and are very selfish by his father Sridhar because his wife had eloped that day. They then move to [[Chennai]], where Goutham meets Sri Harsha and Baby. The trio become inseparable friends. 15 years later, it is shown that they are running an advertising agency, and Goutham has stopped speaking to his father. After a heated incident at a friend's bachelor party, the three friends promise to never get married. They get an advertising offer from Sunny, who sends Priya to assist them with the ad. Sonia, an international model, is assigned to act for the ad. On the day of the shoot, Sonia falls in love with Goutham, and when the ad is finished, she bites his ear. Goutham retaliates by slapping her. Sunny scolds Goutham and tells him that he will never work with him again, but Priya supports Goutham, telling Sunny that it was Sonia's fault for behaving unprofessionally. After the shoot, Goutham calls up Priya and thanks her for supporting him. While speaking to Goutham, Priya meets with an accident. He rushes her to the hospital, where she recovers the next day.

After a few days, Baby and Sri decide to marry. This infuriates Goutham learns of it, and ends their friendship. On the same day of the marriage, Sridhar tells Priya that he got married for the second time after many years before for Goutham's sake, and that was the reason for Goutham's anger towards him. He requests Priya to take care of Goutham. Goutham and Priya get another contract with Sunny and Sonia, and they leave for Switzerland for the shooting. On the day of the shooting, Sonia recalls everything Goutham had done and asks him to apologize for his act. He refuses because he knows that it is not his fault and then tells Sonia to leave. Afterwards, Priya takes the role of Sonia and acts for the advertisement. During the shooting, Priya and Goutham fall in love. When they come back from Switzerland, Goutham meets his friend and introduces Priya as just a stranger whom he met in the flight. Hurt by Goutham's cheap behavior, she leaves the airport. Goutham after returning home, calls Priya and asks her to return his watch that he has given to her when they were abroad. Hurt further, Priya reaches Goutham's office next day and returns his watch. Before leaving, Priya informs Goutham to contact Sunny in future, indicating that she doesn't want to interact with Goutham anymore. Later Sunny and Goutham discuss about the remaining work in the project and during the discussion Sunny informs that Priya will marry her friend working in the US. Sunny further adds that he knows the feeling between Priya and Goutham and advises Goutham not to cheat himself. Goutham meets Priya at a beach and there quoting the airport incident, Priya tells Goutham that he is too egoistic that he will hurt anyone to maintain his macho image. She further tells him that due to his ego he has stopped talking to his father and friends who are close to him and she can't afford to live with him since she knows that he will stop talking to her even if there is a small misunderstanding between them. After saying this, Priya leaves and Goutham starts feeling guilty.

When Goutham returns home, he goes into his father's room and notices many paintings of him being happy, his father's wish. Goutham then discovers that his father was ill and rushes him to the hospital, where the doctors say that his father is suffering from pancreatic cancer and cannot be treated. Goutham feels heartbroken. Sri comes to meet him and tells him that he knew that Sridhar was suffering from this disease. Baby then comes and says that Sridhar was the one who compelled them to get married so that Goutham might change his mind and get married. As the three friends reconcile, Priya comes to the hospital to meet Sridhar, where Gautham apologizes and admits to Priya that he has fallen for her. The film ends with Gautham and Priya getting engaged in front of a recovering Sridhar at the hospital.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Jiiva]] as Goutham Sridhar
* [[Vinay Rai]] as Sri Harshan
* [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] as Baby
* [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] as Priya
* [[Andrea Jeremiah]] as Sonia
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Sridhar
* [[T. M. Karthik]] as Sunny
* [[Jagan]] as Jackson, Sonia's manager
* [[Abhinay]] as Karthik
* [[Sriranjini (Tamil actress)|Sriranjini]] as Gowri, Priya's mother
* [[Sanjana Sarathy]] as Divya, Priya's younger sister
* [[Varsha Ashwathi]] as Swetha, Sri Harshan's wife 
* Tanuja Babu as Sunitha, Baby's wife
* [[Balaji Venugopal]] as Balaji, Goutham, Sri Harshan and Baby's friend 
* [[Narayan Lucky]] as Narayanan, Goutham, Sri Harshan and Baby's friend
* [[Swaminathan]] as Somasundaram, Sri Harshan 's uncle
* [[Lollu Sabha Manohar]] as Current
* 'Lollu Sabha' Easter
* [[Lingesh]] as Drunkard
* [[Raju Sundaram]] in a special appearance in the song "Ennatha Solla"
{{colend}}

==Production==
In 2011, it was reported that [[Jiiva]] will collaborate with ''[[Vaamanan]]'' director [[I. Ahmed]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/nov-11-01/jiiva-ahmed-02-11-11.html |title=Jiiva's Brand New Film|website=Behindwoods |date=2011-11-02 |access-date=2012-08-04}}</ref> [[Tamannaah]], was selected to play lead heroine in the film and later in November she out from project due date issues,  which given bulk date  for ''[[Veeram (2014 film)|Veeram]]'' movie.  In mid of November [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] selected to play lead heroine in the ed film. [[Lisa Hayden]] who had been approached for a role in this flick was no longer doing that role due to date clashes. [[Andrea Jeremiah]] took up the role.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-12/news-interviews/33788928_1_trisha-andrea-ahmed-s-endrendrum-punnagai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709232722/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-12/news-interviews/33788928_1_trisha-andrea-ahmed-s-endrendrum-punnagai |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2013 |title=Lisa Hayden out, Andrea in |date=12 September 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=12 September 2012}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Endrendrum Punnagai
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[Harris Jayaraj]]  
| cover      =
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| caption    = Cover Art
| released   = 24 October 2013
| recorded   = 2012-2013
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length     = 30:52
| language   = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label      = [[Sony Music India]]
| producer   = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
| prev_title = [[Irandam Ulagam]]
| prev_year  = 2013
| next_title = [[Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal]]
| next_year  = 2014
}}

Music was composed by [[Harris Jayaraj]] scoring for a Jiiva film for the third time after ''[[Ko (film)|Ko]]'' and ''[[Nanban (2012 film)|Nanban]]''. The soundtrack album consist of 6 tracks. Harris Jayaraj and the director headed to [[Turkey]] for composing sessions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Lisa-Haydon-to-debut-in-Tamil-movie/articleshow/12663528.cms|title=Lisa Haydon to debut in Tamil movie| newspaper=Times of India |date=15 April 2012 |access-date=15 April 2012}}</ref> 2 songs for the film were recorded by early May 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-10/news-interviews/31655156_1_trisha-mysskin-jeeva|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427094431/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-10/news-interviews/31655156_1_trisha-mysskin-jeeva|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2013|title=Harris completed 2 songs for Endrendrum Punnagai|date=10 May 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> A single track from the album titled "Vaan Engum Nee Minna" was released on 18 October.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/a-review-of-the-single-track-from-endrendrum-punnagai-vaan-engum-nee-minna.html |title=A review of the single track from Endrendrum Punnagai - Vaan Engum Nee Minna |website=Behindwoods |date=2013-10-18 |access-date=2013-11-08}}</ref> The album was released by [[Kamal Haasan]] on 24 October 2013 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/endrendrum-punnagai-album-contains-6-songs-in-all.html |title=Endrendrum Punnagai album contains 6 songs in all |website=Behindwoods |date=2013-10-23 |access-date=2013-11-08}}</ref> and within 24 hours of its release on the net, topped the iTunes India Charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilcinema24.com/news-id-endrendrum-punnagai-songs-on-top-endrendrum-punnagai-25-10-136168.htm |title=Endrendrum Punnagai songs on top - Endrendrum Punnagai Songs On Top- Endrendrum Punnagai- Harris Jayaraj- Jiiva- Trisha- Andrea |publisher=Tamilcinema24.com |access-date=2013-11-08}}</ref> The soundtrack was met with positive reviews from critics, who claimed the album to be 'pleasant'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/endrendrum-punnagai/endrendrum-punnagai-songs-review.html |title=Endrendrum Punnagai (aka) Endrendrum Punnagai songs review |website=Behindwoods |date=2013-10-24 |access-date=2013-11-08}}</ref> with 'catchy songs that are sure to win hearts'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/16447.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423093318/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/16447.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2013 |title=Endrendrum Punnagai Music Review songs lyrics |website=IndiaGlitz |date=2013-10-24 |access-date=2013-11-08}}</ref>

{{track listing
| extra_column      = Singer(s)
| total_length = 30:52
| headline = Track-List
| length1      = 04:26
| title1       = Vaan Engum Nee Minna
| extra1       = [[Aalap Raju]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]], [[Devan Ekambaram|Devan]], Praveen
| lyrics1      = [[Madhan Karky]]

| length2      = 05:43
| title2       = Yealae Yealae Dosthu Da
| extra2       = [[Krish (singer)|Krish]], [[Naresh Iyer]], [[Krishna Iyer]]
| lyrics2      = [[Viveka (lyricist)|Viveka]]

| length3      = 05:29
| title3       = Ennai Saaithaalae
| extra3       = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| lyrics3      = [[Thamarai]]

| length4      = 04:14
| title4       = Othayilae
| extra4       = [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Abhay Jodhpurkar]]
| lyrics4      = [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]

| length5      = 05:50
| title5       = Ennatha Solla
| extra5       = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Haricharan]], [[Velmurugan]], [[Ramesh Vinayakam]]
| lyrics5      = [[Viveka (lyricist)|Viveka]]

| length6      = 05:10
| title6       = Kadal Naan Thaan
| extra6       = [[Sudha Ragunathan]], [[Suzanne D'Mello]], [[MK Balaji]]
| lyrics6      = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
}}

==Release==
The film was given a [[U/A certificate]] by the [[Indian Censor Board]] due to "a few adult comedy scenes".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/531097/20131219/biriyani-endrendrum-punnagai-dhoom3-box-office-trailer.htm |title='Biriyani' vs 'Endrendrum Punnagai' vs 'Dhoom 3': Big Box Office Battle from 20 December [WATCH TRAILERS&#93; - International Business Times |publisher=Ibtimes.co.in |date=2013-12-19 |access-date=2013-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225060819/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/531097/20131219/biriyani-endrendrum-punnagai-dhoom3-box-office-trailer.htm |archive-date=25 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/530226/20131215/dhoom-3-biriyani-d-dopidi-christmas2013-releases.htm |title=Christmas 2013 Releases: 'Dhoom 3', 'Biriyani', 'D for Dopidi', 'Oru Indian Pranayakatha' and Other Films - International Business Times |date=15 December 2013 |publisher=Ibtimes.co.in |access-date=2013-12-30}}</ref> The film released in 750 screens worldwide on 20 December 2013 along with ''[[Biriyani (film)|Biriyani]]'' and the Hindi film ''[[Dhoom 3]]''.

==Critical reception==
The film received positive reviews from critics. Sify wrote, "It's a feel – good breezy entertainer and it's got its heart in the right place. The film works big time due to director Ahmed's well- written script which encompass friendship, romance and an emotional father-son angle which has been handled sensitively".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/endrendrum-punnagai-review-tamil-15045672.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221225936/http://www.sify.com/movies/endrendrum-punnagai-review-tamil-15045672.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-21 |title=Movie Review : Endrendrum Punnagai|website=[[Sify]] |access-date=2013-12-30}}</ref> Behindwoods gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Ahmed's ''Endrendrum Punnagai'' is an extremely good looking film with beautiful people leading colorful and aspirational lifestyles. As an added bonus, the film also gifts you with moments that are genuinely likeable".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/endrendrum-punnagai/endrendrum-punnagai-review.html |title=Endrendrum Punnagai (aka) Endrendrum Punnagai review |website=Behindwoods |date=2013-12-20 |access-date=2013-12-30}}</ref> [[The Hindu]] wrote, "The first half is largely fun and jokes and the film gently breezes along, thanks to the bonding and chemistry between the guys. The problem with ''Endrendrum Punnagai'' is that it takes itself a tad too seriously instead of living up to the title and keeping it light. There's just too much drama...clichés employed to infuse drama into the sluggish second half that is further burdened with songs".<ref>{{cite news|author=Sudhish Kamath |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/endrendrum-punnagai-needed-more-smiles-less-drama/article5486870.ece |title=Endrendrum Punnagai: Needed more smiles, less drama |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2013-12-21 |access-date=2013-12-30}}</ref> [[Deccan Herald]] wrote, "''Endrendrum Punnagai'' is no great shakes as ensemble entertainer. It does have its moments. Beginning on a breezy note, it peters out into a languid tale in the latter half. With a plot as predictable as chicory coffee, especially after friction among friends ''Endrendrum Punnagai'' does not turn out everlasting happiness as its title suggests".<ref>{{cite web|author=S Viswanath, 20 December 2012, DHNS |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/375926/039endrendrum-punnagai039-movie-review.html |title='Endrendrum Punnagai' movie review |publisher=Deccanherald.com |date=2012-12-20 |access-date=2013-12-30}}</ref> Indiaglitz gave 3 out of 5 and wrote, "With a story behind everyone in the background and a lot of fun uniting the jigsaw pieces in the foreground, covering up all the sorrow as though it is a hassle-free life, the film is a different outlook on love and friendship. ''Endrendrum Punnagai'', as aptly titled, is a story that urges to unlock the happiness behind our ego, and a film worth investing your time on".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/16447.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422091614/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/16447.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 April 2013 |title=Endrendrum Punnagai Tamil Movie Review |website=IndiaGlitz |date=2013-12-20 |access-date=2013-12-30}}</ref> [[Hindustan Times]] gave 1.5 stars and wrote, "''Endrendrum Punnagai'' is predictable piece of a movie where we know what would happen when Trisha Krishnan's Priya walks into the lives of the three men as a project consultant for an ad film being made by them. It is bad enough that much of Tamil cinema is clocked in clichés and crassness. What is worse is that it continues to handle actors with immense potential with utter callousness".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-review-endrendrum-punnagai-is-predictable/article1-1164958.aspx |title=Movie review: Endrendrum Punnagai is predictable |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=2013-12-21 |access-date=2013-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229210437/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-review-endrendrum-punnagai-is-predictable/article1-1164958.aspx |archive-date=2013-12-29 }}</ref> Cinemalead rated Endrendrum Punnagai with 3.5 rating and wrote "Ahmed has put his efforts into Endrendrum Punnagai to make it a fresh film to watch. The concept of blending friendship, love and ego has worked here. Rom-coms are always fun and this one is no less. "<ref>http://cinemalead.com/moviereview-id-endrendrum-punnagai-movie-review-endrendrum-punnagai-review-endrendrum-punnagai-tamil-movie-review-review219.htm {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

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==External links==
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