Ethir Neechal (2013) on Netflix
Kunjithapatham blames his odd name for years of ridicule and failure. An astrologer renames him Harish, and his luck turns. Geetha, a schoolteacher he loves, wants him to achieve something.
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Plot summary
In rural Thanjavur, a mother in labor is promised to a deity, and the baby born safely is named Kunjithapatham after the god. Classmates shorten the name into a crude word, and the boy grows up hearing it. He wants to change it, but when his mother falls ill he vows to keep it, and the family later settles in Chennai. After her death, his friend Peter says a new name would bring a new life. The astrologer Gunasekara Raja supplies one, and Kunjithapatham becomes Harish, with a different home and job, and his fortunes improve. Geetha, a schoolteacher, wants him to achieve something before she accepts him. Harish enters the Chennai Marathon and finds trainer J. Prakash, who takes him to Valli, a former athlete.
Cast
- Suza Kumaras Kunjithapatham's first love interest
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ethir Neechal (2013)
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- R. S. Durai Senthilkumar, a former assistant of Vetrimaaran, wanted producer Dhanush to play the lead in his directorial debut Ethir Neechal, but Sivakarthikeyan was cast in the part instead.
- Dhansika was reported to have been cast as the second heroine of Ethir Neechal, but Nandita Swetha was signed on for the role instead.
