Ethir Neechal (2013 film)
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| Tamil | எதிர் நீச்சல் |
| Directed by | R. S. Durai Senthilkumar |
| Produced by | Dhanush |
| Written by | R. S. Durai Senthilkumar |
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| Music by | Anirudh Ravichander |
| Cinematography | Velraj |
| Edited by | Kishore Te. |
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| Distributed by | Vendhar Movies |
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122 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹50 million (equivalent to ₹59 million or US$880,000 in 2016)(With Prints and Publicity) |
| Box office | ₹500 million (equivalent to ₹590 million or US$8.8 million in 2016) |
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| Soundtrack album by Anirudh Ravichander | ||||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Anirudh Ravichander | |||
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Ethir Neechal (Swim against the Tide) is a 2013 Tamil sports dramedy film written and directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar, a former assistant to Vetrimaran and produced by Dhanush.Sivakarthikeyan, Priya Anand and Nandita play lead roles. The movie released on 1 May 2013 to highly positive reviews from critics as well as the audience.
In 1987, a woman has complications while giving birth. The woman's husband prays to his native deity that if she delivers his baby successfully, he would name the baby with the name of the deity. The baby is born without any problems and as per the wish, they name the baby, Kunjithapadham (Sivakarthikeyan).
As a boy, Kunjithapadham faces many problems and embarrassments due to his name. He decides to change his name. But his mother falls ill and he prays to god that he would never again wish to change his name.
Years later, Kunjithapadham's mother dies. His friend Peter (Sathish) advises him to change his name in order to have a change in his life. After meeting an astrologer (Manobala), he renames himself "Harish". Luck starts to him from that day onwards. He falls in love with Geetha (Priya Anand) and succeeds in winning her love. He later gets a job and life goes smoothly for him. One day, his lottery ticket hits victory and he must cash it in for a television as a prize. But, the lottery has registered his name as 'Kunjithapadham'. He makes up the drama with Peter and gets the television, but later faces problems and Geetha finds out his true name. Geetha berates Harish for lying to her about his name and that he needs to succeed something in life in order to win her heart.
Harish decides to participate in Chennai Marathon 2012 to achieve something in life. He meets with a trainer (Jayaprakash) who takes him to his former student Valli (Nandita) who had quit athletics. She agrees to train Harish and later, Harish sees her crying in the terrace with a photo of her dead father. Harish asks her to tell her past.
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