Nerukku Ner

Nerrukku Ner
Directed by	Vasanth
Produced by	Mani Ratnam
Written by	Vasanth
Starring	Vijay Surya Simran Kausalya
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	K. V. Anand
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Madras Talkies
Distributed by	Madras Talkies
Release date	6 September 1997 (1997-09-06)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Nerruku Ner (English: Face to Face) is a 1997 Tamil dramatic thriller film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film features Vijay, Surya, Simran and Kausalya in lead roles. Raghuvaran, Shanthi Krishna, Karan, Vivek, Manivannan and Prakash Raj form the ensemble cast, while Deva and K. V. Anand handled the film's soundtrack and cinematography respectively. It was dubbed into telugu as Mukha Mukhi.

The story starts off with Raghu (Raghuvaran), a passport issuing officer, and his wife Shanthi (Shanthi Krishna). Raghu, being an honest guy, tells Shanthi that he cheated on her with a co-worker when he was in Goa. She immediately leaves for her mother's house. Raghu, being a transformed gentleman, tries to stop her by apologizing, but in vain. Raghu's brother Vijay (Vijay), being a good and supportive brother, and Shanthi's brother Suriya (Suriya), being a non-emotive but supporting brother, meet in a cinema theatre. Vijay, being a righteous brother, blames Shanthi to be the cause of the problem, and Suriya blames Raghu for the same. They keep on fighting at every chance. Meanwhile, both Vijay and Suriya find their own girlfriends and fall in love. One day Raghu finds a bundle of cash on his table and meets Muthukumaraswamy (Karan), the person who kept the money there. Raghu finds out that Muthukumaraswamy is an MLA, wanted by the police. Muthukumaraswamy wants to leave the country to escape from the police, and he needs a fake passport for flee the country, otherwise, the police will catch him. Since his passport is confiscated by the police, he tells Raghu to get one for him, but Raghu, being a sincere officer, disagrees and calls the police instead. Muthukumaraswamy gets angry and promises to avenge Raghu. Meanwhile, Raghu and Shanthi apply for a divorce.