# Naani
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{{Infobox film
| image = Naani poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [S. J. Suryah](/source/S._J._Suryah)
| producer = [Manjula Ghattamaneni](/source/Manjula_Ghattamaneni)
Lawrence Ram (Assistant Director)
| writer = S. J. Suryah
[Sobhan](/source/Sobhan) '''(Dialogues)'''
| starring = [Mahesh Babu](/source/Mahesh_Babu)
[Ameesha Patel](/source/Ameesha_Patel)
[Devayani](/source/Devayani_(actress))
| cinematography = [K. V. Guhan](/source/K._V._Guhan)
| editing = [A. Sreekar Prasad](/source/A._Sreekar_Prasad)
| music = [A. R. Rahman](/source/A._R._Rahman)
| studio = [Indira Productions](/source/Indira_Productions)
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|05|14}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = {{Estimation}}{{INR|12 [crore](/source/crore)}}[{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/2003-year-of-all-time-hits-mega-failures-for-tollywood-103122601064_1.html|title=2003 - Year of all-time hits & mega failures for Tollywood|work=Business Standard|date=26 December 2003|last1=Kanth|first1=K. Rajani|access-date=1 June 2020|archive-date=15 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715110453/https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/2003-year-of-all-time-hits-mega-failures-for-tollywood-103122601064_1.html|url-status=live}}]
| gross =
}}
'''''Naani''''' is a 2004 Indian [Telugu](/source/Telugu_language)-language [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) [romantic comedy](/source/romantic_comedy) film directed by [S. J. Suryah](/source/S._J._Suryah) and starring [Mahesh Babu](/source/Mahesh_Babu) in a [dual role](/source/dual_role) as father and son, alongside [Ameesha Patel](/source/Ameesha_Patel) and [Devayani](/source/Devayani_(actress)). The film is a bilingual, simultaneously shot in [Tamil](/source/Tamil_language) as ''[New](/source/New_(film))'' with a slightly different cast and features music composed by [A. R. Rahman](/source/A._R._Rahman). Made on a budget of ₹12 [crore](/source/crore), the film released on 14 May 2004. It was a box office failure.[{{Cite web |last=Ogirala |first=Mohan Rao |date=24 June 2004 |title=It's raining flops on Tollywood's parade |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hyderabad-times/its-raining-flops-on-tollywoods-parade/articleshow/752026.cms |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India) |language=en |quote=The Chiranjeevi-starrer Anji didn't run for long though the film took over Rs 30 crore and five years to complete. Similar was the fate of Teja's Jai, Mani Ratnam's Yuva, Mahesh Babu's Nani and Prabhas starrer Adavi Ramudu. |archive-date=12 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912182643/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hyderabad-times/its-raining-flops-on-tollywoods-parade/articleshow/752026.cms |url-status=live }}]
==Plot==
Naani is a mischievous eight-year-old boy who is always troubling his mother. His mother scolds him for his behaviour, such as when he eats toothpaste or wets his bed. Naani falls down on the road one day, and a young woman helps him. Naani's elder brother plans to watch a movie with his friends in the absence of their parents, and Naani demands to join him, which his brother does not allow. Angered, Naani cuts off the power, which creates a short circuit at home. Naani's mother scolds him and shouts at her husband for not stopping with one child. This hurts Naani, and he runs away from home to jump into a river. But he is stopped by an old man who takes Naani to his place. The old man introduces himself as a scientist who has his own laboratory. He insists that Naani help him in his research. Naani agrees, and the scientist uses his research to transform him into a young adult man. Naani starts to live as a young man physically, but remains a child mentally. He stays away from his family. The only person other than the scientist who knows the truth is his childhood friend. Naani meets a girl (Priya) at a park who helped him once when he fell down. Naani helps remove dust from her eyes, smiles at her, and leaves. The girl is attracted to him and looks for him.
Naani goes for a job interview at a toy manufacturing company. The owner who interviews him demands that he think like a child to understand children's tastes. Naani gets the job easily. The company falls into the hands of the owner's daughter, who turns out to be Priya. Priya is happy to see Naani in her company. Their friendship makes Raj (another employee) jealous. Naani overcomes Raj's idea for a new type of bed for kids and introduces his own idea. Naani meets his brother as an anonymous man and hears that their mother is depressed over Naani's disappearance. Naani meets his mother, who had fallen ill. Naani asks the scientist to change him back. The scientist complies, and Naani reconciles with his mother. That night, he changes back into the young man, shocking the scientist.
Naani lives as an eight-year-old boy during the day and as a twenty-eight-year-old man (Vijay aka Vichu) at night. Priya expresses her love, but Vichu tells her to love a man suitable for her age. The scientist tells Vichu to accept Priya. Priya asks him to accompany her to a matinee. Young boy Naani cannot appear. He sees Priya angrily waiting for Vichu at the theatre while going home with his mother. Naani's mother befriends Priya, and Priya comes to like Naani. Priya gets angry at Vichu's absence. She finally decides to marry Vichu. Raj kidnaps him on the wedding day, but then Vichu becomes Naani. The kidnappers release him. Naani becomes Vichu and marries Priya that evening. Vichu knows nothing about marital life.
Naani somehow manages his mother by disappearing at night. Priya needs a child, so she intentionally shows her skin to Vichu, who responds, and they have sex. Priya becomes pregnant. Vichu once meets his mother and understands the difficulties of pregnancy for a woman. Naani's child friend demands to play with him, but Naani's schedule is too complicated. Naani slaps his friend to make him angry and reveals the truth to Priya. Priya is shocked to hear that she is bearing the child of a child.
Priya argues with Vichu for marrying her and making her pregnant, but Vichu blames her arrogance for involving him. Naani turns into Vichu in front of her, shocking Priya. Vichu reveals that he loves her. Priya now goes into labour, and Vichu takes her to the hospital. On the way, Vichu is stopped by Raj's men seeking revenge. Vichu overcomes them. Everybody learns the truth about Naani and Priya as she gives birth to their son.
Twenty years pass. Naani reaches twenty-eight. He lives with Priya as her husband. He goes inside his room as Naani and comes out as a forty-eight-year-old Vichu, father of a twenty-year-old son.
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [Mahesh Babu](/source/Mahesh_Babu) in a [dual role](/source/dual_role) as
** Naani (Vijay a.k.a. Vijju)
*** Master Parth Dave as Naani (child)
** Naani's son (cameo appearance)
* [Ameesha Patel](/source/Ameesha_Patel) as Priya
* [Devayani](/source/Devayani_(actress)) as Indira Devi
* [Aishwarya](/source/Aishwariyaa_Bhaskaran) as Priya's friend
* [Nassar](/source/Nassar_(actor)) as Sekhar, Priya's father
* [Raghuvaran](/source/Raghuvaran) as Scientist (Science)
* [Brahmanandam](/source/Brahmanandam) as Satyam
* [Ali](/source/Ali_(actor)) as Simham
* [Ravi Babu](/source/Ravi_Babu) as Raj, Satyam's son
* Sanjay Swaroop as Naani's father
* [Sunil](/source/Sunil_(actor)) as Vishwanath / X
* [Kota Srinivasa Rao](/source/Kota_Srinivasa_Rao) as Doctor
* [Sudhakar](/source/Sudhakar_(actor)) as income tax officer
* [Dharmavarapu Subramanyam](/source/Dharmavarapu_Subramanyam) as police officer
* Junior Relangi as a police officer
* Master Ashok Galla as Naani's friend
* [Galla Jayadev](/source/Galla_Jayadev) in a special appearance
* [Ramya Krishna](/source/Ramya_Krishna) in a special appearance in "Markandeya" (deleted from theatrical cut)[{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_sjsurya.html|title=Interview with SJ Surya|website=[Idlebrain.com](/source/Idlebrain.com)|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=2 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702064646/http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_sjsurya.html|url-status=live|date=12 June 2001|last=Jeevi}}] During the process, he felt that making the story into a bilingual film with a Telugu version would help the film's finances and that Mahesh Babu was a perfect fit for the main role.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/interviews/04surya.asp|title=Director S J Surya|work=Chennai Online|date=20 April 2004|first=Malini|last=Mannath|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016072542/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/interviews/04surya.asp|archive-date=16 October 2006|url-status=dead|access-date=12 April 2024}}] Hence, production began for the Telugu version, ''Naani'', as well.
==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Naani
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [A. R. Rahman](/source/A._R._Rahman)
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 3 April 2004
| recorded = [Panchathan Record Inn](/source/Panchathan_Record_Inn)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [Feature Film Soundtrack](/source/Film_soundtrack)
| length =
| label =
| producer = [A. R. Rahman](/source/A._R._Rahman)
| prev_title = [New](/source/New_(film))
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [Aayutha Ezhuthu](/source/Aayutha_Ezhuthu)
| next_year = 2004
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 36:56
| title1 = Naani Vayase
| lyrics1 = [Veturi Sundararama Murthy](/source/Veturi_Sundararama_Murthy), [Blaaze](/source/Blaaze) (English lyrics)
| extra1 = [Karthik](/source/Karthik_(singer)), [Vijay Prakash](/source/Vijay_Prakash), [Blaaze](/source/Blaaze), [Sunitha Sarathy](/source/Sunitha_Sarathy), [Tanvi Shah](/source/Tanvi_Shah)
| length1 = 4:33
| title2 = Chakkera
| extra2 = [S.P. Balasubrahmanyam](/source/S.P._Balasubrahmanyam), [Sujatha Mohan](/source/Sujatha_Mohan)
| lyrics2 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| length2 = 5:53
| title7 = Vasta Nee Venuka
| extra7 = [Hariharan](/source/Hariharan_(singer)), [Harini](/source/Harini_(singer))
| lyrics7 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| length7 = 5:34
| title4 = Pedave Palikina
| extra4 = [Unnikrishnan](/source/P._Unnikrishnan), [Sadhana Sargam](/source/Sadhana_Sargam)
| lyrics4 = [Chandrabose](/source/Chandrabose_(lyricist))
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Spiderman
| extra5 = [Kunal Ganjawala](/source/Kunal_Ganjawala), [Gopika Poornima](/source/Gopika_Poornima)
| lyrics5 = [Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry](/source/Sirivennela_Seetharama_Sastry)
| length5 = 5:59
| title6 = Markandeya
| extra6 = [Shankar Mahadevan](/source/Shankar_Mahadevan), [Nithyasree Mahadevan](/source/Nithyasree_Mahadevan)
| lyrics6 = Veturi Sundararama Murthy
| length6 = 6:12
| title3 = Naaku Nuvvu
| extra3 = [Hariharan](/source/Hariharan_(singer)), [Gopika Poornima](/source/Gopika_Poornima)
| lyrics3 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Blaaze (English lyrics)
| length3 = 4:11
}}
==Reception==
Jeevi of ''[Idlebrain.com](/source/Idlebrain.com)'' rated the film two out of five, writing, "the movie suffers from artificialness and [a] bad script."[{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-nani.html|title=Movie review - Nani|website=[Idlebrain.com](/source/Idlebrain.com)|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913160342/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-nani.html|url-status=live|last=Jeevi}}] A critic from ''[Sify](/source/Sify)'' wrote that "The film has far too many double entendres and crude gags" and added that "One wonders if the film is from the sane S.J.Suryah who made a wholesome entertainer like ''Kushi''".[{{Cite web |date=17 May 2004 |title=Naani |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/naani-review-telugu-pclv3chjcidih.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830123249/https://www.sify.com/movies/naani-review-telugu-pclv3chjcidih.html |archive-date=30 August 2020 |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=[Sify](/source/Sify)}}] A critic from ''[IANS](/source/Indo-Asian_News_Service)'' rated the film two-and-a-half out of five and wrote that "It is interesting fare for viewers who crave for different movies. Unfortunately, the Telugu audience has rarely patronised films with non-heroes or anti-heroes".[{{Cite web|url=https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/492/telugu/naani/179/review.htm|title=Naani Telugu Movie|work=[IANS](/source/Indo-Asian_News_Service)|date=11 December 2003|via=Nowrunning|access-date=12 April 2024|archive-date=8 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508060520/https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/492/telugu/naani/179/review.htm|url-status=live}}] The Tamil version performed well, while the Telugu version was not as strong commercially.[{{cite web |last= |date=2005-06-03 |title=His father's son |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/06/03/stories/2005060302010100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706085335/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/06/03/stories/2005060302010100.htm |archive-date=6 July 2015 |website=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu) |access-date=7 September 2015 }}]
== See also ==
* ''[13 Going on 30](/source/13_Going_on_30)'' (2004)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title}}
{{S. J. Suryah}}
Category:2000s pregnancy films
Category:2000s science fiction comedy films
Category:2004 Telugu-language films
Category:2004 comedy films
Category:2004 films
Category:2004 Indian films
Category:2004 multilingual films
Category:Films about rapid human age change
Category:Films directed by S. J. Suryah
Category:Films scored by A. R. Rahman
Category:Indian multilingual films
Category:Indian pregnancy films
Category:Indian remakes of American films
Category:Indian science fiction comedy films
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