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Neethaane En Ponvasantham

2012 film by Gautham Menon

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
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Neethaane En Ponvasantham is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film co written, co produced and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, starring Jiiva and Samantha. It was shot and released simultaneously in Telugu as Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu, with Nani replacing Jiiva, while the team also briefly filmed an incomplete Hindi version, Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau, with Aditya Roy Kapoor in the male lead, and Samantha playing the female lead in all the three versions. The film was based on a story written by Reshma Ghatala, who produced the film alongside Elred Kumar, Venkat Somasundaram, and Menon. The cinematography was handled by M. S. Prabhu and Om Prakash.

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