Enakku 20 Unakku 18

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Sridhar is a final year management degree student and gets selected for post grad studies in United States. He goes to Mumbai for an interview and in his return by train, finds Preeti and loses his heart to her. Sridhar learns that Preeti is about to join in an und ad degree in the second year and Preeti learns that he is a final year degree student. Sridhar is an ardent cricket fan, so is Preeti, while Sridhar is also a good football player. Unfortunately, both leave without revealing any details. Preeti is moving to town, as her brother Kumar is an IPS officer who has been transferred from Bombay on special deputation. Preeti's family move to the house on the street adjacent to Sridhar's. Sridhar's elder brother-in-law was a Government civil engineer, who has been in prison on false corruption charges, for a collapsed bridge.

The college principal appoints Reshma as a student-cum-coach for Sridhar’s football team. While Sridhar and Preeti search for each other at different colleges, Preeti unknowingly helps Sridhar’s mother during a heart attack. They finally spot each other at LB Stadium, but before they can reunite, a bomb blast injures Sridhar and separates them again.

Later Preeti's parents convince her to agree for a marriage and tell her to forget about the boy she was searching. At the same time, Sridhar's mother also tells him to concentrate on studies and go abroad to complete his studies. At this juncture, Sridhar learns that Preeti was staying just behind his house, when her parents come to his house to inform that she is getting married. Sridhar's gang participates in an inter-college football match and wins the cup. Sridhar's mother suffers yet another heart attack and Preeti's father admits her in the hospital. Then they come to know that Sridhar's brother-in-law was behind bars for no fault of his. Preeti learns about Sridhar's brother-in-law and asks her brother to help. Kumar and his men raid the godowns of the contractor involved, and find waste quality materials in his stock. This saves Sridhar's brother-in-law and he is released. Meanwhile, Sridhar's mother passes away. Later Sridhar's brother-in-law is posted to another city and he leaves with his wife and son. Sridhar feels lonely so, he decides to emigrate. He departs suddenly without informing his friends.

Three years later, Sridhar and Preeti unexpectedly meet on the same train. Preeti is traveling with her newborn nephew, while Sridhar is returning home with his friend Priyanka, who reveals her intention to marry him. When Sridhar gets off the train to fetch water and misses it, he finds Preeti waiting. They confess their love and reunite as a couple.

Trisha had signed the film before any of her other films had released in 2001.^[2][3] The film was launched with a clap on 20 January 2002.^[4] For one song, 260 shots were taken and picturised at 90 locations in Chennai and Hyderabad.^[5] One song "Yedho Yedho" ("Yedo Yedo" in Telugu) was picturised in Venice, the Colosseum in Rome and St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.^[3][6][7]

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The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman. Lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay for the Tamil version. The same set of vocalists were used for both versions, except for two songs. S. P. B. Charan and Venkat Prabhu were replaced by Mano and Unnikrishnan in the Telugu version of the song "Oru Nanban Irundhal". Srinivas was replaced by Sriram Parthasarathy in the Telugu version of the song "Asathura".^[8][9]

Tamil Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by A. R. Rahman. Lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay.

Telugu Soundtrack

Tamil version

Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu wrote that "certain scenes have appreciable depth while some are downright superficial and predictable", and that the film was "absorbing in parts, spontaneous in spurts, natural at times and clichéd now and then".^[10] Karthiga Rukmanykanthan of the Sri Lankan newspaper Daily News labelled it as "strictly for youth" and a "perfect choice".^[7] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "The first half is colourful and lively, the takings slick, and stylish, though there’s a sense of Déjà vu throughout. But in the second half the script meanders, loses focus, is disjointed, straying to the mother – sister sentiment".^[3]

Telugu version

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "This film is titled as 'Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu'. But contrary to it, the lovers fail to read what is there in the other heart's when they meet each other for second time".^[6] A critic from Sify wrote that "The campus scenes in the first half are lewd with double meaning dialogues which are sure to make the family audience squirm in their seats. A.R Rahman’s peppy music has not been utilised by the director who has simply copied Shankar’s picturisation (Jeans, Boys). On the whole Jothi Krishna has to learn the basics of filmmaking before he attempts his second film!"^[11]