Kamali From Nadukkaveri is a 2021 Indian Tamil language drama film written and directed by Rajasekar Duraisamy on his directorial debut.

[2][3][4] Kamali Shanmugam is a naughty, happy-go-lucky girl who lives in the village Nadukkaveri in Tamil Nadu.

She doesn't have a big dream until she sees the interview of the CBSE national topper Ashwin, a handsome boy from Chennai, who later goes to IIT Madras.

However, the following day, he calls to apologize to her only to realize that she really has the potential to crack Jee Mains and Advanced .

Since, that day, Kamali regularly and sincerely attends coaching sessions that helps her excel in studies at her school as well.

She successfully cracks the entrance exams that earns her a seat in the B.Tech Computer Science department in IIT Madras.

Kamali, being childish and innocent, considers her a friend and tells her roommate that she came there in search of a boy she is in love with.

A professor comes to her and asks about the reason for the failure, a frightful surprise waits for her when one of her classmates tell the sir that 'She was busy wooing her Prince here'.

She overhears Ashwin's conversation about her being the 'Cinderella' girl and her heart breaks when he tells his friends that he definitely cannot be the 'joker' Kamali is in love with.

To Kamali's dismay, She learns that Ashwin and she, are selected for the inter-IIT National Quiz competition and refuses to go.

For the tie breaker, Varun Singh from the opposite team, chooses Kamali as his opponent realizing her weakness.

Her family, who had been watching her in TV, get happy tears since Kamali becomes an inspiration for all children in Nadukkaveri.