Vagabonds) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film[2] written and directed by Samuthirakani and produced by S. Michael Rayappan under banner of Global Infotainment.
Cinematography was handled by S. R. Kathir, songs composed and score by Sundar C Babu, editing done by A. L. Ramesh, stunt co originated by Dhilip Subbarayan, dance choreography Dinesh, produced designed by R. K. Vijay Murugan and lyrics written by Vaali, Na.
Despite this, his father, mother, grandmother, and sister Pavithra (Abhinaya) love him dearly and view him as a source of inspiration for their family.
The son of a former MP and a prominent politician, he is in love with Prabha (Shanthini Devi), the daughter of a rich bigwig Pazhanivelraman (Jayaprakash) in Namakkal.
Shocked by Saravana's suicide attempt due to love failure, the trio promises to help him out and unite the two lovers.
The trio manages to help the couple get married by abducting the girl while she is visiting the famous anjaneya temple with her family.
In an ensuing fracas between the two families, Karuna gets scarred near one of his eyes; Paandi is hit on the ear by a pipe, thereby becoming deaf; and Chandran loses his leg due to an injury by falling under a passing truck.
During the funeral, the family members have a fight due to Karuna being arrested, hence hindering his ambition of obtaining a government job.
Sudalai angrily leaves and says she can have Karuna, but after he is dead, hanging himself from a fan in their house in front of Nallammal and her mother, before being let down by the help of their neighbors.
Karuna returns home and is traumatized as he lost his beloved grandmother, and the entire family laments for his pain and efforts.
Eventually, the case filed upon the trio is withdrawn, and they find out through Karuna's uncle who helped them with the star-crossed lovers that they had managed to unite.
Another song in Hindi Yaaro Aisa Hai was loosely based on Ulagil Yentha Kathal The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.
A critic from Sify gave 5/5 and wrote that "Nadodigal is not great cinema, but enjoyable and a welcome change in these hard days.
"[9] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff gave the film 3 out of 5, calling "Naadodigal is in its realistic feel, mostly logical screenplay and cast go a long way in making it a worthwhile watch.
"[10] Aravindan DI from Nowrunning.com rated the movie 3/5 stating that "The film does carry an appealing message for today's jet-age society - it's shocking yet powerful."
The Kannada version, titled Hudugaru is directed by Maadesh and stars Puneeth Rajkumar, Yogesh, Srinagar Kitty, Radhika Pandit, and Abhinaya.
The Malayalam version, titled Ithu Nammude Katha, is directed by Rakesh Kannankara, and stars Asif Ali, Abhishek, Nishan, Ananya, Nimisha Suresh, and Amala Paul.
[14] The Hindi version, titled Rangrezz, is directed by Priyadarshan, and stars Jackky Bhagnani, Vijay Verma, Amitosh Nagpal, Priya Anand, Rajpal Yadav, and Akshara Gowda.