Nee dhane en pon vasandham

  (Tamil: நீ தானே என் பொன்வசந்தம; English: You Are My Golden Spring )

Directed by	Gautham Menon
Produced by	Kumar Jayaram
Written by	Gautham Menon
Starring	Jiiva Samantha
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	M. S Prabhu
Editing by	Anthony
Studio	Photon Kathaas

RS Infotainment
Release date(s)	14 February 2012 (2012-02-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

cast

• Jiiva as Raghu
• Samantha as Nithya
• Santhanam
• Anupama Kumar
• Ravi Raghavendra

Gautham Menon met Jiiva to discuss a potential collaboration in May 2011 for his next venture after the Hindi remake of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.^[4] Menon decided to use Jiiva in the Tamil version of a bilingual film he was set to make featuring Ram and Samantha, and Menon's "regular crew" of music composer A. R. Rahman, film editor Anthony and cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa were all a part of the film.The film is being in Telugu as Nithya, while a Hindi version featuring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Samantha is also being simultaneously made. Initial suggestions indicated that the film was also set to be titled Nithya, after Samantha's character in the film, but this turned out to be untrue. The title was revealed through the first publicity posters to be Neethaane En Ponvasantham, inspired by a song from the 1982 film Ninaivellam Nithya starring Karthik. An official announcement was made by the producers of the film, RS Infotainment, that a photo shoot was planned in August and the film would also shoot portions across the United Kingdom. Jiiva had to lose weight for the film and had to undertake diet regimens and work out sessions to get in shape for the character. Furthermore it was revealed that he would sport three different looks in the film as the film encompasses 15 years. Ravi Raghavendra and Anupama Kumar were added to the cast to play Jiiva's parents, while Santhanam was also chosen to play an important role in the film.






Gautam menon felt love in Ilayaraja songs and it reflected in the name of his next movie too. After Sameera Reddy in two films its now turn for Samantha with jeeva who is back after superhit KO and Rowdhram. Nee dhane en pon vasandham is another romantic movie from the director of Vinnaithandi Varuvaya. Samantha a tamil heroine is hugely popular in telugu after a hit with Mahesh babu in Dhookudu.

Nee dhane en pon vasandham is a friendship and love between two close friends who were bonded from the little age of 6. Jiiva has a modern look throughout the movie, a new type of movie totally different from his typical local boy next door charecters...

Gautam Menon mentioned that he was impressed with Jiiva after watching his Katradhu Tamil movie and was looking for an opportunity to work with this hero. Soon after Ko the pair discussed and finalized this project. Nee dhane en pon vasandham to be made in tamil, Telugu and in Hindi. samantha is the herine in all three versions.

Besides “Ek Deevana dha” – hindi version of Vinnaithandi varuvaya is on the verge on completion. Amy Jackson of Madarasapattinam fame performs the role of Trisha in hindi version. AR rahman has included 2 more songs for the hindi version.