Ethir Neechal Swim against the Tide is a 2013 Tamil comedydrama film written and directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar, a former assistant to Vetrimaran and produced by Dhanush. Sivakarthikeyan, Priya Anand and Nandita play lead roles. The movie released onMay 2013 to highly positive reviews from critics as well as the audience. The film was declared as a super hit at the box office. It was later dubbed into Telugu as Naa Love Story Modalaindi.
As a boy, Kunjithapadham faces lots of problems and embarrassments due to his name. He decides to change his name. But his mother falls seriously ill and he prays to god that he would never again wish to change his name.Years later, the adult Kunjithapadhams mother dies. His friend Peter Sathish advises him to change his name in order to have a change in his life. Thus, he meets an astrologer Manobala and renames himself Hareesh. Luck starts to him from that day on wards. He falls in love with Geetha Priya Anand and succeeds her heart. He later gets a job and life goes smoothly for him. One day, his lottery ticket hits victory and he must cash it in for a television as a prize. But, the lottery has registered his name as Kunjithapadham. He makes up the drama with Peter and gets the television, but later faces problems and Geetha finds out his true name. Geetha tells Hareesh that she is angry at him for lying to her about his name and that he needs to succeed something in life in order to win her heart. ........
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