Nanban (film)

Nanban English Friend is a 2012 Indian Tamil comingofage comedydrama film directed by Shankar. It was a remake of Rajkumar HiranisIdiots 2009, which itself was adapted from the novel Five Point Someone What not to do at IIT by Chetan Bhagat. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana DCruz, Sathyan and Sathyaraj.

Venkat Ramakrishnan, Sevarkodi Senthil and Panchavan Parivendan alias Pari are three first year engineering students who share a room in the hostel of Ideal Engineering College IEC, Chennai. Venkat studies engineering to pursue his fathers wishes over his own wish to become a wildlife photographer, while Senthil studies engineering to get his family out of poverty. Pari, however, studies engineering for his simple passion for machines and devices. He believes that one should follow excellence, not success, as success will take care of itself if excellence is followed. This approach to studies is sneered upon by the dean of the college, Professor Virumandi Virus Santhanam. Virus and the faculty favour Paris classmate, Srivatsan alias Silencer, who believes in mindless rote learning over understanding to reach his goals of corporate status. Pari constantly spars with Virus and Silencer due to their differences in their educational approaches.Pari falls in love with Virus daughter Ria, a medical student when he, Venkat and Senthil meet her when they accidentally gatecrash her elder sister Swethas wedding reception to obtain a free meal. Ria is not impressed with Paris antics and complains to her father about them. Virus becomes furious with Pari and his friends and tries to break their friendship by claiming that the rich Pari is a bad influence on the less privileged Venkat and Senthil. While Venkat refuses to break his friendship with Pari, Senthil believes Virus and distances himself from Pari, though they reconcile when Pari saves the life of Senthils paralysed father, who had suffered a heart attack, by taking him to hospital on Rias scooter when the ambulance had not arrived on time. Ria too appreciates Paris practicality and concern for others and reciprocates Paris feelings. In the yearly exam, Pari stands first in his class, while both Venkat and Senthil come last. ........

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