Endrendrum Punnagai is a 2013 Tamil romantic comedy film to be directed by I. Mueenuddin Ahmed starring Jiiva, Vinay, Santhanam, Andrea and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles and other cast supported by Nassar, Swaminathan, Abhinay and Varsha. The movie has music by Harris Jayaraj and cinematography by R. Madhi. Editing by Praveen.K.L and N.B.Srikanth. Produced by G.K.M.Tamil Kumaran and Dr. Ramadoss in the Banner Dr. V.Ram Productions Private Limited and Tamil Kumaran Productions Private Limited. Released by Udhayanidhi Stalin in the banner Red Giant Movies.
Plot:
The movie starts with Goutham (Jiiva) as a kid, being told that women are all bad and are very selfish by his father Sridhar (Nassar) because his wife had eloped that day. They then move to Chennai, where Goutham meets Baby (Santhanam) and Sri (Vinay Rai). The trio becomes inseparable friends. 15 years later, it is shown that they are running an advertisement agency, and Goutham has stopped speaking to his father. After a heated incident at a friend's bachelor party, the three friends promise to never get married. They get an advertising offer from Sunny (T. M. Karthik), who sends Priya (Trisha Krishnan) to assist them with the ad. Sonia (Andrea Jeremiah), an international model, is assigned to act for the ad. On the day of the shoot, Sonia falls in love with Goutham, and when the ad is finished, she bites his ear. Goutham retaliates by slapping her. Sunny scolds Goutham and tells him that he will never work with him again, but Priya supports Goutham, telling Sunny it was Sonia's fault for behaving unprofessionally. After the shoot, Goutham calls up Priya and thanks her for supporting him. While speaking to Goutham, Priya meets with an accident. He rushes her to the hospital, where she recovers the next day.
After a few days, Baby and Sri decide to get married. When Goutham gets to know about it, he gets furious and ends their friendship. On the same day of the marriage, Sridhar tells Priya he got married a second time many years before for his son's sake, and that is the reason for Goutham's anger towards him. He requests Priya to take care of Goutham. Goutham and Priya get another contract with Sunny and Sonia, and they leave for Switzerland for the shooting. On the day of the shooting, Sonia recalls everything Goutham had done and asks him to apologize for his act. He refuses because he knows it is not his fault and tells her to leave, Priya then takes the role of Sonia and acts for the advertisement. During the shooting, Priya and Goutham fall in love. When they come back from Switzerland, Goutham meets his friend and introduces Priya as just a stranger whom he met in the flight. Hurt by Goutham's cheap behavior, she leaves the airport.
When Goutham gets back home, he goes into his father's room and notices many paintings of him being happy, a wish his father wanted. Goutham then discovers his father was ill and rushes him to the hospital, where the doctors say his father is suffering from pancreatic cancer and cannot be treated. Goutham becomes heartbroken. Sri comes to meet him and tells him he knew Sridhar was suffering from this disease. Baby then comes and says Sridhar was the one who compelled them to get married so Goutham might change his mind and get married. As the three friends reconcile, Priya comes to the hospital to meet Sridhar, where Gautham apologizes and admits to Priya he has fallen for her. The film ends a happy ending with Gautham and Priya getting engaged in front of a recovering Sridhar at the hospital.