Naan Kadavul chronicles the life of Rudran, an ascetic from Varanasi and his trysts with a seemingly normal life in the temple city in south India, Pazhani. Abandoned as a child by his father in a strange land with strange people, he grows up among the sadhus and the babas adapting to their way of life and becomes one of them. The rest of the plot is formed by the interaction between Rudran, a detached ascetic who has no moorings or bonding with the world and how he unwittingly, unwillingly gets sucked into the world of the beggars which leads to drastic, life altering changes to all of them.
| Cast & Crew |
Cast : Aarya, Pooja, Krishamurthy, Rajendran
Music Director : Ilaiyarajaa
Cinematographer : Arthur A. Wilson
Editor : Suresh Urs
Producer : K.S. Sreenivasan (Vasans Visual Ventures)
| Awards |
| Year | Result | Awards | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2008 | Won | Tamilnadu State Award | Best Cinematographer – Arthur A. Wilson |
| Best Female Character Artiste – Pooja | |||
| Best Villain – Rajendran | |||
| 2009 | Won | Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards | Best Actor – Arya |
| 2009 | Won | Vijay Awards | Best Director – Bala |
| Best Actress – Pooja | |||
| Best Villain – Rajendran | |||
| Best Makeup – Sasi & Dasarathan | |||
| Nominated | Vijay Awards | Best Male Playback Singer – Vijay Prakash | |
| Best Actor – Arya | |||
| Best Music Director – Ilaiyaraaja | |||
| Best Film – Vasan Visual Ventures | |||
| Best Supporting Actor – Krishnamoorthy | |||
| Best Dialogue Writer – Bala & Jayamohan | |||
| Best Stunt Director – Super Subbarayan | |||
| Best Lyricist – Ilaiyaraaja | |||
| Favourite Director – Bala | |||
| 2009 | Won | 57thFilmfare Awards | Best Tamil Actress – Pooja |
| Nominated | 57thFilmfare Awards | Best Director – Bala | |
| Best Actor – Arya | |||
| Best Tamil Film | |||
| Best Tamil Supporting Actor – Rajendran | |||
| Best Tamil Lyricist – Ilayaraja | |||
| 2010 | Won | 56thNational Award | Best Director – Bala |
| Best Makeup – Sasi & Dasarathan | |||
| 2010 | Won | TANTIS Gold ID Card | Best Director – Bala |
