I'm an American and when i wanted to watch an Indian movie for the first time i asked what movie could i watch for weekend , some of my staffs have been from India, they recommended me to watch "Nanban" an Indian movie, i must say, i truly enjoyed it to the maximum extent and i thanked them for recommending an excellent film.I recommend this movie to all...young and old. It's a winner forever in my heart.Vijay as pari rocked to the core he does a brilliant job as always. He's an amazing actor and*really* funny too. Other good performances, come from jivaa and sreekanth.Cinematography was Major highlight. I loved it completely..completely..completely.

First of i want to say That IM an Huge fan of Surya and not a fan nor a hater of Vijay or Shankar either until i watched this movie in my town with my lovable friends. I laughed,cried,thinked throughout the movie on a whole i enjoyed it and when comes out of cinema hall i feel like I'm quite refreshed. Such a GREAT MOVIE. THIS IS NOT Completely philosophical movie. THIS IS NOT completely comedy movie. THIS IS NOT completely Poigonant movie. THIS IS NOT completely Friendship movie.BUT ALL the were married into 1 source and NANBAN Forms. There's absolutely the reasons behind talking this movie, Indian educational system is worst ever so far, they pressure students to mug-up everything and write it on paper,put marks,give certificate and join a job.But the movie simply narrated on how the education system should be and it tells students should enjoy and love learning so many new things in whatever course you study rather mugs up just for the sake of passing out ! I have never seen any vijay movies in cinema halls until Nanban. HE is surely a BEST ACTOR. Alongside, jiva and srikanth performed well while ileana and satyaraj were good.satyan was at his best. Shankar sir has directed it and screenplay was so natural like happening and every scene contains a deep novelic feel and knowledge which served with fun and emotions there have lot of twist and turns which make every audience to be seated till the end of the movie and i felt this movie don't want to end because it was like a pleasures journey we go. Go WATCH IT , IT Will give you a LIFETIME Achievement Happiness. Verdict:BEST OF WHOLE TAMIL CINEMA

JIIVA:the best performance in the film.the only character to outshine the performance of the Hindi movie's character.he has done an exceptional job.his Best performance till date.satyan:good performance.he suited the silencer character extremely well.vijay:good performance..but could have been much better.he didn't suit the character completely..though this performance stands out as this is his Best performance till date..a fair performance overall.shrikanth:good....bt not too good.Ileana:worst character of the film...and she just did not suit the character at all.sathyaraj:a fair performance..not better than original virus..he could have done better.Shaker:a well directed film..bt the sets for the song are the worst part...they have no link with the movie..he has spent lot of money...which is very disappointing.....on the whole a good remake....bt could have been better....u dnt gt the feel of 3idiots after watching nanban.....

Saw Nanban movie in kamala theater (known as kamala cinemas now) 11:00 Am show.Thank god the Theatre has good parking facility and had a decent parking cost of 15 bucks unlike the theaters in the malls where you are charged about 20 ~ 25 bucks per hour.Sometimes we may spend more on parking ticket rather than the movie ticket itself.The sound system in the theater is not so good.I was sitting near the wall in the front set of rows. The speakers has caused me a headache . Also the movie theaters should stop frisking people and install metal detectors or something.The movie was not such a bad one considering vijay acted in it.Pluses of the movie:- ==>Sathyaraj acted well,he had done his homework and was good as the college principal.Jeeva and Srikanth essayed the roles of Vijay's friends very well. ==>The story line was nearly water tight but not air tight. ==>It is not the typical shankar movies about corruption etc: ==>The movie I believe is a faithful reproduction of the original "3 idiots". ==>Message of the movie "asking youngsters to apply themselves in areas of their interest" instead of going down the well trodden path is laudable. ==>Not a typical hodgepodge Vijay movie :-).Minuses of the movie:- ==>There was absolutely no chemistry between the lead pair.The lead pair (Vijay , Ileane)could not show much of facial expressions.Ileane looked a little anorexic. ==>The songs did not gel well with the movie.The lyrics were not catchy. Shankar did not pay much attention to the songs in this movie which I find is quite unusual. ==> People poking fun of srivatsan(sathyan) all the time was getting too tiresome to watch.The fart related jokes was a little retarded. ==>Old wine in new bottle.The age old urban legend that, "NASA spending a large amount of money to develop a pen that would write in the conditions experienced during spaceflight",has been retold through this movie.There is no point of including that story in the movie.Story:-Sathyan calls up Vijay's friends ( Jeeva and Srikanth) and asks them to meet him lying to them that he is with their dear friend Vijay and he is waiting to meet them.Instead he shows them a presentation of his achievements in life . After not being able to meet their dear friend who in this case happens to be Vijay start looking around for their long last friend.Vijay it seems doesn't keep in touch with them after their graduation from college . During their search for Vijay , the college days when the trio spent their times together is shown . It was shown as to how Vijay was really smart and was down to earth and witty .The flashback fails to explain as to why only these two were attracted to Vijay whereas the rest of the students did not interact a lot with vijay . Sathyaraj did a commendable role as the college principal . Back in the present,when they finally thought that they had nailed their dear friend's location that they find that their friend has impersonated another person (S.J.Surya) and did college on behalf of him.Jeeva and Srikanth come to know about the marriage of Ileana and her finance.They gate crash Ileana's wedding and tell her that she not betray her feelings for Vijay and marry a "Mr no good" / "cold hearted"' person like her would be husband.When they finally catch up with Vijay they realize his noble objective of starting a school where each student can realize his/her hidden potentials.Conclusion Though nothing new has been explored in this movie it can be watched once.It has a few good scenes.