Ivanuku Thannila Gandam
| Ivanuku Thannila Gandam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | S. N. Shaktevel |
| Written by | S. N. Shaktevel |
| Produced by | V. Venkatraj |
| Starring | Deepak Dinkar Neha Ratnakaran Rajendran |
| Cinematography | R. Venkatesan |
| Edited by | A. L. Ramesh |
| Music by | A7 |
Release date | 13 March 2015 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Ivanuku Thannila Gandam (English: He Has Bad Luck With Water / He Has Problems With Liquor) is an Indian Tamil comedy directed by S. N. Shaktevel on his debut which released on 13 March 2015.[1][2] It was produced by V. Venkatraj.[3] The film stars Deepak Dinkar, and Neha Ratnakaran (making her debut) in the lead roles.[4] Rajendran also plays a supporting role.[5] Dinkar plays Saravanan, a television anchor, who while on a night out with his friends mistakenly orders a hitman played by Rajendran to kill (amongst others) his girlfriend, Deepika, played by Ratnakaran. The film had a negative reception from the critics.
Plot
Saravana Perumal (Deepak Dinkar) is a television anchor who is experiencing hard times in both his professional and personal life. He is being bested at his workplace by a colleague, harassed by a loan shark, and fears his girlfriend Deepika (Neha Ratnakaran) is having an affair. Saravanan chooses to escape his troubles by going to a party with his friends where he becomes intoxicated. While drunk he unknowingly tells Mark (Rajendran), who is a hitman, to kill his competitor at work, his loan shark, and Deepika. When he wakes the following morning, he finds that his colleague and his loan shark are dead, and a call from Mark telling Saravanan that he has done what he has asked. Saravanan tries to prevent Mark from killing Deepika. Toward the end, it is revealed that Mark's targets all died by accident before Mark could kill them. While attempting to kill Deepika, Mark falls from a ledge and dies, without Saravanan knowing his true identity as he was drunk when he met Mark. The end shows Saravanan being paranoid that every man who meets Deepika, now his wife, is secretly Mark and trying to kill her without ever knowing that the real Mark is dead.
Cast
- Deepak Dinkar as Saravana Perumal "Saravanan"
- Neha Ratnakaran as Deepika
- Sentrayan as Milk Pandi
- Elango Kumaravel as James
- Rajendran as Mark
- Pandiarajan as Thirupathi
- Subbu Panchu Arunachalam
- Manobala as Dr. Markandeyan
- M. S. Bhaskar as Ponvandu
- Swaminathan as Kuzhandaivel
- T. M. Karthik as Kasinathan
- George Maryan
- Gana Bala
- Yogi Babu
- Sandy as Maika Mahesh
- V. Venkatraj
- Moses
- Boxer Arumugam as Soodu Baskar
- Arunachalam
- Easwar
- Telephone Mani as Mani
Production
Filming was completed as of October 2014.[1]
Music
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
The soundtrack was composed by A7 and the audio was officially released online on 2 March 2015.[6]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mappilla Mappilla" | Yugabharathi | Vijay Yesudas, Sooraj Santhosh | 4:48 |
| 2. | "Epavumey Vathadhuda" | Gana Bala | Gana Bala | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Love Vandha" | Yugabharathi | Harihara Sudhan | 4:16 |
| 4. | "Yaarada" | Kannan & A7 | Andrea Jeremiah | 3:39 |
| 5. | "The Po Mashup" | Mc Sai, Snigdha Chandra | Gana Bala, Mc Sai, A7 | 4:05 |
| Total length: | 21:04 | |||
Release
The satellite rights of the film were sold to Polimer.[7]
Reception
Ivanuku Thannila Gandam opened to negative reviews but they singled out Rajendran as the highlight of the film. Avinash Gopinath of Filmibeat gave the film two out of five stars. Gopinath praised Rajendran's performance in the film who he felt carried the film. He also commented that Dinkar's acting as the lead needed refinement. Gopinath bemoaned the screenplay and felt some "unwanted sub-plots" could have been edited out.[2] Sify rated the film as average. They appreciated Rajendran's comic acting stating "the film belongs to Rajendran". However they felt scenes not involving him showed that the filmmakers "tried too hard to make the film as a laughathon". The soundtrack of the film was described as "passable".[8] Tamilstar reviewer Kumaresun gave the film two out of five stars. He pointed to Rajendran's comic role as "the high point" of the film. However he felt the "movie is amateurish, and ends up nowhere".[9] M. Suganth of The Times of India rated the film two out of five stars and stated "It is a film where amateurishness is passed for attitude, and silliness, and crass dialogues... for comedy".[10]
References
- ^ a b "TV actor Deepak in Ivanuku Thannila Gandamz". The Times of India. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ a b Gopinath, Avinash (13 March 2015). "Ivanuku Thannila Gandam Movie Review: Rajendran Saves The Day But Only Just!". Filmibeat. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Want to translate small screen success to big screen: S.N. Shaktevel". Business Standard. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Neha Ratnakaran on 'Ivanuku Thannila Gandam': Tamil industry great place to mark one's debut". CNN-IBN. 12 March 2015.
- ^ "Rajendran's performance in Tamil horror-comedy Darling catapulted him to the big league of comedians". NDTV. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ "Ivanuku Thannila Kandam |Jukebox". YouTube. Divo movies. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Polimer Tv Diwali 2015 Special Programs Online Youtube 10-November-2015, 10/11/2015 Deepavali Sirappu Nigalchigal Polimer Tv". Intalkies. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Ivanuku Thanila Gandam". Sify. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Kumaresun (13 March 2015). "Ivanukku Thanila Gandam". Tamilstar. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Suganth, M. (15 March 2015). "Ivanuku Thannila Gandam Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 March 2015.