Idhu Namma Aalu

My review: Idhu Namma Aalu

Pandiraj's long delayed "Idhu Namma Aalu" is definitely not a perfect movie by any means but it entertains. It is a good comeback for Silambarasan aka Simbu aka STR (or whatever his current name is !). It does have a lots of autobiographical notes as the movie deals with love life of a person who finally ties his knot with a bride sought by his father. And the pairing of Simbu with Nayanthara did arouse curiosity. Their chemistry on screen is superb this time, better than when they were seeing each other a decade back. 

The movie follows a lighter vein throughout its length and the mood is made light that even the forced serious turn that it tries to take towards the end seem to end up as unintended comedy.  Nonetheless the movie is one of the better romantic comedies in the recent times with witty oneliners. Is spite of a neat romantic portions, sizzling chemistry between the lead pair, Soori overshadows everything else by his terrific oneliners. It is one of the prime reason why this movie has done successfully well. 

Simbu is earnest in his effort while Nayanthara is ravishing. Andrea on the other hand looks jaded and throughout the movie sports a quizzical smile of that of a patient who must have got hit in her head severely.  Soori is the real hero of the movie as far as I am concerned. He rocks the show and is definitely one of his career best. Loaded with Pandiraj's witty dialogues he just brings the roof down. 

Kuralarasan has had a decent debut as music director with couple of songs like "Kaathaga"and "Kanne Un Kadhal" hum-worthy. His background score is also pretty decent. Balasubramniam has kept his frames bright and colourful in keeping with the levity of the overall proceedings. 

On the whole, "Indhu Namma Aalu" is a nostalgic trip down the memory lane for all those who must have got married arranged by the family harping particularly to those days between engagement and marriage, an arranged roamnce kind of situation. 

Bottomline: A lively romcom with awesome Soori oneliners.

3.5/5