INGA ENNA SOLLUTHU – A Waste of Time,
Money & Patience!
Cast
& Crew:- VTV.Ganesh,MeeraJasmine,Santhanam,Srinath,Pandiarajan,Swarnamalya,Mayilsamy,K.S.Ravikumar,Anthony,STR
&Andrea Jeremiah - guest appearance.
Direction: Vincent Selva, Story:VTV
Ganesh, Music:Dharan, D.O.P.:R.D.Rajasekhar, Edit:Anthony
Studio: VTV Productions, Distributed by Sri Thenandal films & Sun Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Language: Tamil
Budget: N.A. (As usual)
Tracks:
Kuttipayale-STR, Appatucker-Psycho Unit, van Ivan-NSK Ramya,
Cute Aana-NareshIyer, EnnoduNareshIyer,
PattampoochiVTVGanesh,
Shuklambharatam-Kalyani Menon
The story, backdrop and setting (Screen
play), I would like to keep my brief
on this film as short as possible as that will be my way of hitting out at this
below par, pathetic excuse of a film. The story is about the hero in this case
VTV Ganesh who portrays himself as a loser all his life. He fails in his job
(Dublin the bar & Singapore the country), his love life (Swarnamalya who
really has to seriously do something about her girth if she wants to pursue an
active career in acting) and in anything else he touches. He then finally meets
Meera Jasmine who loves another ('Lil' Star) but for reasons known only to the
author of this story she decides to marry VTV. Even after a blissful start to
his wedded life VTV continues to indulge in ‘brainless’ short cuts (gambling,
producing a film etc) to make his millions and predictably almost loses all
that he ever cared for! Finally,
surprise! Surprise! How does our hero mend his ways, through divine ‘godly’
advice from his driver (Santhanam) who happens to be a master of all the Vedas
and Upanishads, his sister Seetha and finally ‘director’ K.S.Ravikumar. Yes! I
am not joking! In spite of my revealing the highlights of this bizarre film, do
not let your curiosity take the better of you. Remember the age old saying
“Curiosity killed the cat”.
The Climax takes you back to the days of ‘Pasa
Malar’ for a brief moment and then puts you to sleep!
D.O.P.:-Standard Fare . Music:- Overkill with repetitive BG
scores, Songs totally lost in the script. Edit:-
The editor must have slept while watching the rushes.
The one’s I found
wanting 1) The
visuals which serve as the backdrop of the main titles lifted from the film
‘Vinnay Thandi Varuvayaa’(Was it to save costs?) 2) Why then shoot in Singapore & London. 3) I wonder what Simbu,
Swarnamalya, Meera Jasmine, Andrea and K.S.Ravikumar saw in this script which
prompted them to lend their names or for that matter act in this film. I
consider this a very brave gesture and highly charitable, the producer/director
should be deeply indebted to them for life. 4) VTV Ganesh can, at best, act in supporting roles and most
definitely does not have the image, charisma or the screen presence to make one
sit through an entire film. 5)
Santhanam and the rest of the cast were totally wasted and made no impact
whatsoever in the film. Over and above all, the pathetically weak script and dull,
dreary and boring narration totally sunk this film into oblivion.
Finally to conclude If it is of any consolation to the
viewers, the director allows you the
luxury of watching all the characters travel around in different cars - an
Innova, Qualis, Merc and even a BMW. As an added bonus if you are a ‘Shirdi’
devotee you can repeatedly listen to ‘Shirdi Sai Baba’s’ ringtone, but to do
this one has to have infinite patience to sit through the entire 2hr 04 mins of
absolute pain and torture.
Finally to sum it all
up, a quote: "If you plan to miss this movie, better miss it quickly; I
doubt if it’ll be around to miss for long.”
Left right & Centre:
-
I was a witness to one of the biggest walkouts in recent
times. Believe me, I had no one sitting on my left, right or centre at the end
of the film.
Bottom Line: - This film is a case study of the dictum –A film is a terrible thing to
waste!
Until next time,
Director Haricharan
Chennai
30/01/2014
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