Idhu Enna Maayam (2015)

★ 5.4 2h 19m IMDb

Arun past catches up with his present when he and his friends start a company to bring together those in love by setting them up in pre-planned scenes. What happens when he is forced to set up his true love to fall for another guy?

Idhu Enna Maayam

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Cast

Vikram Prabhu
Vikram Prabhu as Arun Age 39 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Vikram Prabhu is an Indian film actor working in Tamil language films who made his debut in Prabhu Solomon's Kumki (2012). He is the son of actor Prabhu Ganesan and grandson of the actor Sivaji Ganesa...
Keerthy Suresh
Keerthy Suresh as Maya Age 33 · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Keerthy Suresh is an Indian film actress working in the South Indian film industries. Keerthy was a child actress in the early 2000s and, after completing her studies and pursuing a degree in fashio...
Kavya Shetty
Kavya Shetty as Pallavi Age 37 · Mangalore, Karnataka, India Kavya Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Starting her career as a fashion model, she took part at the 2011 Femina Miss India beauty pageant. She went on to work as a commercial model, before...
Ambika
Ambika as Arun's Mother Age 63 · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Ambika is an Indian film actress of the South Indian film industry. Her sister Radha was also an actress. Both of them acted in a number of south Indian films in 80s and they have a movie studio calle...
Navdeep
Navdeep as Santhosh Age 40 · Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Navdeep Pallapolu is a South Indian actor who has appeared in both Telugu and Tamil films, portraying diverse characters. Navdeep's first film appearance was in the 2004 Telugu romantic film, Jai, in...
Nassar
Nassar as Arun's Father Age 68 · Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India M. Nassar is an Indian film actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the South Indian film industry. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam. Nassar made his acting debut in K.

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timesofindia 5/10 Aug 28, 2015
The film opens with quick-cut scenes of Arun in his current scenario. His friends, a group that's involved in theatre, too, pop in and out of the frame, setting the story in the present. When the group comes across a dud of a guy trying to express his love to a girl, juxtaposed cleverly with a similar movie scene running on a telly in a cafe, Arun gets this idea to make what they all are passionate about - theatre and drama - their profession. So, they all start setting up elaborate scenes to bring together 'romantically challenged' people in love. So far, so good; you wait to see director Vijay live up to the promise he showed in Madrassapattinam and Saivam. And so, even if the odd, elusive feeling that you've seen something similar (read Ilayathalapathy Vijay in Shahjahan) flashes by, you want to push it aside and enjoy the scenic visuals, and those cleverly spaced close-ups; you want to see what happens next. The pacing is good, and a semi-serious, often broody Arun and friends manage to elicit a few laughs.

And then, the movie goes into flashback mode at a point that forces Arun to contemplate his college days, and the love he lost, and that is when the plot starts to disintegrate. What one thought might be parallel stories at the start (the present, the past, and the varied play scenes the cast sets up), converges into a cliched excuse of misunderstood love. To top it, though debutant Keerthy looks like a collegian, one does find it tough to accept Vikram as one. That apart, the cliches just pile on, and the plot starts dragging its feet as the pace slows down considerably. In fact, when the movie cuts back to the present again, and Vikram starts to deliberately mess up the staged scenes, for a moment, our sympathy actually veers towards the other guy, who is for sure going to lose his money, and his love. And by the time the 'twist' comes, you're wishing Vikram just get over with it. For, from the moment the film bangs you back into the present (well, there's a war scene of sorts playing on the TV in the background), till the end, there is no progress in the story - it's just an extended series of ploys the hero adopts to make sure his love doesn't fall in love again.

Mind you, Vikram does look good in parts - the hockey scene is one of the best in the movie, his dance steps are fluid, and he actually does the broody part better, but the problem with Idhu Enna Maayam is, instead of letting the plot rule screen and take the conclusion to another level, Vijay has tried to fit every scene, including the climax, into a pre-conceived, tried and tested template that leaves the actors no choice but to fall in line with the banality.

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