''Indru Netru Naalai'' () is a 2015
Tamil
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-language
science fiction comedy
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film written and directed by R. Ravikumar in his
debut feature. The film is jointly produced by
Thirukumaran Entertainment
C. V. Kumar (born as C. Vijayakumar) is an Indian Tamil film producer, director and distributor who heads the production studio Thirukumaran Entertainment. Known for producing innovative and critically acclaimed films, Kumar has also primarily ...
and
Studio Green
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, and features
Vishnu Vishal
Vishal Kudawla (born 17 July 1984), known professionally as Vishnu Vishal, is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Tamil film industry. After a brief career in cricket, he started his acting career in the year 2009 playing the lead role i ...
and
Miya in the lead while
Karunakaran,
T. M. Karthik
T.M. Karthik is an Indian actor acted in stage plays and feature films. He made his acting debut in films with ''Guru'' (2007).
Career
Since 1994, Karthik has acted in over 60 productions and been on stage over 500 times to perform. Before beco ...
,
P. Ravi Shankar
Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (born 28 November 1966), also known as Sai Ravi, is an Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and writer. He predominantly appears in Kannada films, in addition to Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil films. ...
and
Jayaprakash play supporting roles. The film received positive reviews from critics.
Plot
In the year 2065, a scientist (
Arya
Aryan or Arya (, Indo-Iranian *''arya'') is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*''an-arya''). In Ancient India, the term ' ...
) invents a time machine. To prove its capability, he sends it back in time to 2015, programming it to return within forty seconds. However, the machine does not return.
The time machine is seen by three people in 2015 — Elango (
Vishnu Vishal
Vishal Kudawla (born 17 July 1984), known professionally as Vishnu Vishal, is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Tamil film industry. After a brief career in cricket, he started his acting career in the year 2009 playing the lead role i ...
), a budding entrepreneur whose ideas are rejected by all and is struggling to maintain his relationship with his rich girlfriend Anu (
Miya George), who is embarrassed at the fact that Elango is unemployed; Elango's best friend Pulivetti Arumugam (
Karunakaran), a fake astrologer; and an inventor Giridhara Parthasarathy (
T. M. Karthik
T.M. Karthik is an Indian actor acted in stage plays and feature films. He made his acting debut in films with ''Guru'' (2007).
Career
Since 1994, Karthik has acted in over 60 productions and been on stage over 500 times to perform. Before beco ...
), who makes a living by repairing home appliances. The three of them are involved in an accident and witness the time machine while recovering from the shock. While Parthasarathy decides to keep the time machine for himself, he suffers an electric shock and ends up in a coma, prompting Elango and Arumugam to steal the time machine from Parthasarathy's shop. The duo use the time machine to make Arumugam's astrology practice extremely successful by going back in time and finding things lost by people under the guise of astrology. Elango further uses the machine to impress Anu's industrialist father Rajarathinam (
Jayaprakash) by going to the future, obtaining the stock market results and successfully "predicting" them in front of Rajarathinam and his company's board of directors. Rajarathinam soon approves the marriage of Anu with Elango.
Things go smoothly until Elango and Arumugam inadvertently thwart an encounter to kill Kuzhandaivelu (
P. Ravi Shankar
Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (born 28 November 1966), also known as Sai Ravi, is an Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and writer. He predominantly appears in Kannada films, in addition to Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil films. ...
), a dreaded gangster and extortionist who is targeting Rajarathinam, during one of their trips to the past to find yet another item of Arumugam's client. In the present day, Kuzhandaivelu is plotting to kill Rajarathinam for his role in planning the encounter and also Elango and Arumugam for (unknowingly) attacking him in a parking lot. Elango and Anu's marriage is postponed indefinitely as a result.
Elango and Arumugam go back to the past to fix their mistake, but Kuzhandaivelu accidentally shoots the time machine while fighting a police officer during the encounter, damaging it. The duo find Parthasarathy, who has woken up from his coma but doesn't remember them, and ask him to fix the time machine. While Parthasarathy manages to fix the time machine, due to a lack of specific parts which have not yet been developed, it can only take the user to a specific time in the past (when Kuzhandaivelu damaged the time machine) and also as the date cannot be changed, the user cannot return to the future. Therefore, the duo decide not to use it. Later, Kuzhandaivelu spots Elango, Arumugam and Anu at a mall and pursues them. He opens fire during the chase, killing Anu. To ensure that Anu remains alive, Elango decides to use the time machine to return to the past and kill Kuzhandaivelu, even though he cannot return. But Kuzhandaivelu spots the duo and while fighting them, all three of them fall into the time machine and go to the past. In the past, Kuzhandaivelu destroys the time machine, but Elango manages to kill Kuzhandaivelu. Then, Elango and Arumugam stop themselves from finding the time machine by thwarting the accident involving them and Parthasarathy.
The next morning, Elango wakes up in a bed, remembering only the events of the previous night. He soon finds out, to his surprise, that he is in a marriage hall and that he will marry Anu on that day. He does not remember, to Anu's bewilderment, any of the events which had occurred in the past two months as a result of his usage of the time machine during that period. He finds out that, without finding the time machine, he got a job and managed to impress Rajarathinam with one of his business ideas, leading to his marriage with Anu. Arumugam, who also doesn't remember anything over the past two months, is happily married. Elango and Arumugam soon find out that Kuzhandaivelu had died two months ago, having been killed in the encounter. They also run into Parthasarathy, who does not recognise them as they had never met.
Since the time machine was never seen, it returned to 2065, making it a success.
Cast
*
Vishnu Vishal
Vishal Kudawla (born 17 July 1984), known professionally as Vishnu Vishal, is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Tamil film industry. After a brief career in cricket, he started his acting career in the year 2009 playing the lead role i ...
as Elango
*
Miya as Anu
*
Karunakaran as Pulivetti "Puli" Arumugam
*
T. M. Karthik
T.M. Karthik is an Indian actor acted in stage plays and feature films. He made his acting debut in films with ''Guru'' (2007).
Career
Since 1994, Karthik has acted in over 60 productions and been on stage over 500 times to perform. Before beco ...
as Ponputhirkootam Giridhara Parthasarathy/Pazham/Boss
*
P. Ravi Shankar
Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (born 28 November 1966), also known as Sai Ravi, is an Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and writer. He predominantly appears in Kannada films, in addition to Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil films. ...
as Kuzhandaivelu
*
Jayaprakash as Rajarathinam
*
Bagavathi Perumal as Elango's boss
* Anjali Varadarajan as Elango's mother
*
Anupama Kumar
Anupama Prakash Kumar (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian actress and model. Having appeared in more than 300 commercials, she made her debut as an actress in the 2010 movie ''Ishqiya'' and went on to play supporting roles in Tamil language fil ...
as Anu's mother
*
V. I. S. Jayapalan as Marthandam
*
Ramdoss
Ramdoss, better known as Munishkanth, is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil language films. He had notable roles in films, including ''Mundasupatti'' (2014), '' Maanagaram'' (2017), ''Maragadha Naanayam'' (2017) and ''Raatchasan'' (2018).
C ...
as Actor
*
Sivasankar as Jewelry Store Owner
* Sumathi as Parthasarathy's neighbour
*
V. S. Raghavan
V S Raghavan (18 February 1925 – 24 January 2015) was an Indian actor, who has acted both in Tamil films as well as television. He started his career as a dramatist and stage actor and went on to act as a character actor in films, starting ...
as Victim
*
Jeeva Ravi
Jeeva Ravi is an Indian actor, casting director and television actor who has worked in Tamil-language films and television. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in '' 3'' (2012) and '' Jeeva'' (2014), with the latter film bei ...
as Ravishankar
*
Sai Dheena
Sai Dheena is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films since 2004. He played the antagonist in '' Attu'' (2017), '' Thimiru Pudichavan'' (2018) and ''Vaandu'' (2019).
Career
Sai Dheena worked as a signboard artist, before mo ...
as Marthandam's henchman
*
Ramachandran Durairaj
Ramachandran Durairaj is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. After working as an associate director, he made his breakthrough as an actor with a leading role in Suseenthiran's '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' (2010). He later won accl ...
as Kuzhandaivelu's henchman
* Dharma as Inspector
* Raja Rani Pandian as Constable
* Mippu as Thief
*
Arya
Aryan or Arya (, Indo-Iranian *''arya'') is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*''an-arya''). In Ancient India, the term ' ...
as Scientist (
Cameo appearance
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)
*
Kavin Kavin (/kəvɪn/)(Tamil. கவின் or English. /ˈkɛvɪn/) ) is a unisex given name, which is Tamil/English for "beauty", "grace", "fairness" or "comeliness". The name Kavin may refer to:
People
* Kavinn (born 1984), Jamaican football playe ...
as Imaginary husband of Anu ,(time machine explanation scene),(uncredited role)
*
Smruthi Venkat as Priyam TV Reporter (Uncredited role)
Production
Principal photography
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Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...
lasted 43 days. The CG for this film was done by Phantom FX, a Chennai-based VFX Studio.
Music
The film's soundtrack album and background score were composed by
Hiphop Tamizha. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks.
Release and reception
''Indru Netru Naalai'' was released on 26 June 2015, and received positive reviews from critics.
Baradwaj Rangan
Baradwaj Rangan is an Indian film critic, writer, and formerly the deputy editor of ''The Hindu''. He later became a senior editor of Film Companion. Rangan won the National Film Award for Best Film Critic in 2006. Before joining ''The Hindu'' ...
of ''
The Hindu
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'' called it "A fun ride with a time machine". S. Saraswathi of
Rediff.com
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, it had more than 300 e ...
gave the film 3.5/5 stars, praising the direction, screenplay, and performances of the cast members. She concluded by saying that ''Indru Netru Naalai'' is "worth watching". Behindwoods stated in its review that ''Indru Netru Naalai'' was "A well executed sci-fi film". The movie is also widely applauded for its minimal but perfect execution of visual effects, handled by
PhantomFX. M. Suganth of ''
The Times of India
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'' gave it 3.5/5 and appreciated the director's way of handling the film's theme.
Sequel
On 18 January 2021, the movie's sequel was announced with a special pooja ceremony. The filmmakers revealed that Vishal and Karunakaran have been retained for the sequel. It will be directed by debutant Karthik Ponraj SP with music composed by
Ghibran
Ghibran (often credited as M. Ghibran) is an Indian composer. He has composed music for Indian films, advertising films and television commercial jingles in different languages.
Early life
Ghibran was born and raised in Coimbatore. When he w ...
. This film is to be CV Kumar's 25th production venture.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 4806232
2015 romantic comedy films
Indian romantic comedy films
2015 films
2015 directorial debut films
Films about time travel
Films scored by Hiphop Tamizha
2010s science fiction adventure films
2010s Tamil-language films
Indian science fiction comedy films
Films set in 2065
Films set in the 2060s
2010s science fiction comedy films