''Inga Enna Solluthu'' () is a 2014 Indian
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
-language
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Vincent Selva
Vincent Selva is an Indian film director and screenwriter associated with the Tamil film industry. This director is best known for his debut flick, '' Priyamudan'' starring Vijay, Kausalya. Other directors such as Mysskin and S. P. Jananathan ...
, and produced and written by
Arunraj who also plays the lead role,
with
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph, known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films.
Meera Jasmine won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in ' ...
and
Santhanam Santhanam or Santanam ( te, సంతానం) is an Indian name that may refer to:
People
* K. Santhanam (1895–1980), Indian politician
* Madabusi Santanam Raghunathan (born 1941), Indian mathematician
* Maharajapuram Santhanam (1928–1992) ...
in supporting roles. The film released on 30 January 2014 and opened to negative reviews.
Cast
*
VTV Ganesh
Ganesh Janardhanan, also known by his stage name VTV Ganesh is an Indian actor, comedian and film producer. He is best known for his hoarse voice, and his appearances in films featuring Silambarasan. He had made his debut in Tamil movie ''Red'' ...
as Ganesh
*
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph, known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films.
Meera Jasmine won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in ' ...
as Rajeshwari
*
Santhanam Santhanam or Santanam ( te, సంతానం) is an Indian name that may refer to:
People
* K. Santhanam (1895–1980), Indian politician
* Madabusi Santanam Raghunathan (born 1941), Indian mathematician
* Maharajapuram Santhanam (1928–1992) ...
as Ezhumugam (Sai Baba)
*
Pandiarajan
Pandiarajan is an Indian actor, director who has played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and currently plays supporting and comedy roles.
Personal life
Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle-class f ...
as Ramalingam
*
Swarnamalya as Subha
* Ammu Ramachandran as Ganesh's sister
*
Srinath
Narayana Swamy (born 28 December 1944), known by his stage name Srinath, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. He holds the position of vice-president of the Kannada television channel Udaya TV. He is ...
*
Aarthi
* Ujjaini
*
Mayilsamy
Mayilsamy (born October 2, 1965) is an Indian actor and comedian who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he is also a regular guest judge on '' Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai.
Career
He is a popular ...
as himself
*
K. S. Ravikumar
K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, primarily working in Tamil films.
Career
1990–1997
Ravikumar worked as co-director on R. B. Choudary's production ''Pudhu Vasantham'' direct ...
as himself
*
Silambarasan
Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...
as Raghu (Guest appearance)
*
Andrea Jeremiah
Andrea Maria Jeremiah is an Indian actress, playback singer, and a musician, who works predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil and Malayalam language films. She made her acting debut in Tamil language, Tamil film ''Pachaikili Muthucharam'' (2007 ...
as Raghu's fiance (Guest appearance)
*
Anthony
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as Anto (Guest appearance)
*
Rajeevan
Rajeevan is an art director in Indian films. He is a graduate of Loyola College, Chennai.
Career
Rajeevan began doing art direction for ad films and television serials, before being given the opportunity to work in a feature film for the firs ...
as Rajeevan (Guest appearance)
Production
The first look of ''Inga Enna Solluthu'' was released on 14 April 2013 with posters featuring
VTV Ganesh
Ganesh Janardhanan, also known by his stage name VTV Ganesh is an Indian actor, comedian and film producer. He is best known for his hoarse voice, and his appearances in films featuring Silambarasan. He had made his debut in Tamil movie ''Red'' ...
,
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph, known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films.
Meera Jasmine won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in ' ...
and
Santhanam Santhanam or Santanam ( te, సంతానం) is an Indian name that may refer to:
People
* K. Santhanam (1895–1980), Indian politician
* Madabusi Santanam Raghunathan (born 1941), Indian mathematician
* Maharajapuram Santhanam (1928–1992) ...
. It was revealed that the film would be directed by
Vincent Selva
Vincent Selva is an Indian film director and screenwriter associated with the Tamil film industry. This director is best known for his debut flick, '' Priyamudan'' starring Vijay, Kausalya. Other directors such as Mysskin and S. P. Jananathan ...
, would have
R. D. Rajasekhar
R.D. Rajasekhar is an Indian cinematographer who predominantly works in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. He is a recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer.And film fare Award a ...
,
Anthony
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and
Dharan
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handling the cinematography, editing and music respectively. The title of the film is taken from Ganesh's famous line from ''
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, starring Silambarasan and Trisha. Jointly produced Elred Kumar, Jayaraman, VTV Ganesh and P. Madan under the bann ...
''. The team subsequently shot portions in Singapore. In May 2013, Ganesh roped in
Silambarasan
Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...
to play a guest role in the film and the team shot scenes with the actor in
Goa
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.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Dharan Kumar. The audio launch was done in Suryan FM on 5 December 2013.
* "Kuttipayale" –
Silambarasan
Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...
* "Appatucker" – Psycho Unit
* "Avan Ivan" –
Ramya NSK
Ramya NSK is an Indian playback singer, who has predominantly sung for Tamil language and films. Apart from her work as a singer, she is recognised for being the granddaughter of comedian N. S. Krishnan, actor K. R. Ramaswamy and actress T. A. ...
(lyrics by
VTV Ganesh
Ganesh Janardhanan, also known by his stage name VTV Ganesh is an Indian actor, comedian and film producer. He is best known for his hoarse voice, and his appearances in films featuring Silambarasan. He had made his debut in Tamil movie ''Red'' ...
)
* "Cute Aana" –
Naresh Iyer
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(lyrics by
Lallu
Lallu is an Indian actor and lyricist who works in Tamil-language films. He is known for his role in ''Rangoon'' (2017).
Career
Lallu started his career as an actor by acting in several short films. He debuted as a lyricist for ''Inga Enna So ...
)
* "Ennodu" – Naresh Iyer, Ramya NSK (lyrics by VTV Ganesh)
* "Pattampoochi" – VTV Ganesh (lyrics by VTV Ganesh)
* "Shuklambharatam" – Kalyani Menon
Critical reception
Baradwaj Rangan
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wrote, "the episodes are so dull, the screenplay so crude and disjointed that we feel we've smoked some pot and slipped into a surreal dream".
The Times of India
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gave 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "This is the stuff of V Sekar's films in the 90s and some of those...were reasonably entertaining despite the didactic filmmaking...but, this film doesn't really have a clue on what it wants to be — a full-on drama, an existential comedy, or even a dramedy".
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...
wrote, "The quick change of locations, crisp editing and Simbu's screen presence hold up the film, which, otherwise, would have been a total downer. It was a knot with potential. Selva could have worked out the screenplay in a more interesting manner".
Sify
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wrote, "there isn't anything interesting in it. Director V Selva fails to make it interesting, characterisation is weak and it drags big time".
Rediff
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, it had more than 300 e ...
gave 1.5 stars out of 5 and called the film "a total waste of time".
IANS
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gave 1 star out of 5 and wrote, "It is not because Ganesh plays the lead that ''Inga Enna Solludhu'' is unarguably boring, but because it is a shoddily written story that fails to entertain. It's a film that makes a success story look like a joke on screen".
Deccan Herald
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wrote, "V T V Ganesh turns Inga Enna Solludhu into a putrefied ego trip, soaked in self-pity, thanks to director Vincent Selva pandering Ganesh's whims without much qualms about his own reputation".
Silly soporific soaking in self-indulgence
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References
External links
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{{Vincent Selva
2014 films
2014 comedy films
2010s Tamil-language films
Films shot in Goa
Indian comedy films
Films scored by Dharan Kumar
Films scored by Silambarasan