''Isakki'' is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by M. Ganesan and starring

Sharran Kumar Sharran Kumar is an Indian film actor, who has appeared in several Tamil language films. He has acted in films including ''Inidhu Inidhu'' (2010) and ''Charles Shafiq Karthiga'' (2015). Career Sharran Kumar made his debut with Prakash Raj's ' ...

and

Aashritha Aashritha is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil language films. After making her debut in the Tamil film ''Isakki'' (2013), she has been in films including ''Orange Mittai'' (2015) and ''Azhahendra Sollukku Amudha'' (2016). Career A ...

Plot

A teacher from a rich family Nandhini rejects the love of a car driver Saran to avoid problems that will arise with her family as a result of falling in love with him. Saran keeps pursuing the teacher, which makes them both closer. When Nandhini's boyfriend Mari is released from jail, Saran decides to reveal his true identity as Isakki. Whether Isakki and Nandhini reunite or not forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Isakki / Saran *

as Nandhini *Yogiram as Mari *

Chitra Lakshmanan Lakshmanan Ramasamy (born 23 January 1948), known professionally as Chitra Lakshmanan, is an Indian journalist, filmmaker and actor. He produced and directed several Tamil language films starring some of Tamil cinema's major stars during the 19 ...

as Devarajan * Pasanga Sivakumar as Balasingham, Nandhini's father *

Lollu Sabha Jeeva Jeeva, popularly known as Lollu Sabha Jeeva, is an Indian actor and comedian. He started his career with Television show ''Lollu Sabha'' alongside another comedian Santhanam Santhanam or Santanam ( te, సంతానం) is an Indian name that ...

as caretaker of Devarajan's house

Production

The film was shot in Ooty, Madurai, Dindigul and Chennai. Sharran Kumar sports two looks in the film (a city dweller and village simpleton). For the village look, he lost a lot of kilograms and sat in the sun in Karaikudi for five days to get the tanned look.

Soundtrack

The film's music is composed by

Srikanth Deva Srikanth Deva is an Indian music director of Tamil films. He made his debut as music director in the Tamil movie '' Doubles'' in 2000. He is the son of composer Deva, nephew of the famous music director duo Sabesh–Murali and the cousin of actor ...

. Ananthu sung a devotional song "Ayya Saami" while Shreya Ghoshal sang a romantic number. *En Chellakutty - Shreya Ghoshal *Ayyasamy - Ananthu *Kandukonden - Karthik *Ooru Usilampatti - Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi *Vela Vadivela - MLR Karthikeyan

Release and reception

The film released alongside '' Kutti Puli'' (2013). Malini Mannath of ''

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 ...

'' opined that "Isakki doesn’t offer much to a viewer by way of novelty, excitement or entertainment". A critic from ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

'' gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that "With little to entertain the audience, the movie turns out to be a timid effort".

References

{{Reflist 2010s Tamil-language films