''Idhu Enna Maayam'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language

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film written and directed by

A. L. Vijay A. L. Vijay, known professionally as Vijay, is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. An assistant director with Priyadarshan, he debuted as director with films such as '' Kireedam'' and the critically acclaimed ''Madr ...

and produced by R. Sarathkumar,

Raadhika Raadhika Sarathkumar is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, producer and politician who works predominantly in Tamil cinema along with Telugu cinema as well as a few Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the founder and CP of the Radaan Media ...

and

Listin Stephen Listin Stephen is an Indian film producer and distributor who works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film industries. He founded the film production company Magic Frames that has produced and distributed a lot of successful movies over a decade. Hi ...

under the production banner of Magic Frames. The film stars

Vikram Prabhu Vikram Prabhu is an Indian actor working in Tamil language films who made his debut in Prabhu Solomon's '' Kumki'' (2012). He also played the protagonist in ''Ivan Veramathiri'' (2013) and ''Vellaikaara Durai'' (2014). He is the son of actor Pr ...

and

Keerthy Suresh Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to a few Malayalam films. She was recognised as Forbes 30 under 30 in 2021.She won the National Film Award for Best Act ...

, while

Kavya Shetty Kavya Shetty is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2013 with the Kannada film '' Nam Duniya Nam Style'' directed by Preetham Gubbi. Early life Shetty was born Mangalore, Karnataka ...

essays a supporting role. Suresh made her

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debut with this film.

Navdeep Navdeep Pallapolu (born 26 January 1986) is an Indian actor and television personality who appears in Telugu films along with Tamil films. He made his film debut in 2004 with the patriotic sports drama '' Jai''. He starred in films such as ''Ar ...

has a cameo appearance in this film. G. V. Prakash Kumar composes the film's music. Production began for the film in August 2014 and released in July 2015 and it was reported as inspired by

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Plot

Arun is a struggling theater artist. With the help of his friends, who are also struggling theater artists, he starts a website called UMT which helps men struggling in love successfully unite with the woman of their dreams with the help of theatrics. One day, UMT gets a rich client in the form of Santhosh, the owner of a real estate company. Santhosh is in love with a singer named Maya and offers 1,00,00,000 if Arun and his friends can help him win Maya's heart. Arun has second thoughts over the offer because Maya is his ex-girlfriend. They had broken up due to a serious misunderstanding between them. Though he still has feelings for Maya, he reluctantly agrees to help Santhosh. However, he foils all the plans to bring Santhosh and Maya together. A frustrated Santhosh then directly proposes to Maya, but she rejects him as she has still not forgotten Arun. In the end, it is revealed that Santhosh and Arun's friends knew about Arun's love for Maya, and with her help, they deliberately made all the plans to unite Santhosh and Maya fail so that Arun and Maya can get back together. Arun realizes his mistake and declares his love for Maya, thus rekindling their romance.

Cast

as Arun *

as Maya *

as Pallavi *

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as Arun's father *

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as Arun's mother *

RJ Balaji Balaji Patturaj (born 20 June 1985), popularly known as RJ Balaji, is an Indian actor, radio jockey, television presenter, comedian and film director in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is best known as the host of the 92.7 Big FM shows ''The Night Sho ...

as Arun's friend *

Parvathi T Parvathi T., also known as Maala Parvathi, is an Indian actress, who appears in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu films Personal life Parvathi was born in Thiruvananthapuram, to Adv C. V. Thrivikraman and gynaecologist Dr K. Lalitha. She complete ...

as Maya's mother *

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 Maya's father *

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as RJ Balaji's father * Luthfudeen Baashaa as Venky *

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as Shaji * Balaji Venugopal as Bharath *

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as Nithya *

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* RJ Ajai as Karthik * Vishal Verma as Maya's friend * Abishek Joseph George as Maya's friend * Pawan Alex * Atul * Kumaran Thangarajan * Milton Raju * Sudakshina Sivakumar * Dixitha Kothari * Vidhya *

Ammu Abhirami Abhirami Sundar better known by her stage name Ammu Abhirami is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with 2017 Tamil film ''Bairavaa'', alongside Vijay. She is known for playing pivotal roles ...

Gayathri Raghuram Gayathri Raguram is an Indian politician and former actress who has worked in the South Indian film industry. Gayathri began her career as an actress in the 2001 Telugu film ''Repallelo Radha'' and after a career break, she began working as a ...

as Dance choreographer *

as Santhosh (Extended cameo appearance)

Production

The collaboration between the producers, director

and

was first revealed in July 2014, when the director noted he had finished writing the script for a romantic film to be shot in Chennai. In August 2014, Malayali actress

Keerthi Suresh Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to a few Malayalam films. She was recognised as Forbes 30 under 30 in 2021.She won the National Film Award for Best Act ...

was brought in to play the female lead role, thus making her debut in Tamil films.

, who had previously featured in Kannada films, also joined the cast later that month and participated in a workshop to get into her character of a college girl in the flashback sequences. The shoot subsequently began in

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

and progressed across Kerala and Tamil Nadu in August 2014. The film progressed without a title until December 2014, when director Vijay revealed that the film would be titled as ''Idu Enna Maayam'' and a first look poster was released.

Soundtrack

The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar and all lyrics are by

Na. Muthukumar Nagarajan Muthukumar (12 July 1975 – 14 August 2016) was a Tamil poet, lyricist, and author. Best known for his Tamil language film songs, he received the most Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist in Tamil and was a two-time recipient of the Nat ...

except for first track by MC Vickey and declared a Hit by the Youngsters.

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.

References

External links

* {{A. L. Vijay 2010s Tamil-language films 2015 films Films scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar Films directed by A. L. Vijay Films shot in Kochi Films set in Kerala Indian romantic comedy films Films shot in Chennai Films set in Chennai Films about theatre Indian remakes of South Korean films 2015 romantic comedy films