''Inga Enna Solluthu'' () is a 2014 Indian
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
-language
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Vincent Selva
Vincent Selva is an Indian film director and screenwriter associated with the Tamil film industry.
Career
Vincent Selva got associated with film scene in the 1990s. He made his film debut as a director through the romantic thriller film '' Pri ...
, and produced and written by
VTV Ganesh
Ganesh Janardhanan, also known by his stage name VTV Ganesh'','' is an Indian actor and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his raspy voice, and appearances in films featuring Silambarasan. He made his debut in t ...
who also plays the lead role,
with
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph,
, rediff.com; 1 August 2004. known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian ac ...
and
Santhanam 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 and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his raspy voice, and appearances in films featuring Silambarasan. He made his debut in t ...
as Ganesh
*
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph,
, rediff.com; 1 August 2004. known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian ac ...
as Rajeshwari
*
Santhanam as Ezhumugam (Sai Baba)
*
Pandiarajan
R. Pandiarajan is an Indian actor, director and comedian who has played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and plays supporting and comedy roles.
Personal life
Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle- ...
as Ramalingam
*
Swarnamalya as Subha
* Ammu Ramachandran as Ganesh's sister
*
Srinath
*
Aarthi
* Ujjaini
*
Mayilsamy
Mayilsamy (2 October 1965 – 19 February 2023) was an Indian actor and comedian who primarily played supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he was also a regular guest judge for ''Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai. He was ...
as himself
*
K. S. Ravikumar
K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Indian film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor who primarily works in Tamil cinema and few Telugu films. He is one of the most commercially successful directors of Indian cinema. He has won m ...
as himself
*
Silambarasan
Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1984), popularly known as Simbu or by his initials as STR, is an Indian actor, producer, and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is the eldest son of director T. Rajendar. ...
as Raghu (Guest appearance)
*
Andrea Jeremiah
Andrea Maria Jeremiah (born 21 December 1985), known professionally as Andrea Jeremiah, is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. She is a recipient of several awards including nominations for Film ...
as Raghu's fiance (Guest appearance)
*
Anthony
Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the '' Antonii'', a '' gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descenda ...
as Anto (Guest appearance)
*
Rajeevan 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 and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his raspy voice, and appearances in films featuring Silambarasan. He made his debut in t ...
,
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph,
, rediff.com; 1 August 2004. known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian ac ...
and
Santhanam. 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.
Career
Vincent Selva got associated with film scene in the 1990s. He made his film debut as a director through the romantic thriller film '' Pri ...
, would have
R. D. Rajasekhar,
Anthony
Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the '' Antonii'', a '' gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descenda ...
and
Dharan
Dharan () is a sub-metropolitan city in Sunsari District of Koshi Province, in eastern Nepal, which was established as a fourth municipality in the Kingdom in 1958. It is the third most populous city in eastern Nepal after Biratnagar and I ...
handling the cinematography, editing and music respectively. The title of the film is taken from Ganesh's famous line from ''
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa''. The team subsequently shot portions in Singapore. In May 2013, Ganesh roped in
Silambarasan
Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1984), popularly known as Simbu or by his initials as STR, is an Indian actor, producer, and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is the eldest son of director T. Rajendar. ...
to play a guest role in the film and the team shot scenes with the actor in
Goa
Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...
.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Dharan Kumar. The audio launch was done in Suryan FM on 5 December 2013.
* "Kuttipayale" –
Silambarasan
Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1984), popularly known as Simbu or by his initials as STR, is an Indian actor, producer, and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is the eldest son of director T. Rajendar. ...
* "Appatucker" – Psycho Unit
* "Avan Ivan" –
Ramya NSK
Ramya NSK is an Indian playback singer, who has predominantly sung for Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Apart from her work as a singer, she participated as a contestant in '' Bigg Boss 2''. She is the granddaughter of comedian N. S. Krishnan a ...
(lyrics by
VTV Ganesh
Ganesh Janardhanan, also known by his stage name VTV Ganesh'','' is an Indian actor and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his raspy voice, and appearances in films featuring Silambarasan. He made his debut in t ...
)
* "Cute Aana" –
Naresh Iyer
Naresh Iyer (born 3 January 1981) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Mumbai, Iyer is fluent in Tamil, Hindi and Marathi. Naresh Iyer has rendered 2000 film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His r ...
(lyrics by
Lallu)
* "Ennodu" – Naresh Iyer, Ramya NSK (lyrics by VTV Ganesh)
* "Pattampoochi" – VTV Ganesh (lyrics by VTV Ganesh)
* "Shuklambharatam" – Kalyani Menon
Critical reception
Baradwaj Rangan
Baradwaj Rangan () is an Indian film critic and writer. A chemical engineering graduate with no formal training in filmmaking or cinema writing, he has a diverse career in advertising, IT consulting, and cinema writing. He has authored two boo ...
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 Naidu ...
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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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
''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by businessman K. N. Guruswamy and launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printers Mysore, a privately hel ...
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".
References
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{{Vincent Selva
2014 films
2014 comedy films
2010s Tamil-language films
2010s Indian films
Films shot in Goa
Indian comedy films
Films scored by Dharan Kumar
Films scored by Silambarasan
Films directed by Vincent Selva
Tamil-language comedy films