Prakash Raj produced, cinematographer KV Guhan directed Inidhu Inidhu is supposed to be college campus slice of life film. But with a running time of 158 minutes, and a longer second half, it becomes tedious and boring.
It’s about life in a college campus which looks like a five star hotel, with students wearing designer clothes, riding bikes, looking and behaving in chilled-out fashion. At the college canteen, they eat burgers and noodles and girls hostel is air conditioned!
A group of freshers- Siddhu (Adith), Aravind alias Tyson (Narayanan), Vimal (Vimal), Shankar (Shravan), Madhu (Reshmi), Aparna aka Appu and Jiya join an upmarket college in Chennai. They are ragged by the seniors at the college which make them instantly bond.
They are mutually attracted towards each other as Siddhu falls for Madhu, Tyson a nerd and good guy falls for a senior Sravanthi, fashionably called Shaz (Sonia), who is not receptive. The rest of the film is how the four couples get closer during their four year course, feel pangs of jealousy, get separated and finally express their love and go their separate ways.
There is no story or plot, it is a long drawn out college days of four couples, which beyond a point becomes boring. The message that the director wants to say is that college days are your best and happiest moments in life. Enjoy it but at the same time think about your future and work towards that.
What works for the film to a certain extent is the casting, which has some freshness and appeal. Narayanan as Tyson the nerd with heart of gold is the best of the lot who could bring about the happiness and at the same time sadness of the character alive on the screen. The guy who plays Vimal, the fun loving rice mill owner’s son has the making of a good comedian.
Sonia as Shaz is the pick of the lot as she is able to make her character stand out with her subtle performance. Reshmi playing the role made memorable by Tamannnaah in Telugu, sticks out like a sore thumb. Why does the director have to have the Paal Pandi character?
The music of Micky J Meyer which worked big time for the Telugu version falls flat in Tamil, as the sounds sound too alien. There is not one catchy number in the Tamil version. On the whole we have seen much better campus films with a heart and soul like Balaji Sakthivel’s Kaloori and so many others.
The bottom line is that Inidhu Inidhu fails to connect and drags big time.
Verdict: Average
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