INJI IDUPPAZHAGI MOVIE REVIEW
Release Date : Nov 27,2015
Review by : Behindwoods Review Board
CAST AND CREW
Production: PVP Cinema
Cast: Anushka Shetty, Arya, Sonal Chauhan
Direction: Prakash Kovelamudi
Screenplay: Kanika Dhillon
Story: Kanika Dhillon
Music: MM Keeravani
Background score: MM Keeravani
Cinematography: Nirav Shah
Dialogues: RS Prasanna
Editing: Pavin Pudi
The pressure that youngsters, particularly women, face to shed excess
fat from their bodies, in order to look desirable to the opposite sex
and become eligible for marriage is the core idea of Inji Iduppazhagi.
The messages that the film intends to convey are 'accept yourself the way you are', 'avoid shortcuts to shed weight' and 'stay fit the healthy way'.
We all know that the film features Anushka as its protagonist and first
of all, lets tip our hat to this gorgeous woman for daring to put on
weight. There is some help from her costumes to make her look
unflattering but the fact that she has put on weight is evident. She
shines as a performer in the scenes when she rejects wedding proposals
confidently and also while yearning for true love and romance. But, the
film doesn't do justice to its motives and also Anushka's dedication,
mainly due to its treatment.
After a fairly
decent first half which has some good moments, the second half nosedives
and becomes too artificial to engage the viewer. The film loses out on
Tamil nativity mainly due to the presence of many Telugu actors and with
obvious lip sync issues while dubbing Tamil over some of the Telugu
lines. The dialogues are mostly the filmy kind and the odd line does
stand out, like the moment when Anushka comments that it took her until
Bhogi to get out of her tight Diwali attire.
Urvashi as Anushka's mother is her usual uninhibited self and her
appearance in the climax gives the film a nice lighthearted finale. She
plays a typical Indian middle-class mom who wants to see her daughter
settle with a good groom through an arranged marriage. She pushes her
girl to lose weight and sees excess fat as a big impediment to her
wedding prospects.
The film features some
insensitive scenes which derogate fat people. With all its good
intentions, such diametrically opposite melodramatic scenes could have
been avoided. The way media has been used to move the film ahead in the
second half, further pulls down the proceedings and needless songs add
to the slowness.
Arya plays a documentary
filmmaker and enacts his real life fit self on screen too. He looks
super-handsome and desirable to the girls. The film doesn't require any
performance exertion from the actor and he waltzes through. His
chemistry with Anushka is as always refreshing. The actor warrants
appreciation for accepting such stories where the female lead role is
much more prominent.
Sonal Chauhan has a
fabulous frame which she flaunts elegantly and she is part of a love
triangle to add more spice to the relationship aspect of the film.
Baahubali fame Adivi Sesh does Sonal's part in the male side. Master
Bharath, a popular child actor, is a well-groomed young man now and he
is a promising addition to the list of comedy actors. But some of the
jokes and visuals fall in the 'adult' territory. Prakash Raj gets a
showy part as a businessman and it is a piece of cake for the veteran.
None of the songs stay on, except the little 'Inji Iduppazhagi' tribute
in the end and the background score is on the dramatic side, most
often. Nirav Shah takes care of the visuals and his work complements the
gloss interiors and grand work on the set design. The extensive VFX
work in a part of the film is tacky and the numerous star cameos just
pass by in a flash like ads. The run time of just over 2 hours feels
like a stretch mainly due to the second half.
Inji iduppazhagi is that kind of film which doesn't live up to its
immense promise on paper. Anushka has given her heart and soul to the
film and charms us totally, but many other aspects of the film don't
tick
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