An eternal romantic falls in love with the girl his father has decided to get him married to, but will his past love affair prove to be a problem?

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Idhu Namma Aalu (2016)

★ 4.7/10 May 27, 2016 137 min

ComedyRomance

Director: Pandiraj  ·  Writer: Pandiraj

An eternal romantic falls in love with the girl his father has decided to get him married to, but will his past love affair prove to be a problem?

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Director

Pandiraj Pandiraj

Cast

Silambarasan Silambarasan Shiva Nayanthara Nayanthara Mylaa Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Jeremiah Priya Soori Soori Vaasu Arjunan Nandakumar Arjunan Nandakumar Shiva's Friend Jayaprakash Jayaprakash Shiva's Father Madhusudhan Rao Madhusudhan Rao Priya's Father Dheepa Ramanujam Dheepa Ramanujam Mylaa's Mother Jai Sampath Jai Sampath Surya, Mylaa's relative (guest appearance) Santhanam Santhanam Sherlock Holmes (extended cameo appearance) Udhayabanu Mageswaran Udhayabanu Mageswaran Mylaa's Father Adah Sharma Adah Sharma Special Appearance in the song "Maaman Waiting"

User Reviews (1)

timesofindia
timesofindia June 6, 2016
★ 5/10

The biggest strength of Idhu Namma Aalu is its leads — Simbu and Nayanthara. It is canny stunt casting, and this is one of the few things that director Pandiraj has gotten right in this film. The audience know that they share a history, and Pandiraj uses this fact and tries to spin a romance around this. The actors play Siva (Simbu) and Myla (Nayanthara), who have grown up in a small town but have moved to Chennai for work. Siva's father (Jayaprakash) arranges for him to marry Myla, and he, too, falls in love when he sees her. But Myla knows that he was once in a relationship with her friend Priya (Andrea, whose only cue seems to have been: keep smiling). Will this make her reject him? The problem with Idhu Namma Aalu is that Pandiraj seems to have gotten content with his leads that he fails to create an engaging story around them. Every moment feels stretched beyond its welcome, a…