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Netru Indru Naalai Review |
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Starring:
Ravikrishna, Akshara, Tamanna, Nasser, Karunas
Direction: Lakshmikanth
Music: T Anil
Production: S P R Entertainments |
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Despite warning by the producers’ council of possible
revenue losses that could occur by releasing movies just ahead
of Diwali, Netru Indru Naalai released this weekend. There
could be two reasons: optimistic about cashing in on the uneventful
two weeks at the box office or hopes of staying beyond that.
Netru Indru Naalai seems to be of the former kind - for it
would be a tall order to hope for anything beyond that.
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Netru
Indru Naalai seems like a mish mash of many Tamil movies
(old and new) cooked in excessively greasy gravy of
crude dialogues and a story of loser-hero-stumbling-upon-his-fortune-accidentally.
In a role tailor-made for him and to suit his earlier
credentials, Ravi Krishna shines as the illiterate villager
stuck in the suffocating concrete jungle often feeling
out of place in his quest for flaunt-worthy girl friends.
After failing miserably in studies, Ravi relocates to
the city in search of greener pastures. Although first
disgusted at the lifestyle of city bred girls, Ravi,
however feels the need of a girl friend. The girls,
however, are cruel to him since all of them need someone
with a hefty wallet and Ravi is devoid of any such basic
necessities to woo the weaker sex.
A depressed Ravi attempts suicide but was distracted
by the mobile phone ring of a corpse in the railway
track. Turns out that the corpse’s bag has an
obscene amount of cash and a cell phone – Ravi
pockets both. Whilst the cash bestows upon him whatever
he aspired for, the mobile phone proves to be a life
threatening issue. For the dead man was a conman who
double crossed his mafia boss and fled with his money.
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The movie revolves around protagonist Ravi Krishna and he
seems to have done perfect justice to the role. With the director
cleverly giving the actor an image makeover with ruffled hair
and stubble, Ravi perfectly fits into the role of a loser-from-a-village
look. And his dialogue accentuation - that reminded us of
Himesh Reshmiyya’s dialogue delivery - has gotten better.
Tamanna comes in a blink-and-you-miss type role and serves
the purpose of looking good onscreen. The other girl Akshara,
who plays Ravi’s love interest, however, does a better
job at it. And yes, the steamy song between her and Ravi only
proved to be a drag.
Nasser plays a loan shark who gets cheated by Ravi. Now that’s
two similar roles in a row for the actor after Poi Solla Porom.
Talk about stereotypes. Thankfully, Karuna’s comedy
doesn’t lack too much of exuberance and is bearable.
While the director has worked considerably on the script,
he seems to have largely missed out on the dialogues that
sound queasy - especially dialogues of Ravi Krishna’s
frustration over the city bred girls, they are not in good
taste and boring. Surprisingly, the front benchers bring the
roof down for those scenes.
If you don’t mind watching the diminutive Ravi Krishna
doing an ‘I’m a bad man’ act, chances are
that you don’t mind watching Netru Indru Naalai either.
If not, think twice.
Verdict – At your own risk!
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