A boiled South Indian delicacy has become the boiling theme of Danush's Idlikadai.The film solidly sustains as a soft cinematic venture, because of its solid theme neatly stuck to its core theme and insight. Everything has gone soft here, excepting the tough untamed character of Arun Vijay. Even Sathyaraj who is delightfully known for his emotional outbursts has been locked in an underplay of paternal role to the doubtful question whether he also carries a little bit of the negative shades of his spoilt son Arun Vijay.
Composed character role play, is not new to Danush, because he has already played such roles in Vada Chennai,Karnan and Asuran. However, in Idlikadai he has immersed into soft waters on account of his directorial conception of a hero absolutely committed to his parental lineage and cultural moorings. In the changing world of cinematic violence, here is a theme of Gandhian nonviolence scrupulously followed by the hero, evolved from the film making roots of the director- cum hero.
Nithya Menen is not as sparkling as she was in Thiruchitrambalam. But she also chooses to move on the soft track along with Danush.Rajkiran, Dhanush Sathyaraj,Ilavarasu and Nithya Menen all dissolve in their characters like salt in the Idli dough. Samuthrakani's mischievous villainy and Parthiban's cop role, serve as spicy chutney and mild coconut chutney respectively.
G.V Prakash Kumar's Enjaami Thandhaane in the soothing voice of Dhanush, will keep ringing in the ears of the audience for quite some time. As the idlies have been made extremely soft, even the short spell of paternally approved love between Dhanush and Shalini Pandey, seems to lack the animation, it needs. All said and done, though Idlikadai is a great film for a family watch, there is a kind of sluggishness in narration, and one could feel that the scenic sequences and action segment could have been made more dynamic and impressive receivables, to the audience.
In fact, Dhanush with his immense creative potential, could have spun the action segment with different imaginative vibes. But in a film dedicated to nativity and sense of belonging to the soil, it is the strong base that supersedes the ornamental components of usual cinema. After all, the thatched Idlikdai celebrating a serene sense in making a special kind of food that steals the taste buds of the localites, need not be gorgeous like a star hotel.
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