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Idli Kadai, Dhanush’s latest directorial, is actually a safe bet movie that is rooted in the idea of worshipping traditional methods and values. As anyone can guess from the trailer, the tussle here is between the brash businessman and the grounded Idli man. While the predictability is a weak link of the script, Dhanush blends humor and sentiments to narrate a Story that has left the B and C centers, but hasn’t quite reached the A center. With the possible cringe elements getting negotiated smoothly, Idli Kadai is unsurprising and, at the same time, a pleasant casual watch.
Murugan is the son of Sivanesan. Sivanesan, in his village, had set up an Idli shop that is pretty much a symbol of that village. The meager revenue they gained from that shop always made Murugan think about expanding the business, and he even wanted the shop to have franchises in various cities. This ambition made him leave his home to become a bigger chef. What we see in the film is a series of events that forced Murugan to come back, and the things that followed after his return.
From the movie’s promos, it was pretty evident that the movie wasn’t trying to show anything refreshingly new. The first half of the film is extremely generic, and what I thought the entire movie would be from the trailer happened in that first half itself. There is a homeland affection element in the narrative, and the reason why the film feels engaging in the second half is the way it uses that emotion to give the movie a thriller layer. At one point, Murugan asks the character played by Samuthirakani Why am I being hated by my own people and people from outside. The ability of Idli Kadai to use the guessable trajectory to create an emotional elevation is what makes it a comfort watch.
As a writer and director, Dhanush is trying to crack a subject that can work in all markets. There is a dialogue-heavy feel where every emotion is spoken by characters. While good performances from actors make those verbal moments look decent on screen, there are times even good performers can’t save them. To balance out the cheesy and preachy elements in the Story, we have humor and romance, and the dynamic duo of Dhanush and Nithya Menen aces those portions very comfortably. I don’t know whether it is intended or not, but some of the character equations amongst the antagonists were really funny. The songs from GV Prakash Kumar were in sync with the movie’s mood, and the album had the right balance of all flavors.
Dhanush is playing the main role of Murugan, and it is a character we have seen Dhanush play in several movies. In fact, a shade of Murugan can be seen in Thiruchitrambalam as well. Nithya Menen as Kayal yet again scores, and the chemistry of the duo is really helping the movie in many areas. Even though the energy levels are similar, Kayal has a totally different worldview compared to Sobhana, and I loved how she used the body language to make Kayal pretty unique. Arun Vijay said in an interview that the Story and the way Dhanush had written characters in Rayan convinced him to do the role of this spoiled brat named Ashwin. Frankly, the writing of that character was pretty basic, and luckily, the script acknowledged the fact that Arun Vijay and Shalini Pandey’s characters were insensitive. Even though on the periphery the character felt very typical, Sathyaraj’s role as Vishnu Vardhan, the father of these spoiled brats, was an interesting one. There is a certain level of helplessness associated with that character, and Sathyraj performs that neatly. Parthiban and Samuthirakani are there in relatively smaller roles, and the two were fine. Dhanush’s go-to senior actor Rajkiran plays the all-important role of Sivanesan, and the man has all the charm to make us forget how clichéd the writing is.
Idli Kadai doesn’t have anything phenomenal in its content. Like I said in the beginning, it is a smart upgrade to a Story that we usually see in these movies that has the B and C center audience as its target. By working on the elements that often distance people from those “daily soaps” with budget kind of films, Dhanush manages to set up a preachy, sentimental, feel-good movie that occasionally works and rarely irritates.
Review By: Digitpatrox