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{{Infobox film
| name           = Ivanuku Thannila Gandam
| image          = Ivanuku Thannila Gandam poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| director       = S. N. Shaktevel
| producer       = V. Venkatraj
| writer         = S. N. Shaktevel
| starring       = [[Deepak Dinkar]]<br /> [[Neha Ratnakaran]]<br />[[Rajendran]]
| music          = A7

| cinematography = R. Venkatesan
| editing        = A. L. Ramesh
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2015|03|13}}
| runtime        = 
| country        = India
| language       = Tamil
| budget         = 
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}}
'''''Ivanuku Thannila Gandam''''' (English: He Has Bad Luck With Water / He Has Problems With Liquor) is a 2015 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[comedy film]] written and directed by S. N. Shaktevel in his debut and produced by V. Venkatraj.<ref name=TOI>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/TV-actor-Deepak-in-Ivanuku-Thannila-Gandam/articleshow/44825302.cms|title=TV actor Deepak in Ivanuku Thannila Gandamz|work=The Times of India|date=16 October 2014|accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=Filmibeat/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/want-to-translate-small-screen-success-to-big-screen-s-n-shaktevel-114100800160_1.html|title=Want to translate small screen success to big screen: S.N. Shaktevel|publisher=Business Standard|date=8 October 2014|accessdate=13 March 2015}}</ref> The film stars [[Deepak Dinkar]] and [[Neha Ratnakaran]] (making her debut) in the lead roles,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/neha-ratnakaran-on-ivanuku-thannila-gandam-tamil-industry-great-place-to-mark-ones-debut/525292-71-174.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150130030207/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/neha-ratnakaran-on-ivanuku-thannila-gandam-tamil-industry-great-place-to-mark-ones-debut/525292-71-174.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2015|title=Neha Ratnakaran on 'Ivanuku Thannila Gandam': Tamil industry great place to mark one's debut|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=12 March 2015}}</ref> while [[Rajendran]] essays a supporting role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/rajendran-a-big-asset-for-ivanuku-thannila-gandam-741266|title=Rajendran's performance in Tamil horror-comedy Darling catapulted him to the big league of comedians|publisher=NDTV|date=21 February 2015|accessdate=12 March 2015}}</ref> The film released on 13 March 2015.

==Plot==
Saravana Perumal ([[Deepak Dinkar]]) is a television anchor who is experiencing hard times in both his professional and personal life. He is being bested at his workplace by a colleague, harassed by a loan shark, and fears that his girlfriend Deepika ([[Neha Ratnakaran]]) is having an affair. Saravanan chooses to escape his troubles by going to a party with his friends, where he becomes intoxicated. While drunk, he unknowingly tells Mark ([[Rajendran]]), who is a hitman, to kill his competitor at work, the loan shark, and Deepika. When he wakes the following morning, he finds that his colleague and the loan shark are dead, and a call from Mark telling Saravanan that he has done what he has asked. Saravanan tries to prevent Mark from killing Deepika. Toward the end, it is revealed that Mark's targets all died by accident before Mark could kill them. While attempting to kill Deepika, Mark falls from a ledge and dies, without Saravanan knowing his true identity as he was drunk when he met Mark. The end shows Saravanan being paranoid that every man who meets Deepika, now his wife, is secretly Mark and trying to kill her without ever knowing that the real Mark is dead.

==Cast==
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*[[Deepak Dinkar]] as Saravana Perumal "Saravanan"
*[[Neha Ratnakaran]] as Deepika
*[[Rajendran]] as Mark
*[[Sentrayan]] as Milk Pandi
*[[Elango Kumaravel]] as James
*[[Pandiarajan]] as Thirupathi
*[[Manobala]] as Dr. Markandeyan
*[[M. S. Bhaskar]] as Ponvandu
*[[Swaminathan]] as Kuzhandaivel
*[[T. M. Karthik]] as Kasinathan
*[[Subbu Panchu Arunachalam]]
*[[Yogi Babu]]
*[[Gana Bala]]
*[[George Maryan]]
*[[Sandy (Indian choreographer)|Sandy]]  as Maika Mahesh
*Boxer Arumugam as Soodu Baskar
*Telephone Mani as Mani
*V. Venkatraj
*Moses
*Arunachalam
*Easwar
{{colend}}

==Production==
Filming was completed as of October 2014.<ref name=TOI/>

==Music==
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| name       = '''Ivanuku Thannila Gandam'''
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = A7
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| genre      = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length     = 21:04
| language   = Tamil
| label      = Divo
| producer   = A7
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The soundtrack was composed by A7, and the audio was officially released online on 2 March 2015.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ivanuku Thannila Kandam {{!}}Jukebox|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8y5MSJca8o&list=PLz--fPJa8ZhTAzqMEuU3cVuaa5MhkPWNK | website=YouTube | publisher=Divo movies| accessdate=2 March 2015}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline        = Ivanuku Thannila Gandam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| extra_column    = Singer(s)
| total_length    = 21:04
| title1          = Mappilla Mappilla
| lyrics1         = [[Yugabharathi]]
| extra1          = [[Vijay Yesudas]], [[Sooraj Santhosh]]
| length1         = 4:48
| title2          = Epavumey Vathadhuda
| lyrics2         = [[Gana Bala]]
| extra2          = Gana Bala
| length2         = 4:02
| title3          = Love Vandha
| lyrics3         = Yugabharathi
| extra3          = Harihara Sudhan
| length3         = 4:16
| title4          = Yaarada
| lyrics4         = Kannan & A7
| extra4          = [[Andrea Jeremiah]]
| length4         = 3:39
| title5          = The Po Mashup
| lyrics5         = [[Mc Sai]], Snigdha Chandra
| extra5          = Gana Bala, Mc Sai, A7
| length5         = 4:05
}}

==Release==
The satellite rights of the film were sold to [[Polimer TV|Polimer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intalkies.co.in/2015/11/09/polimer-tv-diwali-2015-special-programs-online-youtube-10-november-2015-10112015-deepavali-sirappu-nigalchigal-polimer-tv/ |title=Polimer Tv Diwali 2015 Special Programs Online Youtube 10-November-2015, 10/11/2015 Deepavali Sirappu Nigalchigal Polimer Tv |publisher=Intalkies |date=9 November 2015 |accessdate=9 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116181243/http://www.intalkies.co.in/2015/11/09/polimer-tv-diwali-2015-special-programs-online-youtube-10-november-2015-10112015-deepavali-sirappu-nigalchigal-polimer-tv/ |archive-date=16 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Reception==
''Ivanuku Thannila Gandam'' opened to negative reviews, but they singled out [[Rajendran]] as the highlight of the film. Avinash Gopinath of Filmibeat gave the film two out of five stars. Gopinath praised Rajendran's performance in the film who he felt carried the film. He also commented that Dinkar's acting as the lead needed refinement. Gopinath bemoaned the screenplay and felt some "unwanted sub-plots" could have been edited out.<ref name=Filmibeat>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/reviews/2015/ivanuku-thannila-gandam-movie-review-rajendran-saves-the-day-but-only-just-176635.html|title=Ivanuku Thannila Gandam Movie Review: Rajendran Saves The Day But Only Just!|publisher=Filmibeat|date=13 March 2015|accessdate=13 March 2015|last=Gopinath|first=Avinash}}</ref> Sify rated the film as average. They appreciated Rajendran's comic acting stating "the film belongs to Rajendran". However they felt scenes not involving him showed that the filmmakers "tried too hard to make the film as a laughathon". The soundtrack of the film was described as "passable".<ref name=Sify>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ivanuku-thanila-gandam-review-tamil-pdmjWtiabbcgh.html|title=Ivanuku Thanila Gandam|publisher=Sify|accessdate=13 March 2015}}</ref> Tamilstar reviewer Kumaresun gave the film two out of five stars. He pointed to Rajendran's comic role as "the high point" of the film. However he felt the "movie is amateurish, and ends up nowhere".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilstar.com/moviereview-id-ivanukku-thanila-gandam-review308.htm|title=Ivanukku Thanila Gandam|publisher=Tamilstar|date=13 March 2015|accessdate=13 March 2015|author=Kumaresun}}</ref> M. Suganth of ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film two out of five stars and stated "It is a film where amateurishness is passed for attitude, and silliness, and crass dialogues... for comedy".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/Ivanuku-Thannila-Gandam/movie-review/46569522.cms|title=Ivanuku Thannila Gandam Movie Review|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 March 2015|accessdate=15 March 2015|last=Suganth|first=M.}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|4522144}}

[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2015 films]]