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{{Short description|2015 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Indru Netru Naalai
| image = Indru Netru Naalai.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = R. Ravikumar
| producer = {{Plainlist |
*[[C. V. Kumar]]
*[[K. E. Gnanavel Raja]]}}
| writer = R. Ravikumar<br>Rajan Radhamanalan (dialogue)
| starring = {{Plainlist |
*[[Vishnu Vishal]]
*[[Miya (actress)|Miya]]}}
| music = [[Hiphop Tamizha]]
| cinematography = [[A. Vasanth]]
| editing = [[Leo John Paul]]
| studio = {{Plainlist |
*[[Thirukumaran Entertainment]]
*[[Studio Green]]}}
| distributor = {{Plainlist |
*Abi & Abi Pictures
*Dream Factory}}
| released = {{Film date|2015|06|26|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Indru Netru Naalai release date confirmed|url=https://movieclickz.com/tamil-cinema-news/indru-netru-naalai-release-date-confirmed/|website=Movie Clickz|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>
| runtime = 146 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Indru Netru Naalai''''' ({{trans|Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow}}) is a 2015 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[science fiction comedy]] film<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/indru-netru-naalai-is-a-sci-fi-thriller-ravikumar-news-tamil-pgzqPOfggidea.html |title='Indru Netru Naalai' is a Sci-Fi comedy:Ravikumar |date=25 June 2015 |website=Sify |access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> written and directed by R. Ravikumar in his [[List of directorial debuts|debut feature]]. The film is jointly produced by [[Thirukumaran Entertainment]] and [[Studio Green]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Vishnu-Vishal%E2%80%99s-Madras-Eye-Stalls-Shoot/2014/11/05/article2507732.ece|title=Vishnu Vishal's Madras Eye Stalls Shoot|publisher=Newindianexpress.com|access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref> and features [[Vishnu Vishal]] and [[Miya (actress)|Miya]] in the lead while [[Karunakaran (actor)|Karunakaran]], [[T. M. Karthik]], [[P. Ravi Shankar]] and [[Jayaprakash]] play supporting roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Vishnus-next-is-Indru-Netru-Naalai/articleshow/44202194.cms|title=Vishnu's next is Indru Netru Naalai|work=The Times of India|date=3 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Mia-opts-out-of-Suresh-Gopis-next-film/articleshow/45087564.cms|title=Mia opts out of Suresh Gopi's next film|work=The Times of India|date=10 November 2014}}</ref> The film received positive reviews from critics and became a box office hit.

==Sequel==
On 18th January 2021,the movie's sequel was announced by a special pooja ceremony. The filmmakers revealed that the [[Vishnu Vishal]] and [[Karunakaran (actor)|Karunakaran]] had been retained for the sequel. It will be directed by debuntant Karthik Ponraj SP with music composed by [[Ghibran]].This film is to be CV Kumar's 25 th production film.

==Plot==
In the year 2065, a scientist ([[Arya (actor)|Arya]]) invents a time machine. To prove its capability, he sends it back in time to 2015, programming it to return within forty seconds. However, the machine does not return.

The time machine is seen by three people in 2015 — Elango ([[Vishnu Vishal]]), a budding entrepreneur whose ideas are rejected by all and is struggling to maintain his relationship with his rich girlfriend Anu ([[Miya George]]), who is embarrassed at the fact that Elango is unemployed; Elango's best friend Pulivetti Arumugam ([[Karunakaran (actor)|Karunakaran]]), a fake astrologer; and an inventor Giridhara Parthasarathy ([[T. M. Karthik]]), who makes a living by repairing home appliances. The three of them are involved in an accident and witness the time machine while recovering from the shock. While Parthasarathy decides to keep the time machine for himself, he suffers an electric shock and ends up in a coma, prompting Elango and Arumugam to steal the time machine from Parthasarathy's shop. The duo use the time machine to make Arumugam's astrology practice extremely successful by going back in time and finding things lost by people under the guise of astrology. Elango further uses the machine to impress Anu's industrialist father Rajarathinam ([[Jayaprakash]]) by going to the future, obtaining the stock market results and successfully "predicting" them in front of Rajarathinam and his company's board of directors. Rajarathinam soon approves the marriage of Anu with Elango.

Things go smoothly until Elango and Arumugam inadvertently thwart an encounter to kill Kuzhandaivelu ([[P. Ravi Shankar]]), a dreaded gangster and extortionist who is targeting Rajarathinam, during one of their trips to the past to find yet another item of one of Arumugam's clients. In the present day, Kuzhandaivelu is plotting to kill Rajarathinam for his role in planning the encounter and also Elango and Arumugam for (unknowingly) attacking him in a parking lot. Elango and Anu's marriage is postponed indefinitely as a result.

Elango and Arumugam go back to the past to fix their mistake, but Kuzhandaivelu accidentally shoots the time machine while fighting a police officer during the encounter, damaging it. The duo find Parthasarathy, who has woken up from his coma but doesn't remember them, and ask him to fix the time machine. While Parthasarathy manages to fix the time machine, due to a lack of specific parts which have not yet been developed, it can only take the user to a specific time in the past (when Kuzhandaivelu damaged the time machine) and also as the date cannot be changed, the user cannot return to the future. Therefore, the duo decide not to use it. Later, Kuzhandaivelu spots Elango, Arumugam and Anu at a mall and pursues them. He opens fire during the chase, killing Anu. To ensure that Anu remains alive, Elango decides to use the time machine to return to the past and kill Kuzhandaivelu, even though he cannot return. But Kuzhandaivelu spots the duo and while fighting them, all three of them fall into the time machine and go to the past. In the past, Kuzhandaivelu destroys the time machine, but Elango manages to kill Kuzhandaivelu. Then, Elango and Arumugam stop themselves from finding the time machine by thwarting the accident involving them and Parthasarathy.

The next morning, Elango wakes up in a bed, remembering only the events of the previous night. He soon finds out, to his surprise, that he is in a marriage hall and that he will marry Anu on that day. He does not remember, to Anu's bewilderment, any of the events which had occurred in the past two months as a result of his usage of the time machine during that period. He finds out that, without finding the time machine, he got a job and managed to impress Rajarathinam with one of his business ideas, leading to his marriage with Anu. Arumugam, who also doesn't remember anything over the past two months, is happily married. Elango and Arumugam soon find out that Kuzhandaivelu had died two months ago. They also run into Parthasarathy, who does not recognise them as they had never met.

Since the time machine was never seen, it returned to 2065, making it a success.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Vishnu Vishal]] as Elango
* [[Miya George|Miya]] as Anu
* [[Karunakaran (actor)|Karunakaran]] as Pulivetti "Puli" Arumugam
* [[T. M. Karthik]] as Ponputhirkootam Giridhara Parthasarathy/Pazham/Boss
* [[P. Ravi Shankar]] as Kuzhandaivelu
* [[Jayaprakash]] as Rajarathinam
* [[Bagavathi Perumal]] as Elango's boss
* Anjali Varadarajan as Elango's mother
* [[Anupama Kumar]] as Anu's mother
* [[V. I. S. Jayapalan]] as Marthandam
* [[Ramdoss]] as Actor
* [[K. Sivasankar|Sivasankar]] as Jewelry Store Owner
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Victim
* [[Jeeva Ravi]] as Ravishankar
* [[Sai Dheena]] as Marthandam's henchman
* [[Ramachandran Durairaj]] as Kuzhandaivelu's henchman
* Dharma as Inspector
* Raja Rani Pandian as Constable
* Mippu as Thief
* [[Arya (actor)|Arya]] as Scientist ([[Cameo appearance]])
* [[Kavin (actor)|Kavin]] as Imaginary husband of Anu (uncredited role)
*[[Smruthi Venkat]] as Priyam TV Reporter (Uncredited role)
{{colend}}

==Production==
[[Principal photography]] lasted 43 days. The CG for this film was done by Phantom FX, a Chennai-based VFX Studio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/director-ravikumar-talks-about-his-first-film-indru-netru-naalai-a-film-on-time-travel.html |title=Director Ravikumar talks about his first film Indru Netru Naalai, a film on time travel |date=23 June 2015 |website=Behindwoods |access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref>

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = Indru Netru Naalai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Hiphop Tamizha]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 12 June 2015
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 14:54
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label = [[Think Music India|Think Music]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Aambala]]
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = [[Thani Oruvan]]
| next_year = 2015
}}
The film's soundtrack album and background score were composed by [[Hiphop Tamizha]]. The soundtrack album consists of five tracks.
{{tracklist
| headline = Indru Netru Naalai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| extra_column = Singer
| total_length = 14:54
| title1 = iPhone 6 Nee Yendral
| lyrics1 = [[Hiphop Tamizha]]
| extra1 = Hiphop Tamizha
| length1 = 02:42
| title2 = Kadhale Kadhale
| lyrics2 = Vivek
| extra2 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Padmalatha]]
| length2 = 03:27
| title3 = Naane Thaan Raja
| lyrics3 = Muthamil, Hiphop Tamizha
| extra3 = [[Anthony Daasan]], Hiphop Tamizha
| length3 = 03:35
| title4 = Indru Netru Naalai
| lyrics4 = Hiphop Tamizha
| extra4 = Shankar Mahadevan, [[Aalap Raju]]
| length4 = 03:05
| title5 = The Conquest of Time Theme
| lyrics5 =
| extra5 =
| length5 = 02:05
}}

==Release and reception==
''Indru Netru Naalai'' was released on 26 June 2015,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/indru-netru-naalia-box-office-collection-vishnu-vishal-starrer-collects-3-crore-three-days-637692|title='Indru Netru Naalai' Box Office Collection: Vishnu Vishal Starrer Collects ₹3 Crore in Three Days|last=V.P|first=Nicy|work=International Business Times, India Edition|access-date=25 July 2017|language=en}}</ref> and received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/indru-netru-naalai-movie-review-entertaining-sci-fi-flick-starring-vishnu-vishal-mia-george-637233 | title='Indru Netru Naalai' Movie Review: An Entertaining Sci-Fi Flick Starring Vishnu Vishal, Mia George | work=[[International Business Times]] | date=26 June 2015 | access-date=21 October 2015 | author=Nicy V. P.}}</ref> [[Baradwaj Rangan]] of ''[[The Hindu]]'' called it "A fun ride with a time machine".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/indru-netru-naalai-movie-review/article7361488.ece | title=Indru Netru Naalai: A time-travel thriller with more comedy than thrills | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=27 June 2015 | access-date=21 October 2015 | author=Baradwaj Rangan | author-link=Baradwaj Rangan }}</ref> S. Saraswathi of [[Rediff.com]] gave the film 3.5/5 stars, praising the direction, screenplay, and performances of the cast members. She concluded by saying that ''Indru Netru Naalai'' is "worth watching".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-indru-netru-naalai-is-a-total-entertainer/20150626.htm | title=Review: Indru Netru Naalai is a total entertainer | publisher=[[Rediff.com|Rediff]] | date=26 June 2015 | access-date=21 October 2015 | author=S. Saraswathi}}</ref> Behindwoods stated in its review that ''Indru Netru Naalai'' was "A well executed sci-fi film".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/indru-netru-naalai/indru-netru-naalai-review.html | title=Indru Netru Naalai Movie Review | publisher=Behindwoods | date=26 June 2015 | access-date=21 October 2015}}</ref> The movie is also widely applauded for its minimal but perfect execution of visual effects, handled by [[imdbcompany:0326630|PhantomFX]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/indru-netru-naalai/indru-netru-naalai-review.html|title=Indru Netru Naalai (aka) Indru Naetru Naalai review|website=Behindwoods|access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref> M. Suganth of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave it 3.5/5 and appreciated the director's way of handling the film's theme.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/Indru-Netru-Naalai/movie-review/47830888.cms | title=Indru Netru Naalai Movie Review | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=26 June 2015 | access-date=21 October 2015 | author=M. Suganth}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|4806232}}

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[[Category:Films about time travel]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hiphop Tamizha]]
[[Category:2010s science fiction adventure films]]
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[[Category:Films set in 2065]]
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>Rukmani Radhakrishnan at 17:14, 18 June 2021