Inbaa

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Inbaa
Inbaa.jpg
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Directed byS. T. Vendan
Written by Subha (dialogues)
Story byVendhan
Produced byVijayasri Nandakumar
Starring Shaam
Sneha
CinematographySai Trilok
Edited byG. R Anil Malnad
Music byP. B. Balaji
Production
company
Rathnamala Movies
Release date
  • 21 March 2008 (2008-03-21)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Inbaa [1] is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by S.T. Vendan. The film stars Shaam and Sneha, with Arun Pandian in an antagonistic role. It was released on 21 March 2008. The film marks the third collaboration between Shaam and Sneha after Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey! and ABCD . [2]

Contents

Plot

Inba is a rough character who works under Priya's brother, Malai Ganesan, as a bodyguard of Priya. Priya is an usurious girl, spending most of the time with her friends and absenting herself from the college several times. Hence Malai Ganeshan employs Inba, his faithful servant to guard Priya's activities. Priya insults him several times since she was not interested in somebody guarding her all the time. Priya falls for Inba, but he rejects it. In the meantime, Malai Ganeshan learns of the love affair and opposes it by beating up Inba. Inba opens flashback and the rest of story describes how Priya makes him understand his love and finally succeeds in his love after overcoming the hurdles and obstacles laid by Malai Ganeshan.

Cast

Production

The film began production as Thooral. Shaam was signed to play an auto driver and grew a beard for his role in the film. [3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by P. B. Balaji. [4]

TitleSinger(s)Length
"Alankatti Paimazhai" Tippu, Pop Shalini 05:14
"En Vizhigal Meethu" Shreya Ghoshal, Naresh Iyer 05:05
"Kabul Nattu" Suchitra, Chorus04:48
"Yaaro Yaaro" Karthik, Chinmayi 05:12
"Mayakalli" Jassie Gift, Anuradha Sriram 04:39
"Soora Thenga"Mahesh Panjanathan04:51

Release and reception

A critic from Rediff.com gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and wrote that "Everybody spouts the standard lines (what was dialogue-writer Subha thinking?) and once the climax is done, you heave yourself off the cramped seats with relief". [5] Sudhish Kamath from The Hindu wrote that "By all means, go for Inba. It's the most inspiring piece of Tamil cinema. If this chap can make a movie, so can you". [6] A critic from Sify gave the film a verdict of below average and wrote that "The film fails to entertain as the twists and turns are predictable, the Shaam- Sneha romance leaves you cold, and music of P.B Balaji is worth a snore not even one humable number. It is another banal formula film to be avoided". [7]

Following the success of Kick , the film was partially reshot in Telugu as Neelo Naalo with actors Sunil and Junior Relangi. The Telugu version was directed by Nandhu and featured Kothapalli Ramakrishna as the cinematographer. [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Inbaa (motion picture) (in Tamil). India: Rathnamala Movies. From 00:39 to 00:41.
  2. ↑ Ashok Kumar, S. R. (28 September 2007). "Will Inbha be a pleasure to watch? -- Inbha". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sneha opposite Shaam". IndiaGlitz. 12 April 2007. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Inbaa". Apple Music . 1 January 2008. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Srinivasan, Pavithra (24 March 2008). "Review: A dull Inba". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
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