Irumbu Kuthirai

Irumbu Kuthirai
Directed by	Yuvaraj Bose
Produced by	Kalpathi S. Aghoram Kalpathi S. Ganesh Kalpathi S. Suresh
Written by	Yuvaraj Bose
Starring	Atharvaa Priya Anand Johnny Tri Nguyen Raai Laxmi
Music by	G. V. Prakash Kumar
Cinematography	R. B. Gurudev Gopi Amarnath
Edited by	T. S. Suresh
Production company	AGS Entertainment
Distributed by	AGS Entertainment
Release dates	29 August 2014 (2014-08-29)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Irumbu Kuthirai (English: Iron Horse) is a 2014 Tamil action film written and directed by Yuvaraj Bose and produced by AGS Entertainment. The film stars Atharvaa, Priya Anand and Vietnamese actor Johnny Tri Nguyen in the leading roles, while Raai Laxmi appears in a supporting role.^[1] The film was released on August 29, 2014. Rudra Sound Solutionz has dubbed the film into Hindi under the name Dhoom Machale for UTV Action on February 13, 2015. Manav Mahapatra directed the Hindi dub.

Plot

Michael Prithviraj Narayanan (Atharvaa) is a Pizza Delivery Boy, his mother is Mary (Devadarshini) and his bestfriends are Jagan (Jagan) and Christina (Raai Laxmi). Michael receives complaints from his boss (Manobala) for slow pizza delivery, he follows every rule on riding the bike after a bike accident where he witnessed his father's death. Prithviraj falls in love with Samyuktha Aka Sam (Priya Anand), they become friends and she asks him to buy a bike. Samyuktha suggested him to get a Ducati Diavel known as Raven. But that very bike brings danger to Prithvi due to a shocking past. One day Prithviraj and Sam get into an argument when he attempts to kiss her and she tells him that she only likes him as a friend. On the way home, Samyuktha is kidnapped by mysterious bikers. Michael, Jagan and Christina look for clues to find the kidnappers. The kidnapper is revealed to be Don Stoney (Johnny Tri Nguyen) who was the first owner of Prithviraj's bike.Don Stoney named his bike as the Raven for its extreme speed.Stoney fired after he beats a guy who scratches his Raven. Stoney is obsessed with his Raven, Stoney's brother rides the Raven competing Michael. At the race, Stoney's brother loses the Raven to Michael and Stoney's brother commit's suicide.After that Michael and his father met an accident which kills his father. Michael received a call from Stoney who asked Michael to come to his hideout at Puducherry. Michael enters a race against Stoney and wagers pink slips for the Raven. During the race, Stoney gains an advantage,but loses it when Michael uses his extreme skill to catch up to Stoney, handing the victory to Michael. Afterwards, Stoney release Samyuktha and says that he does not need Raven without winning it. Michael and Samyuktha flees with Raven after the win.

Cast

Production

AGS Entertainment announced that they were simultaneously producing six films in March 2013 and revealed one of those would be a "racy action script" featuring Atharvaa to be directed by newcomer Yuvraj Bose, former assistant of Arivazhagan.^[2] Priya Anand was signed on to feature in the film in August 2013, while Lakshmi Rai and Johnny Tri Nguyen, previously seen in AR Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu, were selected to portray other roles.

In October 2013, the team moved on to film a schedule in Italy for 20 days, canning scenes and songs after finishing another schedule in Puducherry.^[3][4] In November 2013 it was reported that Lakshmi Rai was out of the project, and a relative newcomer Joshna was roped in who shot for some sequences and a song with the cast in the Italy schedule.^[5] In a turn of events, Lakshmi Rai began filming for the project again in March 2014.^[6] Akshara Gowda shot for a dance number in the film.^[7]

Soundtrack

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Kalaignar.

Critical reception

The Hindu wrote, "Yuvaraj Bose, does a lot of small things right...There is taste, restraint, and a strong sense of aesthetics. Everything belongs — except the songs, which are terrible speed breakers...The bigger problem with Irumbu Kuthirai is that it lacks a pulse. It’s okay that the early portions coast along with a nonchalant vibe, but this cannot sustain the latter parts that are about intense showdowns on Ducatis".^[8] The Times of India gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Irumbu Kuthirai has been publicized as a bike racing film but what really works is the romance...The (...) sore point is the mood-killing songs. But, most importantly, the racing portions are a letdown. The role of the antagonist is underwritten and thus, we are never taken in by this part of the film".^[9] Sify wrote, "Irumbu Kuthirai inspite its rich production values and slick camerawork falls prey to a lot of compromises like half a dozen songs which pop up at regular intervals, the melodrama and romance in large dose" and concluded that "it fails on the script level which Yuvraj Bose has tried to compensate with a glossy presentation".^[10] The New Indian Express wrote, "Irumbu Kuthirai's trailer promised much - a film with lots of action and thrill and bike racing stunts. But the film fails to match up to it due to its superficial take on both its emotional quotient and action quota...apart from a few impressively choreographed bike chase and fight scenes, there is not much going for the film".^[11]

Only Kollywood wrote, "Irumbu Kuthirai fails to deliver, thanks to the negligence of film’s theme and an abysmal writing".^[12] Indiaglitz.com wrote, "The movie has everything at disposal for a great blockbuster, a handsome storyline that revolves around bikes; A villain who is sought even in Hollywood for his menacing stunts and action, an ultra-modern hero-heroine, slick stunts...But all of these do not click together to get the horse galloping, instead gets sucked into the quicksand of slow and lost screenplay".^[13] Behindwoods.com gave 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The film travels at a sluggish pace for the most part and moves into the next gear only during the final sequences...the film's final moments are the little consolations the viewer gets".^[14][15]

References

External links

• Irumbu Kuthirai at the Internet Movie Database