Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu

Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu
Directed by	Sasi
Produced by	Sithiran Saashi Theyagason
Written by	Sasi (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Sasi
Story by	Aravind-Sureshkumar
Starring	Bharath Chandini Sreedharan Erica Fernandes
Music by	Simon
Cinematography	Saravanan Abimonyu
Edited by	Subarak
Production company	Chennai Cinema (India) Pvt.Ltd [1]
Distributed by	Chennai Cinema (India) Pvt.Ltd
Release dates	10 August 2013[2]
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (English: Five Five Five), stylized as 555, is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Sasi. It stars Bharath and Chandini Sreedharan as the main leads. Erica Fernandes and Santhanam play other pivotal roles. The film, an action drama revolving around psychology and mind games, had been in production since 2008.^[3][4] The film released on 10 August 2013 to positive reviews for its story, performances, music and criticized for misplaced songs still it was comeback commercial hit for Bharath

Plot

Aravind (Bharath) had met with a terrible accident seven months ago, that left him physically and emotionally scarred. He is currently living with his elder brother Gopal (Santhanam) and being treated for some psychotic disorder. Aravind claims that during the accident, his girlfriend Liyana (Mrithika) was with him and she died in his arms. The strange thing is that such a girl does not seem to exist at all. No one has seen or even heard of her; she does not appear in the student list in her college or even the census reports. She is not mentioned in the newspaper reports of the accident either and some strangers are occupying her home. The psychiatrist is of the opinion that Liyana is a figment of Aravind’s imagination and exists only in his mind. Unable to convince even Gopal of her existence, Aravind tries to get on with his life by going back to work. Here he meets Manjari (Erica Fernandes), a colleague (in a software company Paayal Infotech which is owned by CEO Sudesh Berry), who sympathises with him and also tries to help find some clue to Liyana’s identity. Despite all evidence against Liyana’s existence, memories of her and their love continue to haunt Aravind. Fortunately for him, a chance meeting with Liyana’s aunt sets the ball rolling (Aravind obtains all the information from Liyana's aunty who is not really her aunty but instead pretended to be, she gets killed by a goon who is killed by Aravind in a few seconds). After that things begin to unravel, Aravind finds out that he is being tortured by his own company boss (Sudesh). Reason for doing this is that Liyana happens to be splitting image of Sudesh's own dead lover called Payal so inorder to marry her, Sudesh made a plan to torture Aravind by involving Manjari in this game, Gopal gets killed in this mayhem. Aravind shoots Manjari and henchmen. Sudesh narrates that doctor was a fake person set up by him to fool Aravind and also threatened his brother Gopal to pretend ignorance about Liyana. Doctor tortures Aravind with a planned shock treatment to make him go insane but he is completely healthy and kills the doctor. He kills Sudesh and henchmen and unites with Liyana who is alive.

Cast

• Bharath as Aravind
• Chandini Sreedharan as Liyana and Paayal (Credited as Mrithika)
• Erica Fernandes as Manjari
• Santhanam as Gopal
• Sudesh Berry as Chitranjan
• John Vijay
• Manobala as Yoga Instructor
• Raj Bharath as Nikhil
• T. V. Rathnavelu as Doctor
• Lakshmi as Liyana's aunty
• Swaminathan
• Sathish Krishnan

Production

After the moderate success of his romantic film, Poo, Sasi began work on his next, an action entertainer, in late 2008 and worked on the script of the film for almost two years.^[5] Bharath was signed on to play the lead role in mid-2010 and in interviews since signing the project, he has expressed how important the film will be to his career.^[6] The shoot of the film began in June 2011.^[7] Bharath is sporting six-pack for the film.^[8]

Soundtrack

Film score and soundtrack of Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu is composed by Simon. "Elavu" a single track from the album was released on 5 April by actor Arya. The song "Elavu" first time ever featuring an opaari in hip hop, was critically acclaimed and greatly received. The audio was released by director Shankar and was received by actor Dhanush. The launch of the film's album was held on 15 April 2013.

Release

The satellite rights of the film were secured by Zee Thamizh. The film was given a "U/A" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. 555 was originally scheduled to release on 15 August 2013, coinciding with Independence day, but was brought forward to 10 August.^[9]

Reception

555 opened to positive reviews from critics. Behindwoods said, "Sasi is a master teller when it comes to narrate a story about love and its finer aspects and there would always be a kind of poignancy in them. 555 is no exception. In Arvind Sureshkumar's story, Sasi has also used a lot of action and suspense to drive home his point. There are adequate twists and turns in the narration to make the audience engrossed in the enterprise."^[10]

A review from Sify gave 4 stars out of 5 and said "Director Sasi, who has made few realistic films in the past, has made a hardcore action entertainer with romance and suspense, a new genre for him. Though his intentions are noble and Bharath has put in a lot of effort, the film is far from being watchable and fails to impress."^[11]

Prashanth Reddy of Desimartini said, "A few minutes into the film, I smugly told myself how I expected it to end; my predictions couldn't have been more wrong. That's the one thing about Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu that I love: it always kept me puzzled about the happenings and continuously piled mounds of absurd as it moved forward." and added, "The kind of epic back story and sentimentality it lends its antagonist is sheer rip-roaring awesomeness. The non-linear screenplay is a huge plus in making the film interesting."^[12]

Indiaglitz.com said, "Bharath has put his heart and soul in this movie, making it worth the wait. His transformation from an urban cool dude to a steel gritted toned angry hunk is amazing, even though the justification for his clenched body is never shown in a convincing manner. All said, this might be the movie that could bring back him to the limelight again. The rest of the cast are adequate enough to fill their roles neatly."^[13]

M Suganth of The Times of India gave 3/5 and said, "Sasi, who has so far made soft films like Sollamale and Poo, tries his hand at a commercial thriller with action, suspense, and of course, the inevitable romance. While the director's intent in giving us a fresh and different commercial film is evident, sadly, he doesn't manage to sidestep the genre's pitfalls."^[14]

S Saraswathi of Rediff said Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu is a romantic thriller that has all the necessary twists and turns which will definitely entertain the audience.^[15]

References

External links

• Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu at the Internet Movie Database