Enna Satham Indha Neram

<p>The film tells the story of mute quadruplets who lose their way inside a zoo where they came for an excursion. The zookeeper Kadhir rescues them after a whole day’s effort. is the first film in Tamil cinema to feature quadruplets prominently. Guru Ramesh considered his decision to include quadruplets in his script as “unrealistic”. While casting, he came to know of the quadruplets through a friend. The parents of the twins were initially sceptical towards their casting, but after Ramesh narrated the script to them, they agreed. was signed to act as the father of the quadruplets, making his acting debut. He had shot for only six days. On Raja’s casting, Ramesh said, “Despite being a celebrity director, he didn’t complain when I told him that he was not a full-fledged protagonist. He was fine with it. In fact, I would say there is no one protagonist in the film.” The film was also marked the of actress , who was last seen in (1998). After Ramesh narrated the script to her, she told him that she was not interested in acting in the film. He later took her and -based theatre actor to meet actor (both Maanu and Puralavan took care of Rajinikanth at Singapore when he was ), and narrated the script to him. On Rajinikanth’s suggestion, Maanu finally accepted to act in the film, although his only concern was whether she should play “a mother of four seven-year-olds”, which was not an issue for her. , who portrays a teacher for deaf and mute students, attended a workshop for learning . 95% of the film was shot at the Zoological Park in , making it the first film to be shot predominantly inside a zoological park. The film was also shot at in , making the crew of the first to shoot there. Some portions were also shot at . The crew thus entered the film in the under these credentials. The music was composed by Naga, and the lyrics were written by Meenachi Sundaram. M. Suganth of rated it 1.5 out of 5 stars, saying “The only sensible beings in the film are the kids themselves, and they seem more than capable of taking care of themselves, despite their age and disabilities — when one of them falls in a pit, they rescue her all by themselves, intelligently signal their location with balloons, and even use the tab that they have to find their way out of the place. And, it is only for them that you even endure the film.” S Saraswathi of gave the film the same rating and wrote, “Though the story begins on a promising note, there is nothing to hold your attention. Even at just an hour and forty minutes, the film seems really long. Neither the girls’ ordeal at the zoo nor the rescue mission is interesting”. Udhav Naig of said, “Despite the emotional set-up — four hearing- and speech-impaired children have lost their way inside the zoo with a giant snake — it’s a bummer, from start to finish.” Mythili Ramachandran of wrote, “Completely lacking in conviction, makes a lot of noise but is a case of empty cans.” Malini Mannath of wrote, ” is an Anaconda-Jurassic Park mix. What the director needs to be appreciated is his casting of identical quadruplets. They are pert, cute and lovable. And it’s their screen presence that is worth a watch in the film”.</p>