When they try to break into the property, they are caught by the bungalow’s security guard, Ravi Maria. However, instead of handing them over to the authorities, Ravi Maria makes a secret deal with the four thieves, and they agree to his terms.
Meanwhile, the four thieves discover a shocking truth about the bungalow’s owner, Dr. Vincent Ashokan, and the security guard, Ravi Maria. Terrified by what they have learned, they try to escape without letting either of them know that they have discovered the truth.
Do they succeed in escaping? What is the mysterious past of the bungalow’s owner and its security guard? The film ‘4 Idiots’ attempts to tell this story in a humorous manner.
Pugazh, who plays the film’s lead character, fails to deliver even a single comedy moment that audiences expect from him. One possible reason is that the music director has not added the kind of background laughter one might hear on Vijay TV.
On television, comedians can do all sorts of things, tease people, make them laugh easily, laugh along with them, and even praise themselves by saying, “Good comedy!” But cinema does not allow such tricks to work so easily. Characters who travel with the story need to think harder to make the audience laugh and must deliver their comedy lines with perfect timing.
However, Pugazh seems to prove in this film, just as he has in his previous films, that comedy timing is simply not his strength.
Kumki Ashwin, who teams up with Pugazh, along with Thidiyan and Indiran, are in an even more unfortunate position. Ravi Maria joins them and tortures the audience in the name of comedy. Vincent Ashokan, however, performs his role without any major shortcomings.
The filmmakers have used Pragya Nayan in a different manner and have also included a glamour song featuring her to entertain the audience.
U.K. Senthilkumar’s cinematography gives the film a colourful visual treatment and presents its commercial elements in an eye-pleasing manner.
The songs and background score composed by Subash Munirathnam are packed with commercial elements.
Writer-director Sajo Sundar Murugesan deserves credit for handling the entire story within a particular location and for using Pragya Nayan’s character in several different ways. These aspects make the film somewhat enjoyable. However, the excessive overacting by the lead characters in the name of comedy weakens the overall impact of the film.
The film has all the ingredients that fans of commercial and comedy movies would expect. But if those elements had been integrated more effectively into the screenplay, ‘4 Idiots’ could have exploded into a huge laugh riot.
