Igloo (2019 film)

Igloo
Igloo
	Film poster
Directed by	Bharath Mohan
Produced by	Vedikkaranpatti S. Sakthivel
Starring	Anju Kurian ; Amzath Khan
Cinematography	Kugan S Palani
Edited by	Prasanna GK
Music by	Arrol Corelli
Production; company	Drumsticks Productions
Distributed by	ZEE5
Release date	17 July 2019;
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Igloo is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Bharath Mohan in his directorial debut.^[1] The film stars Anju Kurian and Amzath Khan, while RJ Vigneshkanth appears in a cameo role. The film was a ZEE5 original film and released on 17 July 2019.^[2]^[3]

Plot[]

The film deals with the relationship between twin sisters Vaishu and Aishu. Elder sister Vaishu is good at studies, while the other one is the exact opposite. Shiva (Amzath Khan) raises his daughters single-handedly in Ooty. The director has made subtle references to the fact that Shiva is slightly more fond of Aishu because she reflects certain qualities of her mother. But that certainly doesn’t mean he loves Vaishu any less.

The kids that grow up happily under the cosy comforts of their father’s protective umbrella, never miss their mother. However, one day, Vaishu feels the need to know about her mother and expects an answer from her father. Shiva, who feels he reserves the right to keep the secret undisclosed, ends up answering her question after circumstances compel him to recall the times spent with Ramya (Anju Kurian). The story moves back in time from this moment.

Shiva works as an architect and ramya works in a dance club. Shiva's character is portrayed as rugged and short tempered. Ramya's character portrayed as calm and resilient. Despite of the fact Shiva is short tempered, their love was evidently see throughout the movie. One fine day her parents fixed an alliance for ramya.Not able to handle the situation, ramya opened about Shiva to her mother. Ramya's mom, though shocked, promised to talk her father immediately. Reluctantly ramya's father agreed to meet shiva. After a small chat with Shiva in a coffee shop, ramya's father made it clear that shiva's divorced sister should not stay with him. This enraged Shiva and he behaves slightly rude to ramya's father. Ramya and shiva fought a few days over the issue until Ramya found she was pregnant. She told Shiva and her parents about this, though the former felt happy, the latter was obviously upset on the issue.

Shiva's sister finally came and consoled ramya's father. Reluctantly they agreed for their marriage. Both Ramya and Shiva was on cloud nine. Their happiness was short lived when they find out Ramya has blood cancer(Stage-3) and she has to undergo an abortion as she has to start chemotherapy. Shiva stood strong and refused to abort his babies. Despite repeated requests from the doctors Shiva refused to harm his babies. At the same time swore to take care of Ramya carefully. Ramya started her chemo. As the chemo progressed she loses her hair and felt insecure about that. On top of that, her mood swings gave Shiva a tough time. He kept aside his anger issues and took care of Ramya.

Ramya made a bucket list for her and Shiva to do before something bad happens to her. Ramya's mood swings went so bad that she started cursing the babies she carrying. She could not tolerate the pain the chemo instills on her body. She just wants to get rid of the pain. She tried to take a drug which would reduce the pain, at the same time may harm the baby. Shiva tried his best to bring her out of the thought of harming the babies. The delivery date arrived. Ramya gave birth to twin sisters. Shiva got emotional after seeing his daughters. Ramya, even though was alright during the birth, felt her end is very near. She refused to see her babies, as it would instill the will to live and make the dying process more painful. As her situation gets worse, she starts to vomit blood, she was admitted in the hospital. Finally she agreed to see her babies and named them 'vaishu' and 'aishu'. The film ends with vaishu opening her eyes from the operation as Shiva finishes the story .

Cast[]

Anju Kurian as Ramya
Amzath Khan as Siva
Arohi Radhakrishnan as Vaishnavi "Vaishu" – Ramya and Siva's elder daughter
Anika Radhakrishnan as Aishwarya "Aishu – Ramya and Siva's younger daughter
RJ Vigneshkanth as Kumar, a Fisherman
Jeeva Ravi
Mathew Varghese as Suresh, Ramya's father
Lizzie Antony as Maadhangi, Siva's elder sister
Bagavathi Perumal as Sundar, Siva's best friend
Vinaya Prasad as Jaya, Ramya's mother
Teju Ashwini as Ramya's friend (Cameo)

Reception[]

New Indian Express gave the film a 3.5 out of 5 saying that the film is "a heart-warming love story".^[4] A critic from Film Companion stated that "Maybe the intention of the film is to create an unapologetic weep-fest for people looking for TV soap like content on the web. But if it’s cinema that it was after, then Igloo just leaves you out in the cold".^[5] A review by ZEE5 noted the film "speaks volumes about the intangible power of love".^[6]