Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (Eng: Isn’t This What You Wished For, Balakumara?), is an Indian Tamil comedy film, written and directed by Gokul of Rowthiram fame. Produced by Leo Visions, the film features Vijay Sethupathi, Ashwin Kakumanu, Swati Reddy and Nandita in the lead roles. The film upon release received highly positive reviews from critics. The title of the film is inspired by the novel with the same name written by Balakumaran.
Kumaravel (Vijay Sethupathy) is a typical lower middle class youth who mainly lives in TASMAC bars. His friends and neighbors have nicknamed him Sumaar Moonji Kumar (Average-looking Kumar) and he is crazy about Kumudha(Nanditha), the girl staying opposite to his flat. It is one-way love and her father has sought the help of Annachi (Pasupathi) the local boss to find a solution and teach Kumar a lesson. On a parallel track Bala, another alcoholic (Ashwin) a smart bank salesperson is always under pressure from his boss (MS Bhaskar) and his possessive girlfriend Renu (Swathi Reddy) . One night the life of the principal characters gets entangled leading to the climax.
Directed by Gokul
Produced by V. S. Rajkumar & J. Satish Kumar
Screenplay by Gokul
Story by Gokul
Starring Vijay Sethupathi, Ashwin Kakumanu, Swati Reddy, Nandita, Pasupathy
Music by Siddharth Vipin
Cinematography Mahesh Muthuswami
Edited by Leo John Paul
Production Leo Visions & JSK Film Corporation
Distributed by JSK Film Corporation
Release date 2 October 2013
Country India
Language Tamil
