Inji Iduppazhagi

12/7/2015

Inji Iduppazhagi has mostly been in the news for its leading lady Anushka putting on the pounds to play the central character. Unlike their north Indian counterparts, fans in the south, especially in Tamil Nadu, have been more receptive to curvy heroines. But that seems to be changing these days — blame it on S(l)imran! — if one were to go by the number of slender leading ladies in Kollywood today (even Hansika, who started out as a chubby actress sports a slim look of late). So, in that sense, it is quite a risky move for a heroine, and Anushka does deserve credit for trying. She plays Soundarya aka Sweety, a cheerful, but overweight, young woman, and looks the part (though there is, at times, a discernible inconsistency in her figure from one scene to the next). Initially, she doesn't se