Idam Porul Yaeval () is an unreleased Indian Tamil language film directed by Seenu Ramasamy and produced by N. Lingusamy. It stars Vijay Sethupathi, Vishnu Vishal Aishwarya Rajesh and Nandita Swetha. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the music. The film remains unreleased for a decade due to financial difficulties.

Cast

Production Following the audio release of Neerparavai (2012), Seenu Ramasamy announced that his next project would be titled Bangalore Thamizhan to be produced by Vasan Visual Ventures and revealed that Vimal had been signed to play a lead role in October 2012.Vimal in Seenu Ramasamy’s next . The Hindu. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2014. In January 2013, Seenu Ramasamy revealed that Vijay Sethupathi was signed on to play another lead role and that the film will be based around the hills near Madurai and Thandikodi near Kodaikanal, noting that he engaged in research while filming Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010) in interior Tamil Nadu, spending a lot of time studying locations near the Kodalangadu village.Gupta, Rinku (30 January 2013). Director Seenu Ramasamy heads to the hills. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 August 2014. The film's story was an idea of writer S. Ramakrishnan and Ramasamy developed the screenplay and dialogues.

In May 2013, the film went through significant changes, with the title being changed to Sontha Ooru while Attakathi Dinesh replaced Vimal in a lead role. In a further turn of events in October 2013, it was announced that N. Linguswamy would produce the film and Yuvan Shankar Raja would replace N. R. Raghunanthan as composer. The title was also reverted to Idam Porul Yaeval, while Vishnu Vishal was selected to replace Dinesh.It’s going to be Vijay Sethupathi, Vishnu and Yuvan! . Behindwoods. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2014.Vishnu joins Vijay Sethupathi. The Times of India. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2014. In February 2014, Manisha Yadav was signed for the role of a mountain farmer girl after the director had auditioned a few girls for the role.M. Suganth (25 February 2014). Manisha Yadav bags film opposite Vijay Sethupathi . The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2014."Manisha Yadav bags role in 'Idam Porul Eval'" . Business Standard. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014. Soon after the shoot had started, Seenu Ramasamy replaced Manisha with Nandita Swetha.Karthik, Janani (17 March 2014). Nandita replaces Manisha Yadav in Vijay Sethupathi film . The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2014. In April 2014, Aishwarya Rajesh confirmed that she had signed the film and would play Vishnu's love interest.C. R. Sharanya (26 April 2014). Aishwarya to play lead in Seenu’s film . The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2014. Mu. Kasi Viswanathan was signed up to be the film's editor and Rahul Dharuman of Madha Yaanai Koottam (2013) fame was roped in to be the film's cinematographer.

In April 2014, 30-35 of days of shoot was completed.Vijay Sethupathi and Nanditha get back from Kodaikanal after 35 days . Behindwoods. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014. Shooting took place around the villages surrounding Kodaikanal, which include Poombarai, Padamputhur and Gundupatti.Vijay Sethupathi will move to Kodaikanal . Behindwoods. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.Gupta, Rinku (7 April 2014). 'I Don't Have Many Dialogues in IPE'. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 August 2014. Despite being completed, the film has remained unreleased as a result of Thirupathi Brothers' financial difficulties, due to the massive failure of Anjaan (2014), which was directed and produced by Lingusamy himself. After a long delay, the film was expected to be released after the end of the COVID-19 lockdown in India, to no avail. In October 2022, it was announced that the film will soon have a theatrical release as the production house has sorted out all legal issues.

Soundtrack

Director Seenu Ramasamy and Vijay Sethupathi, for the first time, worked with Yuvan Shankar Raja to produce Idam Porul Yaeval'''s music. The lyrics were written by Vairamuthu, thus associating with Yuvan Shankar Raja for the first time in his career.For the first time in Yuvan’s career... . Behindwoods. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.Yuvan and Vairamuthu for the first time . The Times of India. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014. The soundtrack album features six tracks and most of the songs were composed after the entire film was shot. The album was released on 18 December 2014 at the Suryan FM radio station in Chennai. The songs, however, had been leaked to the Internet several days before the actual launch.

ReceptionSify gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Idam Porul Eval'' marks Yuvan's comeback to earthy tunes without the music jarring the lyrical content".

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