Idiots (film)

Idiots is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film, the debut of director K S Bava. The film stars Asif Ali and Sanusha, and was co-produced by prominent filmmaker Sangeeth Sivan.
Plot.
A rich heiress (Sanusha) hires a killer Beeran (Vijaya Raghavan) to kill her to put the blame on her boyfriend for cheating her. Beeran hires Freddy (Baburaj) a juice stall vendor to do the same. At the same time a thief and a small time footballer (Asif Ali) enters the house to steal but leaves empty handed after Sanusha finds him. Freddy reaches Sanusha's house and plans to kill her by poisoning her. But Asif Ali reaches the flat the same time to erase his fingerprints from the tables and chairs so that even if Sanusha dies he won't be blamed. But all the three feel that if Sanusha wants to die without pain she has to go out. So they all go near a bridge. But during Asif Ali's and Freddy's fight Sanusha accidently falls from the bridge. When she regains her consciousness she finds Asif Ali along with her and realizes that she hasn't died. She starts calling Asif Ali, 'Messi.' They go in search of Freddy. Along their journey, they grow closer and slowly fall in love. But Sanusha after a small fight with Asif Ali stands in a bus stop which unknown to both of them was the stop for prostitutes'. Sanusha is arrested under prostitution charges but Asif Ali bails her out. They go to a roadside stall and eat their food when Sanusha asks Asif Ali about travelling in the ambulance which was parked infront of them to which Asif Ali refuses. Sanusha reveals the name of her perfume to Asif Ali which he had been asking a lot about after she sees his care and love towards her if she goes missing. Thus she falls in love with Asif Ali and they confess it. They go meet Sanusha's cheater boyfriend and with the encouragement from Asif Ali, Sanusha slaps him. Then the movie moves to Beeran's part where they kidnap Sanusha and how Asif Ali and Freddy together rescue Sanusha. The movie ends by Sanusha calling Asif Ali 'Messi', to which replies his name is not Messi. However the name of Asif Ali is not audible and thus the movie ends..
Reception.
The film received negative reviews upon release. Sreenath Nair of "The Hindu" was critical about the film, especially the script, camera and direction. In his review, he comments, "Good art seldom allows the viewer digressions. But, if one starts relishing the taste of popcorn and coffee more than anything during a movie, the work is not riveting. "Idiots", K.S. Bava’s directorial debut, gives one ample opportunities for such culinary digressions." Paresh C Palicha of Rediff.com rated the film 1.5|5 and concluded his review saying, ""Idiots" is a film that you would like to forget as soon as you get out of the theatre. "Idiots" lives up to its name."