We explore a novel possibility for lowering the solar mixing angle (θ12) from tri-bimaximal mixings, without sacrificing the predictions of maximal atmospheric mixing angle (θ 23 = 45 • ) and zero reactor angle (θ13 = 0 • ) in the inverted and normal hierarchical neutrino mass models having 2-3 symmetry. This can be done through the identification of a flavour twister term in the texture of neutrino mass matrix and the variation of such term leads to lowering of solar mixing angle. For the observed ranges of Δm 2 21 and Δm 2 23 , we calculate the predictions on tan 2 θ12 = 0.5, 0.45, 0.35 for different input values of the parameters in the neutrino mass matrix. We also observe a possible transition from inverted hierarchical model having even CP parity (Type-IHA) to inverted hierarchical model having odd CP parity (Type-IHB) in the first two mass eigenvalues, when there is a change in input values of parameters in the same mass matrix. The present work differs from the conventional approaches for the deviations from tri-bimaximal mixing, where the 2-3 symmetry is broken, leading to θ 23 = 45 • and θ13 = 0 • .