Karthik and Ajith team up again after the success of
Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen .
But this time, Ajith plays the hero while Karthik has the
extended cameo.
While that was no classic, it did offer two and a half hours of
solid,
feel-good entertainment. This movie doesn't do too well on that
front either.
Meenakshi(Meena) is a widow living with her son Nandu. Jeeva(Ajith),
living in the same colony, has been pining silently for her for
the last 4 years. He runs an organization called A-to-Z, which
can get anything done for anybody.
Jeeva follows Divya(Malavika, last seen with Ajith in
Unnai Thedi ) to get some information on her for
her suitor but she ends up falling for him and pursues him
relentlessly. He avoids her, telling her that he is already in
love with someone else and when cornered,
reveals that it is Meenakshi.
This leads to some surprising revelations about Meenakshi's past,
her relationship with singer Haridas (Karthik) and Jeeva's
love for her. Meanwhile, Divya's father, a staunch supporter of
love marriage, kidnaps Nandu and asks Jeeva to marry Divya.
Jeeva ofcourse accepts and things are then resolved in the climax.
Most scenes in this movie have a familiar feel to them. And the
story itself - the hero wooing the heroine with the help of the
other colony members while the heroine has secrets in her past -
is the same that the director had in his other feature
Aval Varuvaalaa.
The flashback involving Karthik and Meena is the best part of the
movie and the relationship between them is well-developed. The
director also succeeds in providing a nice reason for Ajith's
feelings towards Meena. But the climax is so cinematic that it
almost spoils all the goodwill the director earned till then.
Ajith does his part well and doesn't squander the good name that
Vaali earned him. Nice to see Meena
on screen after a while but Malavika better enroll in some acting
classes fast. Karthik does the usual soft-spoken, kind-hearted
role he seems to specialise in these days (see
Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen,
Nilave Mugam Kaattu ).It's
pretty sad to see Ambika, who ruled the roost in tamil cinema a
few years back, accept such a marginal role with almost no screen
time.
Manivannan and Vadivelu indulge in some cheap jokes to evoke some
laughter but don't succeed. Deva has one good tune and six
or so bad tunes. Wish the music directors would stop singing
for the heroes. Its grating to hear Ajith singing in Deva's
voice.
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