Raju(Raju Sundaram) is the captain of the TamilNadu State cricket team. Priya(Simran), daughter of the collector(Raghuvaran), falls in love with Raju but after a misunderstanding, starts hating him. Meanwhile Sidharth(Prakashraj), the ex-captain of the Indian cricket team and victim of a bomb attack, is back and is now on the Cricket Board. He is determined to include only the truly talented in the team and picks Raju. But attempts are also being made to fix the India-Pakistan World Cup match to make India lose.

If a filmmaking dictionary was ever to be compiled, the compilers need look no farther than this movie to illustrate the phrase 'amateurish filmmaking'. Every aspect of the movie - sentiments, romance, cricket, the activities of the villains - is laughably amateurish and almost every single scene had me wondering if the director was actually a five year old who had duped the producer into giving him a chance behind the camera. As the villain blatantly tries to drug the Indian batsmen through Raju or the Pakistani fielder gets down on his knees to thank Allah after making a catch or two people in the various cities make bets about the outcome of the match, the ridiculousness of the scenes was almost unbelievable.

If nothing else, the movie deserves to be banned for the way it portrays the game of cricket and the cricketers. While frequently showcasing the passion Indians have for the sport(again, in really childish ways), the movie doesn't give the game the respect it deserves. We have the captain of the Ranji team dancing 'dappanguthu' on the streets. In another scene, the selector(and ex-captain) sings a song about Raju coming to save the Indian pride while Raju himself dances with the other team members! And the picturisation of the final match is as removed from reality as possible. A flying ball marks every sixer while the angle of the few catches made has no connection to the way the shots were made by the batsman.

The movie isn't satisfied with being a light hearted entertainer either. There are unnecessary deaths, including the distasteful suicide of a kid, that attempt to needlessly introduce sentiments. The romance is pathetic with no coherence behind the acts of either Raju or Simran. He thinks she loves his brother but falls in love after realising she loves him. But then Simran begins hating him based on some real convoluted logic! There is a twist as to the identity of the villain but it raises so many questions and is so impossible considering what has been shown before that the revelation is ridiculous rather than surprising.

Raju Sundaram is another addition to the long list of unsuitable leading men in Tamil movies this year. His attempt at emoting makes us laugh while his attempts at comedy end up being irritating! Simran understandably looks disinterested most of the time and comes alive only during the dance sequences. Ramesh Khanna tries to raise some laughs but gives up soon enough while Senthil and Janakaraj are forced to be sentimental rather than funny. Raghuvaran and Prakashraj gamely try to do what they can with their poorly defined characters.