Pallavan(Manoj), who has finished college, whiles away his time with friends without looking for a job. His younger brother Manohar(Shankar) is in love with Meena(Rathi), a girl he has known since the 10th standard but is too timid to reveal his feelings to her. Unknown to him, Meena loves him too but is waiting for him to make the first move. Meanwhile, Pallavan too falls for Meena at first sight but circumstances make the brothers think that they are in love with different girls. When Manohar finally realises the truth, he becomes ready to sacrifice his love for his brother.

The movie's core lies in the brothers being ready to sacrifice their love for each other but it fails to be convincing because of the lack of a good foundation for it. Before the actual sacrifices, we never get a feel for the brothers being close, let alone particularly affectionate towards each other. The only incident the director presents to showcase their love is Manoj's plan to get his brother a seat in the college he wants (and even this plan is vulgar and crude). So, we are never involved when the brothers laters compete in sacrificing their love for one another and we don't really care who gets the girl.

The director has some good characters in mind but his choice of actors doesn't bring these characters to life. The characters of the timid youth who is scared to express his love and the girl who knows of his feelings but is waiting for him to gather up his courage are interesting and a lot more could have been done with them. Manoj's character is more along the lines of the heroes we have seen recently and as a result, is not particularly interesting. The screenplay manages to keep Manoj and Shankar oblivious of their love for the same girl without stretching things too much.

While the director could be forgiven for predictability in the proceedings in the first half(after all, how many different ways are there to set up a love triangle between two men and a woman?!), his handling of the second half cannot be condoned that easily. The movie proceeds in exactly the same fashion as the scores of other movies dealing with love triangles. There is not a single original idea to be found in the way the triangle is developed or resolved. The fact that Rathi, who originally despised Manoj, begins to approve of him adds no suspense since we know exactly how the movie is going to end. The climax is silly in its attempt to open up avenue for Manoj.

Manoj gives a good performance but is definitely not hero material. His selection of movies doesn't particularly help either. Rathi, who has been seen in some pretty bad movies since her impressive debut in Solla Marandha Kathai, is pretty and impresses inspite of the limited scope of her role(in fact, her longest conversations are with her dog!). Shankar seems to have mistaken introverted to mean complete lack of expressions and is dull rather than quiet. Ilavarasu raises some smiles with his dialog delivery as he castigates Manoj for his irresponsibility.