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Varalaru - History of Godfather released during Diwali of 2006. The film stars Ajith, Kanika Subramaniam and Asin, and was directed by K.S. Ravikumar. Ajith plays three roles in the movie: a father and his two sons. The female lead is played by Kanika. Ramesh Khanna and Suman Shetty are featured in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman.

The film's release was originally scheduled for May 1, 2005, Ajith's birthday, but was delayed; it opened November 14, 2006 in India. It was successful at the box office in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh.

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Thiruvilayadal Aarambam stars Dhanush and Shreya. It is a love story which tries to narrate the hardships which befall a youth when he attempts to prove himself to the world and also find his love.Prakashraj as 'Guru' and Dhanush as 'Thiru' come up with business competition gimmicks and could be compared with the film 'Mr. Bharath' but 'Thiruvilayadal' can be enjoyed as a comedy riot.

The beautiful Shriya falls for Dhanush's buffoonery but there's hardly any opportunity for her to act!

Since almost every scene is dominated by Dhanush's comedy, the comedy of his friend Karunaas disappears into the background. Vaithy's cinematography and Iman's music add to the racy pace of the film.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police Raghavan-feared by criminals, respected by the police force; tough, resourceful, has a keen mind and is ruthless with the bad guys.

His mentor and boss Arokiaraj (Prakashraj) calls upon him to help him find his missing daughter Rani.Rani has been brutalized and murdered in a deliberate and planned manner. Obviously by educated and very professional person or persons, from the slick handiwork of the gory evidence on the corpse and the bait that was used to provocate the police force.Raghavan promises to find the killer and bring justice and retribution.

Unfortunately, still more tragic events force Raghavan to visit the U.S. as a representative of the Indian Police Force - more murders, missing people and similar evidence suggesting links between the crimes done with Rani and the ones abroad. NYPD requests Raghavan's help in solving the case.

Aradhana (jyothiga) happens to Raghavan quite by accident. Her life and sorrows draw him initially in a platonic manner and then as someone who is more than just a concerned human being. A friendship (and maybe something more?) develops.

Before anything else, though, comes the work at hand and Raghavan's hard at it. Clues and trails lead him and his NYPD counterpart Anderson from one theory to another piece of evidence until, despite much lack of confidence from Anderson, Raghavan leads them both to a horrible discovery whose only plus point is that many unsolved cases finally get some answers! NYPD wakes up to some terrible truths and Raghavan's small case and crusade turns into a nation-wide hunt for killer or killers still on the loose.

And then we catch a glimpse of Amudha (Balajee) and Ilamaran - students of medicine with very dark sides to their nature. They are passionate, disturbed, psychotic and totally dangerous.

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According to producer Shankar, 'After 28 years a Tamil movie would be centered around the happenings of a historical period - the King and Queen era'.

This is a historical movie. It will be a fun-filled laughathon. It is a difficult genre. But the team hopes to pull it off. It is something on the lines of the famous Hollwywood flick of the 80s History of the World.

The supporting cast is impressive in the form of Nagesh, Manorama, Nasser, Vennira Adai Moorthy, Sriman and Ilavarasu.

The other credits are: Cinematography: Arthur Wilson, Art: P Krishnamurthy, Songs: Pulamaipithan, Stunt: Super Subbarayan, Editing: Sasikumar, Dance: Sivasankar and Music: Sabesh Murali.

On choosing Vadivelu for the lead role, he said, 'Since it is a comical movie we thought an actor like Vadivelu would fit in. He has done a commendable job.' On his part Vadivelu, said, 'It was a challenge indeed to play the lead role. It has come good and I hope the audience will appreciate our effort'.

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Hats off to Silambarasan for continuing the good run of his Manmadhan in Vallavan. A triangular love-story with twists and turns has been brought out well by the actor-director. Vallavan has excellent cinematography combined with racy background score making it for engrossing viewing.

Silambarasan occupies the screen all through, while Reema Sen has impresses all eve with her limited screen space. Nayantra and Sandhya do their best.However, the real hero of the movie has been Yuvan Shankar Raja. His peppy numbers and brisk musical score help sustain the momentum in the movie.

Amidst campus candy floss movie, Simbhu has dished out a forbidden kind of love story that happens among school students.The movie begins with a college student Vallavan (Silambarasan) falling in love with a professor Sandhya (Nayantra). Desperate attempts to impress her succeed. But Vallavan hides the truth that he is a student and three-years younger to Sandhya. Later, Sandhya, coming to know the truth, decides not to go ahead with her plans to marry a youth, who is younger to her.

Meanwhile a flash back reveals Vallavan’s romance with a classmate Geetha (Reema Sen). A hysteric Geetha ensures that Vallavan runs crazy behind her. Coming to know of her true nature, Vallavan resolves to teach her a lesson.Geetha returns one fine day only to inform Vallavan that she was the one who played spoilsport in the affair between him and Sandhya to teach him a lesson. The remaining story is about attempts of Vallavan to marry Sandhya but with Geetha going hammer and tongs to prevent it.

Silambarasan has utilized the opportunity well to glorify himself. He boasts himself uttering lengthy dialogues. But the man sure has oodles of energy and is a livewire all through.
Nayantra plays his lady love. Sandhya as Silambarasan’s friend has played her part well. Reema Sen, whose character resembles Neelambari of Padayappa, does what is expected of her. She even takes to arms to take revenge Silambarasan. She is, overall, very convincing.

The rest of the cast including Santhanam, S Ve Shekher fits well.

Priyan’s cinematography deserves a mention. His lens has captured the song sequences well. As we said, Yuvan is the backbone of the movie.

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The story is obviously a takeoff from Dhirubhai Ambani’s life and times. But that is just a starting thread. Using that, Mani’s spins a yarn (just about the right term to describe about a story that is about success in spinning mills and polyester fibre) that gives a feeling of comfort and warmth.

‘Guru’ begins with the young Gurunath (Abhishek) setting off to the arty and raucous Istanbul. In a sense, Istanbul proves to be what South Africa became eventually for the other great Indian dreamer ----Mahatma Gandhi ----- a seed of inspiration. Appropriately, Guru too invokes the ideas (though not the idealism) of ‘Bapu’ when he is towards the end pinned down by Indian authorities for transgressions of laws that are in the book.

Guru, though appreciated for his work ethic, is consumed by the desire to make his work come good for himself rather than waste it for others (in this context, the whites). So he throws up his job in Istanbul and comes down to his dusty hamlet in Gujarat. But here again, the roadblocks before the takeoff are many (parental disapproval, monetary dryness and a general small-minded approach).

Guru, who sees Sujatha (Aishwarya) in quaint circumstances, falls in love with her and marries her. But the bigger love is for the money that she brings along as dowry (it is a truth that he will come to face at an unexpected crossroad). This would be his opening gambit on a complex, chequered board of a game in which every coin is deemed a pawn by vested interests. Guru of course wants to be the king. He understands the system. More importantly, he understands men and their minds. He strikes up friendship, by chance, with a maverick press baron Mangaldas (Mithun Chakraborthy). It is what launches him into a tumultuous world and it is what holds him back later. It is an enigmatic relationship that even amidst the no-holds-barred fight, Guru is able to strike a beautiful and bouncy relationship with the multiple-sclerosis ridden daughter of Mangaldas (Vidya Balan).

The initial days in the market are hard slog and slugfest. Guru manoeuvres them all with commonsense and conviction. But he has to subvert the system (mind you, those were the times of license raj and quota rules). This is what gets the goat of the Mangaldas, an old-world journo, who, despite his outward brusqueness, likes to play within the rules.

What ensues is a high-stakes cat and mouse game with Mangaldas using his hotshot scribe Shyam (Madhavan) to dredge up details of off-the-book dealings of Guru. It is a fight between two equal enemies. Guru, despite playing by his own rules, wins popular support. It is on these crutches that he eventually hobbles out.

The story’s strength is in the details that are too difficult to explore and experience in words and overzealous adjectives. But in Mani’s expert eyes, everything parade out in a panache-filled procession.

In the end, the film is indeed a biopic, without the attendant dreariness.

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Kastoori Raja delivered a hit through Thulluvatho Ilamai as he chronicled the process of growing up in this make or mar period. It was a youth subject for the grown ups. Here in Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam, you have women, full of oomph with Kiran particularly being voluptuous.

The story is about Surya (Harish Kumar). The teen school boy’s inner turmoil and his difficult coming of age is the story. His escapades and fantasies with his classmate Raji, model Manasi (Kiran) and a sex worker Swarna (Lakshmi Priya) form the story. The story moves from one fantasy infatuation to another. Towards the end, the characters realise the consequences of whatever has happened before.

The film has enough appeal to the youth section of the audience.

The music and the cinematography are good. Kastoori Raja’s avatar as a music director has exceeded expectations. Performances by the lead stars are good too. Kiran sizzles in a fantasy kind of character. Harish Kumar comes across as an eager and enthusiastic person.

Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam is an appealing film especially for those youngsters with a hormonal overdrive.

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The story is the metamorphosis of a simple, straight as rod, Aalwar into an avenging machine named Shiva. Why Aalwar ends up as Shiva? Well, Aalwar is a traditional priest. He is devoted his mom and sister. But the villainous elements ---- Lal, Vincent Asokan, take out the sister and mother.

If this is not reason enough for Aalwar’s blood to boil, then what is? Aalwar, with revenge ringing in his mind, ends up as Shiva the killer, even while working as a ward boy in a hospital.

Shiva is out to make a statement against the venal forces. He sees himself as some kind of avatar —in fact, he bumps off the baddies under the guise of Godly elements. At denouement, Shiva turns up as Narasimha. Shiva says theat he is indeed the God.

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"Arputha Theevu" has Prithviraj as the hero with Bollywood actress Mallika Kapoor as the heroine. Manivannan, Karunas, Vaiyapuri and leading Malayalam comedian Jagadish are the other actors in the movie.

The story is similar to that of Gulliver's Travels. It is a story of an island where the men are born dwarf-like due to a divine curse while the women are as usual tall and extremely beautiful. Out of jealousy, the men guard the island from handsome outsiders. However, Prithviraj manages to land up there and fall in love with the chieftain's daughter, Mallika Kapoor. The story is how they both struggle in love and how their love triumphs after a series of obstacles.

Over 300 dwarf junior artistes have been romped in especially for this film to give a realistic touch. Story, screenplay and direction are by Vinayan, dialogues are by Rajan and lyrics by Pazhanibarathi, Pa. Vijay and Snehan. Jayachandran has scored the music. Shaji is the cinematographer and Palani is the stunt master. T. Gopalakrishnan and M.A. Vetrivel are the producers of this film.

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Mazhai is a remake of the Telugu hit Varsham. Arjun (Jeyam Ravi), an unemployed youngster and Deva (Rahul Dev) a powerful don both fall in love with Sailaja (Shriya), a middle-class beauty, at the same time on a rainy day at a railway station. Arjun keeps bumping into Sailaja; coincidentally every time they meet, it is raining. This makes them both feel that it is perhaps the rain that keeps bringing them together, and they start falling in love. Deva, on the other hand, takes the help of her good-for-nothing father (Kalabhavan Mani) to get the girl.
After learning of the Arjun and Sailaja’s love, Deva and Sailaja’s father work up devious plans to break them up, finally succeeding in creating a rift between the two lovers. Though Arjun realises what is really happening, Sailaja falls prey to the foils of Deva and her father. The young lovers part ways; a film producer (Pyramid Natarajan) meets Shailaja and casts her as heroine in his film; Sailaja becomes a leading lady in movies while Arjun becomes a demolition expert with his uncle in a quarry.
When Sailaja becomes a film star, her father does not want Deva to marry her since he wants to keep for himself the goose that lays the golden eggs, and avoids Deva, cheating him of some money. The lovelorn and money-thwarted Deva, cheated by Sailaja’s father, finds out where Sailaja now lives and kidnaps her, right audaciously and thrillingly. Sailaja’s father now realizes that the only person who is daring enough to get his daughter back is Arjun and goes to him with his pleas. It takes much convincing, but Arjun finally decides to rescue Sailaja… but for his own reasons, reasons that he reveals later. But don't worry; this is a typical Tamil movie, and the end is conventional - they make up, her father repents, and they live happily ever after.

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Thiru (Naren) works as a henchman with Annachi (Thandapani). Annachi adores him and sees in him his own bravery and extraordinary fighting abilities.
One day, Thiru stumbles upon Charu (Bhavana), a local NGO, who fights injustice. A quarrel ensues between them. They soon realize that it was a meeting of heart and soon start to admire each other.
Charu works towards transforming Thiru from an emotionless henchman to a loveable, kind-hearted guy. As a result, he and some of his gang members abandon their incorrigible life of gun culture and take up sales at the roadside hoping to lead a socially respectable life.

Charu sees a changed personality in Thiru and decides to marry him, with the consent of her father. But her hopes shatters after seeing Thiru clumped away in a police van from a brothel. She gives up her plans to become Thiru's life partner. Not withstanding the failure, Charu's father commits suicide. Charu blames Thiru for ruining her life and for her father's death. Thiru goes back to Annachi.
Charu decided to wed her own relative. Meanwhile, Annachi's son falls in love with Charu and wants to marry her. Annachi deputes Thiru to bring Charu.
Thiru devices his own plans in an attempt to thwart Annachi's nefarious plans and save Charu. How Thiru saves Charu from Annachi and ultimately re-unit with her forms the remaining part of the story.
Sunil alias Naren, the Malayalam actor, making his debut in Tamil has really played from his skin. Bhavana has a nice earthly quality here, with a gravelly voice and grit to her sashay. Mishkin is marvelously complemented with an ensemble of supporting actors playing as Thiru's friends, takes their part and work it for all its worth.
The screenplay writer and director Mishkin has a long way to go to find a place among the auteur in every sense.
While Mahesh Muthusamy's camerawork has provided a visual treat, the debutant music director Sundar C Babu has rendered few good compositions, which keep resonating at least for sometime after you are out of the theater. The outstanding number of all is the gana song: Vazha Meenu... sung by Ghana Ulaganathan.
The movie is not disappointing and it gives good entertainment in return for the money and time you spend on it.

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From a serious cop to a caring doctor, it is a transformation for Vijayakanth. But his mission remains the same and that is, eliminating the evil elements from the society.
A one-man army, Vijayakanth goes on a 'revenge' mode and bumps off the rowdy elements, who are disturbing peace and tranquility in the city. For the flip side, the movie has loads of punch dialogues explaining Vijayakanth's political ideologies.
Jyothirmayi plays a typical heroine in Captain's films. After a few encounters, she gets inspired by his good ways and falls in love with him. Malavika plays a house surgeon in the hospital whose love for Vijayakanth is one-sided. Pradeep Rawat, Pithamagan Mahadevan and Aryan play the villains.
Dr Sabarivasan (Vijayakanth) is a senior cardiologist in Chennai Government Hospital. He tries to set things in order in the Indian medical system. He successfully performs an open-heart surgery on a young girl which wins him admiration from Nandhini (Jyothirmayi).
Dr Sabari comes across a gang of dreaded gangsters and he helps the police nab them. In turn, he incurs the wrath of the Vajravelu (Pradeep Rawat), a real estate shark, whose brother meets his fate at the hands of police after being caught by Dr Sabari.

It's now a showdown between Dr Sabari and Vajravelu. Who prevails in the end forms the crux.

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The story is about Sanjay Ramaswamy (Surya), a rich businessman and the events surrounding his relationship with Kalpana (Asin).

Kalpana, an advertisement model goes around telling her advertisement crew that she is the love interest of Sanjay. She does this inspite of she never meeting him and also goes to an extent of giving an interview about her relationship to a popular magazine. Sanjay happens to hear about this through the media and wants to settle scores with her. On his way, he catches a fleeting glimpse of a young woman (who happens to be Kalpana) helping handicapped children to cross a street. It is love at first sight for Sanjay. He moves on the confront Kalpana at her advertisement studio. He is pleasantly surprised to realize that she is the same helpful woman he saw a while ago. He chooses to hide the fact from her that he is Sanjay. Kalpana eventually falls in love with him.

Once, while on a train to Mumbai, Kalpana saves a group of young girls from abuse by a group of goons. After a few days, the same goons come to Kalpana's house in order to avenge their embarrassment. Incidentally, Sanjay arrives at the scene and fight off the goons, but during the ensuing fight, Kalpana is murdered. The irony showcased is that Kalpana never finds out that he is Sanjay. The dacoits strike the downcast Sanjay on his head severely with a metal rod. Sanjay survives the blow, but suffers from a short-term amnesia. At any given time, he does not remember anything that happened more than 15 minutes back. He determines to take revenge from those responsible for Kalpana's death. The rest of the story is about how Sanjay goes about finding the goons despite his memory loss.

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It’s time for directors to don the greasepaint. Cheran started this trend with `Autograph’ and then Suryah with `New’ and it is now Pravinkant director of `Rakshagan’, `Jodi’ and `Star’ who turns hero in `Thullal’. He has Gurlin Chopra and Sonika as his leading ladies. The reason is because of the snobbish attitude of the heroes. No one is willing to try out new subjects. When I told them the story they said that I should tell it to the heroine since the subject had no heroism. I then decided to put on the grease paint myself was the reason that Pravinkanth gave for his turning hero. Pravinkant earlier three films were all romantic entertainers and it’s main selling point was music by A R Rahman. This time without Rahman and no hero he has changed tracks.

The story is about a youth an ordinary man with no exceptional qualities. He reaches a stage in life when he has to get married. He is confused about what kind of girl should be his life partner .The two heroines Gurlin and Sonika add up to the confusion. Whom does decide to marry forms the story of ` Thullal’ says the director turned hero. The film has Vivek, Seetha Parthipan, Manika Vinayakam, Sumithra, Uma Padmanabhan, Sukumari and Seethalakshmi in the cast. Music by Dhina, cinematography by Suresh Devan the film is produced by Krishnadev and Sekar.

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With a winner in the form of story, Vijay in the company of Prabhu Deva has come out with an action-packed entertainer. With typical 'Vijayisms' (action, humor and punch dialogues) finding a place at right intervals, he steals the show and his charm is spread all through the movie. The life and blood of the movie, the actor charms the audience in dance and stunt sequences. His characterization, though not unfamiliar to the film-buffs, is made interesting by director Prabhu Deva as he has let Vijay to be himself on the screen.

Prabhu Deva and Vijay leave their magical presence especially in the dance sequences. There are five choreographers for the film and each one has put in enough effort and got the best out of Vijay, who is a talented dancer. The choreography for the peppy songs is entertaining and attractive.

Asin is attractive and plays a typical heroine falling in love with a macho-man. She does have the opportunity to shake her legs with Vijay. Though she looks naïve in few scenes, she is also charming and bubbly and has done her role with ease. What stands out, probably, is her ease at dancing, considering that the steps are not usual or simple. Both Vijay and Asin share terrific on-screen chemistry. Prakash Raj as the notorious Don Alibhai does an excellent job. His mannerisms and body language would surely win applause from the film-buffs.

Napoleon plays an honest police commissioner in the hunt of criminals. Hats off to him for playing the role with utmost grace. The dialogues during the press meet deserve kudos and Napoleon has delivered them well. Vadivelu evokes laughter with his comedy. He succeeds in tickling the funny bone. He dons the role of a kung-fu instructor. Tamizh (Vijay) is a hardcore criminal, who can do anything for money and also change loyalties for currency. He meets Sruthi (Asin) and love is the immediate offspring between the two. The sequences that follow are interesting and arouse curiosity, as Asin is a simple woman with conventional expectations from her man whereas Vijay is a ruffian who can do anything for money.

A villainous cop attracted by Sruthi threatens her mother to send her daughter with him. Enters Tamizh as a savior for Sruthi and her family. Tamizh, who works for an underworld gang and he soon rises in life, owing to his bravery and never-say-die attitude. The sequences that throw light on the hooligan attitude and ‘can’t-care-any-less’ stance of Tamizh offer a lavish treat for Vijay’s fans. This attitude, however, comes as a rude shock for Sruthi and this results in a conflict. Despite this hardcore criminal attitude of Tamizh, Sruthi cannot help falling head over heels in love with him. Tamizh’s boss and an international don Alibhai (Prakash Raj) arrives from abroad and thereafter, the story takes an unexpected turn with twists, suspense and surprises, all neatly packaged and presented as an engrossing narrative.

Stunts by Vijayan are a major attraction of the movie. The chasing sequences have been captured well by Nirav Shah's lens.

Kola Bhaskar’s editing is crisp with fast-paced cuts. All credit must be given to director Prabhu Deva for managing to sustain the tempo throughout. He has given a perfect formula film for Vijay which should work out well with the masses. He seems to have given more thrust on expressions and all his characters are there, doing what Prabhu Deva wanted from them.

For the flip side, one can mention Asin’s make-up in certain shots, which could have been better. Excellent choreography, thrilling action sequences and catchy songs besides cool 'punch lines from Vijay contribute for a cracker in Pokiri. It is not just these alone, but also editing, cinematography and re-recording as well, as all the departments have joined together to create an interesting potpourri.

To sum up, the movie is an action-packed film with loads of fun and thrill. Pokiri is a sweet Pongal treat for Vijay fans

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Known for soft romantic love stories, director Ezhil is now on a different track. The director is now experimenting with action and adventure.

Deepavali starring Jayam Ravi and Bhavana, directed by Ezhil and produced by directed Lingusamy, revolves around the life of a Chennai-based gangster.

Ezhil, whose earlier movies like Thullada Manamum Thullum and Poovellam Un Vaasam won him a good name, has come out with a pacy screenplay and quick narration of events in Deepavali.

A typical commercial entertainer, the film promises a lot of action with a romantic story woven in. Ravi plays Billu, the son of local bigwig Mudaliar (Vijay Kumar) who owns fishing boats and runs a call taxi service. Mudaliar's mission in life is to give refuge, and to reform all rowdies who want to turn over to a new leaf.

A major portion of the movie was shot in a huge set erected near Royapuram shore replicating Chennai slums. Also a song sequence was shot in Oman.

Lingusamy was all praise for Ezhil. “I was highly impressed with his screenplay in Thullada Manamum Thullum. I am confident that he will repeat his magic in Deepavali.”

Thanking Lingusamy for the opportunity, Ezhil said, ”The story was conceived almost a year ago. When I approached Editor Mohan, he referred me to Lingusamy. Today, Deepavali is ready and raring to go.”

Special mention should be made of Yuvan Shankar Raja, whose tunes are really catchy.

“The entire unit was friendly and it was like a picnic working in the movie,” says Ravi.

Bhavana, who is on a good run in Tamil, has enjoyed her role in Deepavali.

“Deepavali will be truly cracking,” sums up the director.

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Kumaran (Ravi), a college student is extremely close to his mother Mahalakshmi (Nadhiya) and shares a special bond with her. Mahalakshmi, who is a lecturer in a college, is separated from her husband Eshwar (Prakash Raj). Kumaran is passionate about kickboxing and his mother is highly supportive of her son's passion. Meanwhile, Kumaran falls in love with a Malayali girl (Asin).

Soon, Mahalaxmi, who is a heart patient, succumbs to the illness and collapses while in college. While on her deathbed, she pleads Kumaran to go and stay with his father in Malaysia who also happens to be a kickboxing champion. Kumaran, who was always raised by his mother, had developed a 'sort-of' dislike for his father and initially refuses to go. However, to keep the word that he gave to his mother on her deathbed, she goes to Malaysia. When he reaches there, he is shocked to see that his father has married again and also has a grown up daughter by the second wife.

Not wanting to create further tension, Kumaran takes up a job as a helper at his father's kickboxing coaching academy, not revealing that he knows kickboxing. Meanwhile, Eshwar has immense faith in one of his students and train him for the next National championship. Unfortunately, the guy turns out to be a bad man who not only molests Kumaran's sister but also joins the rival gang for the final fight. That is when Eshwar realises Kumaran's talent in kickboxing and trains him against his unfaithful student.

Does Eshwar along with Kumaran succeed in defeating the student? What will happen when Eshwar realises that Kumaran is his first-born? The film is worth watching.

The film is woven in 'sentiments' and will suffice all those who like some tear-jerking emotional scenes. While the first half is interesting, the film drags a little in the second half. Ravi has given some heart-rending performances in the film. As a son - for whom life revolves around his mother, he brings to fore all the emotions, just right. In action sequences, he is full of robust energy. His eyes radiate a rare mix of innocence and rage. Nadhiya, in her second coming is as usual very impressive. Prakash Raj is good too and so is Asin who looks very petite and beautiful. However, her character is not demanding enough and she did not have much scope in the film. The comedy by Vivek and Venniradai Moorthy is a little too 'crude' and one tends to wonder how it hasn't escaped the Censors' scissors! The music of Srikanth Deva is a major disappointment. The cast also includes Vaiyapuri, Ishwarya, OAK Sundar, Manobala and Janakaraj.

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The story is centred on Bharani (Vishal). This loud, angry young man, who doesn’t mind letting his fist fly furiously, is totally in awe of his uncle Salt Saravanan (Prabhu). Vishal and his mother (Rohini) live with Saravanan and his mother (Manorama). It is a family that is typical to most Tamil movies. The villagers just venerate this big family.

Pitted against them is the other big one ----PVS family (peopled by Nadhiya, Vijayakumar and Nasser). And then there is Banu (Banu). Bharani, as cinema rules mandate, loves Banu. In a sense, he has rights to marry Banu as we are told that Sakunthala (Nadhiya) is the estranged wife of Saravanan. The two had parted ways over Saravanan’s extreme fondness for his sister (Bharani’s mother).

It all builds towards a heightened climax as the two young lovers try to hammer out peace between the two families and principally between the at-war hubby and wife.

Hari has mixed all the ingredients so well in a smart storyline, so much so that you get a new flavour. Vishal is full of virility and his action sequences are bravado stuff. Newcomer Banu, a Nayanthara look-alike, does what is required of her. She looks a bit callow though. Veterans Prabhu and Nadhiya offer splendid backing to the script as it is their rivalry that is the fulcrum of the movie. Nasser, Vijayakumar and others do their job diligently.

Yuvan, though not in prime form, shows glimpses of his talent. The camera and other technical works are okay. The blazing and dusty streets, the sword swishes, the cavalcade of sumo’s and other SUVs, the dialogues of sibling love and big family ethos...you get it all in the film.

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