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Anniyan is the story of Ramanujam "Ambi" Iyengar (Vikram), a brahmin lawyer who suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder. Ambi is an innocent and honest lawyer. If he comes across anyone not obeying the rules he files cases against them but all his efforts go in vain.
His constant habit to be perfect in rules and honesty leads him to develop a Multiple Personality Disorder in which a new character in him grows as anniyan (Vikram) and starts a website called www.anniyan.com [www.aparichit.com in the Hindi version] to hear people's complaints. This anniyan is a violent man and the Ambi in him whenever he comes across a person who does not obey rules he makes complaints in his website. When he is Anniyan, he goes and kills them by methods used for torturing people in hell. He apparently takes the definition of these methods from the Garuda Purana.
During the first half, Anniyan kills 3 different people due to their actions:
* A man who did not stop to save a person in critical condition. Anniyan forces a herd of buffaloes to stampede him to death. He calls this murder "Anthakoopam", a Sanskrit word and one of the punishments in the Garuda Purana.
* A chef who fails to provide decent food for railway passengers. Anniyan tosses him into a pot and frys him to death. This punishment is called "Kumbhipakam". The chef was the brother of DCP Prabhakar (Prakash Raj) and the death caused Prabhakar to rise with anger, promising to kill his brother's murderer when he is found.
* A factory owner who makes faulty motor parts. He sends a group of thugs to kill Ambi, but this triggers Anniyan, who knocks out all the men. Later, Anniyan ties the owner to a tree and dumps leeches onto his body. This punishment is called "Krimiibhojanam"
Meanwhile, DCP Prabhakar and Chari (Vivek), a friend of Ambi, are after the murderers.
Ambi is in love with his neighbor Nandhini (Sadha). After she rejects him, Ambi develops another personality, a ramp walk model named Remo. Nandhini instantly falls for Remo and his tricks.
Later, Nandhini acquires land, but tries to cheat the government out of taxes. Ambi chooses not to help her, but when Nadhini tells Remo, Anniyan takes over and goes after her. Just as Anniyan is about to toss her into a pit of fire, Anniyan reverts back to Ambi. He is admitted to a hospital where he is diagnosed with a multiple personality disorder. It is at this hospital that Ambi reveals a dark secret from his past when he is hypnotized. When he was a young boy, corruption and incompetence in the police force and elsewhere had resulted in the death of his sister. After listening to this story, the doctor (Nassar) concludes that the death of Ambi's sister resulted in the development of the psychological disorder. According to the doctor, Remo will cease to exist only if Nandhini accepts Ambi's love. However, Anniyan will cease to exist only when the country is reformed. Nandhini eventually accepts Ambi's love and Remo disappears.
Ambi is finally caught and is sentenced to two years of psychological treatment at which time if he is cured, he will be released. When he is released, he relapses when traveling in a train, after a man refuses to stop drinking in the presence of ladies. Apparently, the man is the same person who indirectly, became a cause for Ambi's sister's death due to his negligence of duty. He kills the man, hiding the crime from Nandhini as the credits start rolling.
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An entertainer by director Shafi, a remake of his Malayalam hit "Thommanum Makkalum".
The story is about Govindan (Manivannan) and his adopted sons Aadi (Pashupathy) and Mathi ( Vikram) who are petty robbers in their hometown. Both Aadi and Mathi were orphans and thick friends who ran away from the orphanage together, when they were small. They are tough and don't care for anything or anybody other than their adopted father who they met on the streets. Govindan who had lost his family in an accident, took to the kids. The trio had been together ever since.
The movie begins with them deciding to change for good and start life all over as good hardworking citizens. They sell their home, buy a lorry and leave their hometown for good. On the way one night their lorry breaks down in the outskirts of a small village. They get involved with a family there - a retired agricultural Officer Vijayakumar and his three daughters and stay back to protect them from the wiles of Kalingarayar (Murali), the landlord who rules the village. The officer is indebted to Rayar and has pledged his house to him.
The movie is predictable to the core but has light hearted humour and a smooth pace. The bonding between the main protagonists is depicted well. Songs by Vidyasagar have nothing fresh about them, but the numbers Sollitharava and Chellame Chellame are hummable. The cinematography and the settings are good.
Vikram after his hit Anniyan portrays a light hearted role very different from the latter and gives a commendable performance. But it is Pasupathy who steals the show with his perfect comic timing. The sequences where he tries to woo one of Vijayakumar's daughter with his broken English is hilarious. The villain of the film Virumandi proves that he can handle comical roles equally well. The heroines have nothing much to do. Manivannan as the father is good.
Overall it is a clean family entertainer worth a watch.
