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Cast:
| Silambarasan |
Charmi |
Monica |
Prakashraj |
| Nalini |
Radharavi |
Karunas |
Damu |
| Kuralarasan. |
Director: T. Rajender |
 The camera is not new to him, he has been acting since he was in the cradle. But there is more at stake here, for it is his first appearance as a hero. It is a home production with father Rajender, Jack of all trades, taking charge of the scripting, direction, music, lyrics and the camera. It is a romance, typical Rajender style.
 This rich guy-poor girl romance, set against a college campus backdrop is narrated in the director's expected, inimitable style. The alliteratives are strewn throughout the film. Silambarasan no doubt has 'heroic' potential, emotes fairly well, dances and fights expertly. The fact being that he couldn't come out of his father's shadow, and is given no chance to test his individual style, but made to appear more like a Rajender clone. In fact every other artiste is made to adopt Rajender's
mannerisms and style of dialogue delivery, talking in rhymes, till it all becomes a bit too jarring in the end.
 Charmi, who looked better in her photographs than in the film, at times gives unintentionally funny expressions in serious scenes, and could have been guided better. Second son Kuralarasan as Charmi's little brother is a natural in front of the camera. And of course there is Rajender himself, who appears as 'Vakil Dada' in a few scenes to bail out the distressed hero. Providing a bit of excitement and amusement, though not always for the right reasons!
Malini Mannath
published on 08th Nov 2002
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