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Director: Ravi
Cast: Vijay, Richa Pallod, Vivek, Krishna, Devan, Shashi Kumar
 The film opens promisingly enough, with a well choreographed stunt scene, giving hope of more thrills to follow. The story, of a youth who helps out lovers-in-distress, but falters when it comes to his own matters-of-the-heart, had potential to turn into an engaging entertainer. But the first-time director thrusts in a lot of contrived situations, and makes his hero a loser in the end. No doubt there are a few stunt scenes which Jaguar Thangam choreographs expertly, and which Vijay performs with agility. But there is nothing else in the film to excite Vijay's fans.
Richa Pallod spends most part of her debut Tamil film either waiting at bus stops, climbing buses, or walking through college lanes and roads. She smiles fetchingly and looks good in all the designer outfits.
Ashok gives his friend Raja tips on wooing Mahi, not realising that it is the same girl for whom he is nurturing a soft corner. Raja wins the girl's love, and with Ashok's help gets her away from her father and marries her. It is only on the wedding day that Ashok discovers that it's the same girl he had set his heart on. He bawls his heart out. But it's time to play martyr, as he wards off the chasing goons of Mahi's father, getting stabbed in the bargain. But not before he'd managed to push the duo into a departing train. And when one watches sympathetically at the dying Ashok, he is suddenly helped to his feet by a
 friend, and comes limping towards the camera, knife and all.
Weaved into the script is a weird comedy track of Vivek. About Vivek being tricked into this one-night stand with a dirty beggar woman in tattered clothes (Kovai Sarala), she blackmailing him later, and he scratching himself all over for the rest of the film.
It's definitely not one of Vijay's better films and needs the might of all the actor's fans to make this a winner.
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