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-language

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written and directed by

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, who also played a guest appearance in the film. Produced by K. Rajan, the film stars

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, and Sangeetha, while

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, and

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play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by debutant Srikanth Deva. The film was released on 11 August 2000.

Plot

The movie starts projecting Prabhu (

) as a shopkeeper who sells toys to kids. He does all possible crazy actions in the world, which really irritates everyone. He has many bad habits, such as drinking and smoking. Prabhu marries Meena (

), but she wants her husband to be like Sree Ram. Prabhu acts as if he is a nice guy and also gets caught a few times when he tries to overact. Sangeetha ( Sangeetha), Meena's close friend, comes and stays with Meena as she is doing her final year in Madras Medical College. Prabhu had earlier pinched Sangeetha's hip when she was travelling on a bus. He gets slapped by Sangeetha and was thrown from that bus before she meets him. Sangeetha takes the task of seducing Prabhu to prove that he is a womaniser to Meena and fails in many attempts. The film ends as Meena dies of jaundice and Prabhu realising that his true love was only for Meena. Sangeetha marries Ganesh (

), who comes for one scene in the ending.

Cast

as Prabhu *

as Meena * Sangeetha as Sangeetha *

as Meena's father *

as Vivek *Prabhukanth as Rapist *

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as Ramki *

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as Sangeetha's father *

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as Doctor *

as Meena's mother *Laxmi Rattan as Doctor *Yuvan Swang as Hotel worker *Amirthalingam as Devotee *Sharmili as Prostitute *Roshini as Sangeetha's friend *T. N. Raju as Aarthi, Prabhu's friend *Rama Rao as Prabhu's friend *Johnny as Prabhu's friend * Sridhar as Prabhu's friend *Japan Kumar as Prabhu's friend * Master Udayaraj as Vivek's son *Shathiga as Vivek's daughter *Deepa as Woman taking shower (uncredited role) *Lekhasri in a special appearance *K. Rajan in a cameo appearance *

as Ganapathy (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva, son of music composer

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, who made his debut as composer with this film. "Adi Kadhal Oru Kannil" was a chartbuster. All lyrics were written by

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References

External links

{{Pandiarajan 2000 films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Srikanth Deva