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-language romantic drama film directed by Aravind. The film stars Kunal,

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and Rathi, while Nizhalgal Ravi and

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also appear in supporting roles. Featuring music composed by

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, the film was released to a mixed response in May 2002. The film's title is based on a song from ''

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'' (2000).

Cast

* Kunal as Babu *

as Krishna * Rathi as Kavitha *Ashwini *

as Bhaskar * Nizhalgal Ravi as Rangarajan *

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as Senthil * M. S. Viswanathan as Krishna's and Rangarajan's father * Alex *

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as Auto driver (Special appearance)

Production

The film marked the acting debut of

, a nephew of the Hindi film actor

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Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

, with lyrics written by

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Release

Tulika of ''

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'' wrote that the film "ambles on in an amateurish way". Film critic Balaji Balasubramaniam wrote "as long as one doesn't realise that the movie is headed towards a familiar love triangle, it manages to be entertaining", though ultimately gave the film a negative review. Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote that "the earlier few scenes giving an impression that there is something to look forward to from the debutant director. But soon it turns into a predictable love triangle, with clichéd scenes, and a hasty unconvincing ending to boot". Although Krishna Abhishek got offers to do more films in Tamil, he decided to act in Hindi films starting with ''

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'', which had the same producer as this film.

References

2002 films 2000s Tamil-language films 2002 romantic drama films Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer) Indian romantic drama films 2002 directorial debut films {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub