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-language comedy drama film written and directed by V. Sekhar. The film stars Murali,

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and

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, with Rajeev, Livingston and Manorama in supporting roles. The film released on 20 September 2002 to positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Ravi ( Murali) and Gopi (

) are two graduates who come to Chennai in search of jobs. They stay in Sengalvarayan`s house (

), which is owned by Manickam ( Livingston), an auto driver. Manickam`s wife has two rich sisters Meena (

) and Geetha (

). Their brother Krishnamurthy ( Rajeev) is an MLA. They give Rs.1.5 lakhs to a politician and wait for a job in a college. The two sisters who had rejected a number of proposals earlier fall in love with Ravi and Gopi as Sengalvarayan convinces them that both of them are professors in college. Krishnamurthy's plans to get his sisters married to the two sons of the education minister go awry. But finally Krishnamurthy agrees to his sisters` suitors. But after the wedding, Krishnamurthy and the girls are shocked to know that Murali and Gopi are unemployed. The girls refuse to go with their husbands and the problems begin. How the two takes a vow to win back their wives forms the rest of the story.

Cast

* Murali as Ravi *

as Sengalvarayan *

as Gopi * Livingston as Manickam *

as Meena *

as Geetha * Rajeev as MLA Krishnamurthy * Manorama *

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as Manickam's wife *

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as Minister Ponvannan *

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as Divisional Secretary *

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as Police Officer *

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as College Principal * R. Sundarrajan *

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* Pandu *Ammu *

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as Police Commissioner (Guest appearance)

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.

Reception

''Chennai Online'' wrote " .V. Sekar seems to have exhausted all his issues, his recent films have been a hotchpotch of incidents and characters, neither message-oriented nor entertaining". ''

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'' wrote "V. Sekhar?s storytelling technique and the technical aspects of the film are archaic. The problem with this film is that Murali and Vivek looks too old to be graduates out of college looking out for jobs! As for Meena she has not only aged but is willing to do any role opposite some hero. Is she that desperate? Vadivelu is too loud and S.A.Rajkumar?s music is repetitive. The only saving grace is Vivek and his one-liners".

References

External links

* {{V. Sekhar 2000s Tamil-language films 2002 films Films directed by V. Sekhar Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar Indian comedy-drama films