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directed by

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and produced by

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. The film stars

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(known at the time as Arunkumar) and

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, while

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play supporting roles. The film, which had music composed by Jayanth, opened in March 1998 to positive reviews.

Plot

Four youths who are good for nothing veil away their time doing nothing. Their parents too are fed up with their irresponsible behavior. Kausalya comes to live in their neighborhood. Seeing their lifestyle and behavior, she decides to teach them a lesson.

Cast

Soundtrack

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*"Mannil Enna" - Mano,

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*"Azhage" -

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*"Kowsalya" -

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, Baby Deepika *"Tak Tak Tak" -

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, Sujatha, Vijay *"Vaarthai Enna" - Mano

Release

The film opened to positive reviews with a critic from Indolink.com noting "this K. Balachandar production has nothing new or different to offer but provides an old youth-advice masala with some sentiment pickle, sweet comedy and songs". A critic from ''

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'' noted "this film is a milestone that speaks well of the newly set-in trend in Tamil field created by the young generation directors". The film became a commercial success, prompting Telugu and Kannada versions of the film to be produced. Telugu remake titled ''

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'' had

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and

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in lead roles.

References

External links

1998 films 1990s coming-of-age drama films Indian coming-of-age drama films Tamil films remade in other languages 1990s Tamil-language films Films directed by Balasekaran {{1990s-Tamil-film-stub