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film written and directed by debutant

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. The film stars Dhanush,

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, Manikka Vinayagam, and

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. This film was a low-budget production, and the soundtrack was composed by

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. The film released on 5 September 2003. It was remade in Telugu as ''

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'' and in Kannada as ''Sakha Sakhi''. The film was a commercial success.

Plot

Vasudevan aka Vasu belongs to a lower-middle-class family and is irresponsible and untrustworthy. Vijayalakshmi aka Viji is from a traditional Telugu family and is an ambitious and career-oriented girl. Vasu and Viji meet up, and one day, he follows her on her two-wheeler. She is so bugged by him that she fails to notice a vehicle ahead. Though he cautions her, she ends up having an accident. Vasu admits her in the hospital, but Viji holds him responsible for her accident. Both of them are at loggerheads and bicker constantly. Vasu leaves for Chennai in order to prove himself to his father, who is constantly criticising his irresponsibility. Meanwhile, Viji gets a job at Chennai and moves into the same apartment complex as Vasu. The rest of the story follows Vasu's progress and deals with relationship between Vasu and Viji and whether or not their attitude for each other changed. Viji falls in love with Vasu, but he acts to hate her because she made him and his whole family separated. So in the middle, something happens, and they both end up loving each other. Vasu also got back together with his family.

Cast

* Dhanush as Vasudevan aka Vasu *

as Vijayalakshmi aka Viji (Voice dubbed by Mahalakshmi Kannan) *

as 'Rockfort' Chandru * Manikka Vinayagam as Karthikeyan, Vasu's father *

as Krishna, Vasu's brother * Meghna Nair as Omanakutty *

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as Vasudevan's recruiter (guest appearance) * Sujee as Pooja * Kousalya Senthamarai as Vasu's mother * Kambar Jayaraman as Viji's father * Sri Vidhya as Chandru's sister * Harish Adhithya as Kumar (Chandru's friend) * Master Udayaraj as a naughty boy

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

.The track "Manmadha Rasa" became popular.

Release

A critic from ''

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'' noted "it was an offbeat love story marked by good performance by Dhanush which makes it a breezy entertainer." The low-budget film was the second most successful film of the year. It was later remade in Telugu as ''

'', where Manikka Vinayagam would reprise his role as the male protagonist's father. It was also remade in Kannada as ''Sakha Sakhi''.

References

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{{Subramaniam Siva 2003 films Films shot in Tiruchirappalli Tamil films remade in other languages 2000s Tamil-language films Films set in Tiruchirappalli 2003 directorial debut films Films directed by Subramaniam Siva