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directed by

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and produced by

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. The film stars

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in pivotal roles. It was released on 5 September 1998.

Plot

Ramki moves to the city to stay at his aunty Radhika's house. Radhika is married to Manivannan, a politician, who forces Radhika to nominate herself for the regional MLA position. Radhika initially refuses the chance but later gets convinced by her nephew to vie in the elections. She later becomes an MLA and wants to help and serve the people. On the other hand, her husband wants to take bribes, misuse power and become rich.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

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, with lyrics written by Vaali.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote "there is not any story to speak of, and everything in this film is silly" and "it's impossible to sit through a film like this without wondering who such films are made for." Ji of ''

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'' wrote the story which starts off uneventfully continues without a hitch then it falls down while praising the performances of Manivannan and Radhika and added at one point of time the story refuses to move away beyond the circle and concluded asking is there any invocation of makers that they will make the fans go home with extreme irritation by moving the scenes so ridiculously. D. S. Ramanujam wrote for ''

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'', "Director V. Sekhar, an expert at family themes has written the story, screenplay and dialogue. He works the plot to an interesting point at the interval". Ramanujam anticipated "a fight by the wife" post-interval, but was dismayed to find only tropes from earlier Tamil films such as "slum eviction, land patta demand, torching of huts, malpractices at fair price shops, pressures on the police to free party workers who have breached the law, engaging goondas to break a fast by women etc".

References

External links

* {{V. Sekhar 1990s Indian films 1990s political comedy films 1990s political satire films 1990s Tamil-language films 1998 films Films directed by V. Sekhar Films scored by Deva (composer) Indian political comedy films Indian political satire films Tamil-language Indian films