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directed by Azhagu Raja Sundaram. The film stars

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and newcomer Anusha, with Livingston,

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, Manorama and Ambika playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Anusha's mother B. Sampoornam, had musical score by Deva and was released on 25 June 2004.

Plot

Kathirvel (

) comes to the city to live with his friend Subramani ( Livingston). While Reshma (Anusha) is a soft-spoken college student, her mother Gangamma is a heartless lady rowdy. Rahul (

), a college student, falls in love with Reshma at the first sight. Reshma also loves him but to save Rahul's life, she tries to avoid him. Finally, Reshma accepts his love. Gangamma, knowing their love affair, hurts heavily Rahul in front of Kathirvel and Subramani and they reached Rahul to the nearby hospital. Reshma insults Kathirvel for being passive during the attack and Kathirvel tells his tragic past to Reshma. In the past, Kathirvel was in love with Reshma's sister Meenakshi (Sindhuri). They So Gangamma tried to kill Kathirvel but Meenakshi intervened and was accidentally by her mother. Before her death, Kathirvel promised Meenakshi to not kill her mother. Kathirvel is now determined to unite the lovers. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Kathirvel *

as Rahul *Anusha as Reshma * Livingston as Subramani *

as Meenakshi *

as Gangamma *

as Muniyamma *

* Manorama as Rasathi's father * Ambika *

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as Meera Krishnan *Sharmili as Sarasu * Abhinayashree *

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* Anu Mohan *

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*K. Babu as a doctor *V. S. Balamurugan as a postman *C. J. Muthukumar as a marriage broker *Azhagu Raja Sundaram as a snake charmer * Aravind Akash in a guest appearance

Production

Some scenes were shot in Chennai, at the Besant Nagar beach and on Anna Salai.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 21 May 2004, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Kalidasan,

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, Kalai Kumar, Tholkapiyan and Victordas.

References

{{reflist 2004 films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian action films Films scored by Deva (composer) 2004 action films