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Dhanush, with his Yaradi Nee Mohini, set his foot in three subsequent hits. Although it is not an unusual story ever told in Tamil cinema, it is a deliberate attempt to delineate it in a different manner, with all things that satisfy the audience appetite.

Vasu (Dhanush), the only son of the teacher (Raguvaran), is on the job hunt, but of no avail. His inability to secure a job for himself in any organization earned him a bad name both at his home and outside. Frustrated with this, he comes into conflict with his father over trivial things. Life turned all of a sudden when he got selected in a company, where Geerthi (Nayanthara) was his trainer. His interview with Geerthi, who is the interviewer, fulfills its intention of making the audience laugh, along with such scenes as when Ganesh (Karnaas) is forced talk over phone to Geerthi telling her that Vasu is mad in love with her. Her rejection of love for Vasu saying that she already got engaged and is not in a position to even think of love results in great disappointment in Vasu and the incidents coming after in the demise of his father.

The second half of the movie concentrates absolutely on comedy, while gradually moving the story along the main line. Geerthi’s sister’s love at first sight for Vasu and the subsequent events form the comedy track. Regretting sorry for her rejection of Vasu’s love for her, the fiancé and the going-to-be bride in the morning embraces Vasu in the presence of uncle-going-to-be husband, Cheenu (Karthik Kumar), though without her knowledge. It is an unwritten law in any movie in any language that hero should take the hands of the heroine at the end. So happens here.

Raguvaran and the one played the role of Nayanthara’s sister in this movie deserve mentioning in a separate paragraph. Whether it is talking to his son trying to console him when Dhanush told him that his love was rejected, or talking to Nayanthara asking her to accept his son’s love, or drinking with Dhanush and uttering dialogues subsequently in his own style, he proves to be an impeccable actor. (But, it is unfortunate that Indian cine industry lost such an excellent actor.) Nayanthara’s sister makes the audience raise their brows with her performance. Comedy comes without hurdles in her acting. Mind refuses to accept that it is her debut movie.

The movie is not without its shortcomings – for example, making unknown the company’s name in which Dhanush is working to his friend where his fiancé, Nayanthara, is the trainer – but are vanished with the screenplay that makes the movie go smoother till the end.

Yuvan Shankar Raja has done his job well as usual, both in the songs and in the background music. Udit Narayan’s lisping voice and Hariharan’s mesmerizing tone in songs “Engeyo” and “Venmegam”, respectively, bind the hearts of listeners. Camera captures scenes perspicuously even at a misty dawn. Dhanush can be given a pat on his back for shedding his hero image for the sake of character he is playing and for accepting words as “night beggar”, though for cinema. Already being a hit for actor Vengadesh in Telugu film Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule, the director A. Jawahar helps Dhanush have a hat-trick with this movie.

In short, the movie is worth the money spending for the ticket.

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