Simply A Masterpiece

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Minus Ilayaraja's music, this movie will score negative 1. Kamal plays absolute shocker role always talking about his double masters and PhD degree like an insane guy. Surli Rajan is annoying as ever. Deepa appears in the movie and does what she does best, i.e expose. Half way through Deepa dies when someone sets fire on her and Kamal develops a phobia for fire after that. God knows who came up with this logic. And how do the fix it? Take the hero to Europe and find some doctor who can fix this mystery disease. Some premise to shoot the movie in Europe and make money. Oh, they show Germany and France in this movie which was another reason this movie ran. Rathi is also in the movie. Sings some songs like Naan unthan thaai aga vendum and almost very next scene falls in love. Overall, a stupid movie, barring IlayaRaja. Don't even bother watching it. Get the music disc and be done.

The only reason you should watch this one is for Ilayaraja, as it is one of the first films that showcased his extraordinary talent. Oh for the days when he was like a wild brook, churning out out-of-the-world songs that enchant even today. It's such fun watching Kamal in his early days with flowing hair and bell-bottoms:-))