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Cast: Madhavan,Atul Kulkarni, Meera Jasmine
Language: Tamil
Banner: Surya Movies
Director: Lingusamy
Producer: A.M.Ratnam
Camera: Jeeva
Music: Vidyasagar
Year: 2002

Shiva (Madhavan) is an unemployed youth in Srirangam. He comes to Chennai for an interview and stays with his elder sister (Anu Hassan) and husband (Raghuvaran). He sees a girl, Priya (Meera Jasmine) in a bus stop and it is love at first sight for him. He starts following her in spite of her repeated warnings that he will be in trouble. Her brother is a gangster (Atul Kulkarni) who spares no one who is after his sister. He has even gone to the extent of cutting off the hand of one of the guys who gave Priya a love letter. But our hero is made of sterner stuff, as he beats up the thugs sent by her brother and continues to follow her and express his love.A cat-and-mouse game ensues, in which the villain monitors every move made by Shiva. Priya too slowly falls in love, but her brother`s machinations turn Shiva into a one-man-army. In the climax the lovers elope and in a highly contrived and clichéd manner the hero who is beaten black and blue, finally gets up and defeats the biggest gangster in town!

The film has no basic story and the presentation is neither new nor does it have any twist. It is an illogical story, as a man who comes to Chennai for an interview has nothing else to do other than chasing a girl and beating up a dozen thugs! Director Lingusamy is totally confused whether to make it a love story or an action masala. Madhavan has to realize that he is no Arnold Schwarzenegger and he is better off doing soft romance. The new girl Meera Jasmine from Malayalam is promising. Atul Kulkarni is refreshing as the villain. The peppy songs tuned by Vidyasagar and the restless camerawork of Jeeva are the highlights of the film. Will someone ask Vivek to stop doing the same comedy track over and over again?

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