2 / 4 STARS
DIRECTOR: K.S. RAVIKUMAR
ACTOR: VIJAY
ACTRESSES: MONIKA, RHAMBA, KUSHBOO
MUSIC DIRECTOR: DEVA
STORYLINE:
Kushboo plays a man-hating businesswoman who employs only women, including her P.A. (Rhamba). One day, Kushboo is attacked by a gang of rowdies, and she and all of her women employees are tied up and helpless. It is at this point that Vijay arrives (having been chased by police in an adequately funny sequence-- the "thani katturan, sar" joke is especially funny) and saves the day in another funny fight scene ("Odakkatha," "Oduppain," "Solratha kaellu," "Mattaen!"). So Kushboo, for the first time, hires a man; she hires Vijay to be her bodyguard.
Eventually, Vijay, Vijay's father (Manivannan), Vijay's sister, and his two brothers are installed in Kushboo's house doing various menial chores. It is then that Rhamba learns that they are not there by coincidence, that the family is in Kushboo's home with some ulterior purpose.
That purpose is revealed when Monica, playing Kushboo's little sister, arrives from abroad. It seems Monica and Vijay had fallen in love in Germany (him being a millionaire) and he and his family had come to India to convince Kushboo that a woman couldn't live without a man.
The rest of the story involves them trying to convince Kushboo of just that.
COMMENTS:
Funny funny comedy. The first half of the movie just seems to fly by and we're laughing the entire time. Vijay, it seems, can act just fine in romantic hero mode. But once the usual masala and sentiment set in, the movie becomes the usual bore. The sentiment, as always in K.S. Ravikumar's movies, is overblown and annoying.
Kushboo gives an adequate performance, but newcomer Monica is annoying. Ramba's just kind of 'there,' nothing especially noticeable about her. K.S. Ravikumar gives a slightly longer cameo than he usually does in his movies.
You can watch it without getting TOO ticked off, even though every single character seems to sing "Unn Perr Solla Aisathan" at every single scene.
Also, Vijay doesn't seem to have shaken off the entire "I want to be Rajinikanth" syndrome that so nailed him in "Nenjinile."
NOTE ON THE MUSIC:
The music is of above average quality. Nothing especially impressive but "Unn Perr," "Boyfriend," and "O Uncle," are pleasant to listen to.
RECOMMENDATION:
Watch it on video. It's entertaining enough for that.
VIJAY VANNIARAJAN