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Suresh Krishna (writer)
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A class-divided friendship goes through highs and lows through several decades. | full synopsis
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Rajnikanth ... Annamalai
Sarathbabu ... Ashok
Khushboo
Radha Ravi ... Ashok's Father
Janagaraj
Vinu Chakravarthy
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Karan ... Ashok's son
Manorama ... Annamalai's mother
Nizhalgal Ravi ... Satkunam
Rekha ... Shanthy
Vaishnavi
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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Great Story, 10 February 2008
10/10
Author: brkspeed-1 from United States

The stories in Indian cinema are often rehashed versions of older ones with familiar themes and predictable conclusions. Well this movie is no different. Two childhood friends become bitter enemies as they grow into successful businessmen. Their friendship is slowly tested, strained, then broken. One is a quintessential good guy and the other is guided, like a puppet, by a malignant force. There are incoherent (out of context) song and dance numbers and cheesy fight scenes.

But what makes this film is good despite its molding. The casting is perfect for the roles and despite its technical simplicity, it does what it wants to do quite well. The narrative is beautifully constructed. The acting and dialogue may seem contrived, but this is Tamil cinema at it's finest -- trying to appeal to the masses. Don't judge this on Hollywood standards or intellectualize it like in Universities. This is archetypal Tamil cinema with a superb plot for a 1992 film. The story in itself, with adequate comedy interspersed, makes this film irresistible.

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