Two men, one young and arrogant, the other damaged - physically but not spiritually - by life, are thrown together by circumstances, and find that they are in some ways bound together by fate.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Kamal Haasan | ... | Nallasivam | |
| Madhavan | ... | Anbarasu (A Aras) | |
| Kiran Rathod | ... | Balasaraswathi | |
| Nassar | ... | Kandasamy Padayachi (as Nasser) | |
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Santhana Bharathi | ... | Kandasamy assistant |
| Uma Riyaz Khan | ... | Mehrunnissa | |
| Yugi Sethu | ... | Uthaman | |
| Ilavarasu | ... | Inspector | |
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Balu Anand | ... | Ticket checker |
| Seema | ... | Bala Mother | |
| R.S. Shivaji | ... | Station Master | |
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Laxmi Rattan | ... | Anbarasu Father |
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Chelladurai | ||
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Hillaary | ||
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Jacob | ||
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Nallasivam (Kamal Haasan) and Anbarasu (Madhavan) are drawn together by the strings of fate after they come into contact at the Bhuvaneshwar airport. Anbarasu is an advertisement director, while Nallasivam is a trade unionist. Fate entwines their travel plans, and they end up travelling to Chennai together. In the course of their journey, Anbarasu, born with a golden spoon, is touched by the realities of the sufferings of a normal human being when he witnesses the dead and the injured during a train accident, and he volunteers to donate his blood, which is of a very rare group, despite his fear of blood. The flashback of Nallasivam is recounted during one of their journeys. Nallasivam is a communist trade unionist, who fights for higher wages for his comrades. By chance, he falls in love with the daughter Bala (Kiran) of a rich industrialist, Bala's father, Padaiyacchi (Nasser). Due to the opposition, they plan to elope and get married, but unfortunately, Nallasivam meets with an ... Written by Niranjan Venkatraman <v.niranjan@ieee.org>
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I watched the movie because of the stars - Kamal Hasan and Madhavan. I do not understand Tamil, yet the movie has been so well made that at times you do not feel that you need the dialogs.
In brief, the movie shows two extremely different characters who are forced to spend time together due to circumstances.
The movie tends to slow down in the middle, when it goes into the flashback of Kamal Hasan's life. However, for the most part, it is a pretty sensible piece of art - something that is a rarity in Bollywood. The movie could have been shorter - and that is the only complaint that I have. Otherwise, it is a brilliant idea that has been executed to near perfection.
Kamal Hasan - as always - excels. Madhavan is great, too. The music score was really good.
A must see!