now reading that you might think OK another routine routine love story. just a short summary:vagabond guy falls in love with girl, she turns him into a good guy and though she professes to have no feelings for him, she slowly falls for him. i'm sure you've read the review before so i won't bother much on that. I'll admit i was revolted by Ravi Krishna but he proved to be a good actor! He grew on me. i think its amongst the ranks of Kaadhal.
This is one of the movie which grows upon you, and before you know it you're in it. In fact, I had goose bumps in last hospital scene, although I watched it with English subtitles. Selvaraghavan built the characters so well in the first half that in second half, you might laugh and cry together with them. There are some flaws in technicality and originality of the script, but perfect characterization overshadow it completely.
Full marks to Ravi Krishna, I was convince to some extend this guy must be a roadside goon only in his real life as well. Ravi Krishna (Kadhir) and Sonia (Anitha) have given a solid performance. Overall narration of the movie is top notch, there are a few well crafted incidences which takes the cake. What really pulled of this movie out of 100 similar movie is script and performance. This movie reminded me 'Ek duje ke liye', which is more or less on the same lines. And there are complications as this boy is not earning, girl is engaged, parents are against their love, etc. Somehow, that girl also started liking the guy, and gave him a direction in life.
Story is fairly simple, there is a local rowdy good for nothing boy, fell in love with a cultured girl. I liked Sonia Agrawal too and searching the web discovered that just a year back, She and Selvaraghavan got married. At the end I became a fan of the director Selvaraghavan. The camera-work, cinematography, the down to earth real life characters all make a good movie. I can imagine them being popular when the film was released. The music and songs are good and hummable. I think it was a brilliantly executed scene. There are so many touching moments in the movie that it is hard to pick out one, but I did I found the scene when Kadhir tells about his job to his father and that night when his father and mother talk about how proud they are feeling about their son. Ravi Krishna is good, but I think he can do only some things under a watchful director, otherwise he remains blank face in all scenes. She truly depicts the emotions and her character sticks to your heart. Sonia Agrawal looks beautiful and acts wonderfully. Very few directors can boast of achieving such a close grip on the narration. Director Selvaraghavan shows brilliant skills in handling and conveying his thoughts in the best possible way to his audiences.
It does not divert into any sub-plots and focuses on the issues of youth and love.
It has numerous small incidents of youthful play that would immediately click with any person. Sadly on the way back, they fight and in an accident Anita dies. Anitha's marriage is fixed, and before marriage she decides to spend a night with Kadhir. As events turn out, Anitha starts liking Kadhir, but wants Kadhir to be responsible in life before she marries him. Anitha hates Kadhir and slippers him once while he approaches her in a bus. A girl Anitha (Sonia Agrawal) comes to stay in the neighborhood at 7G Rainbow Colony (that is why the name) and Kadhir starts liking her. The movie is about a normal next door boy Kadhir (Ravi Krishna) in the lower-middle class household, who is not so good looking, dull, irresponsible youth, poor in studies, rowdy, playful, mischievous, etc. I thought, how can a film with such a hero be a hit? That question led me to see the movie.
But what attracted me to download the movie for seeing was the face of the hero, which was totally non-hero like.
While browsing some websites, I read that the songs of this movie were good, that lead me to read the reviews of the movie. I did not hear about this movie until 2007.