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Director: Arjun
Cast: Arjun, Sakshi, Vinit, Divya Unni, Mumtaz, Goundamani, Chinny
Jayanth, Visu
The
opening scenes give one the impression that the film is going to be different.
All about family values, love and sentiment with the dialogue too enhancing the
narration. The film moves at an interesting pace, promisingly enough, during the
first part. But then Arjun, who has taken on the burden of writing, directing,
producing, and playing the central role - a burden which seems to sit a bit too
heavily on him - loses track of his main theme and drifts into the
song-dance-fight routine.
Vijay (Arjun) a medical representative on a trip
out-of-station saves the life of tea estate owner Sanjay and earns his eternal
gratitude. Sanjay (Vinit) invites him home as his guest. Vijay learns that
Sanjay is an unhappy man, being estranged from his wife Anita (Divya Unni), who
lives in the same house waiting for the divorce to come through. Vijay decides
to do something about it. He regales the couple with stories and anecdotes of
his encounters with Sita (Sakshi), his happy marital life with her and their two
kids. But of course it doesn't cut much ice with the couple. Enters into this
scenario the foreign-returned cousin (Mumtaz) of Sanjay. It is from here that
the script goes haywire. Arjun's family values and bonding, mouthed in the
earlier scenes, go for a toss with Mumtaz doing an apology of a role. The
intrusion of too many dance numbers, the forced fights (Arjun has to keep up his
'action king' image after all), all make it into a routine film. The revelation
of Vijay's friend, that Vijay had concocted stories about his marital life,
since Sita had died on their marriage eve, makes matter worse. It seems to have
served no purpose. For, finally, it is Sanjay's fight with some rowdies that
makes Anita thaw towards him and bring the estranged couple together.
Vinit and Divya Unni have given fine performances, the latter looking more fetching than in her earlier films. Sakshi, though appearing in a few scenes, looks her glamorous best. It is again the macho image of Arjun that is projected on the screen. The 'Flash Back' techniques used frequently invoke the interest of the audience in the narration of the earlier part of the film.