The problem is that both the formula and the treatment no longer work with today’s audiences. There's a desperate need for reinvention on the part of film makers and writers who still churn out characters who ends up as silly caricatures. The dialogue is a mix of clunky lines that make you cringe in embarrassment.

Mayandi (Manivannan) and Virumandi (G M Kumar) are brothers who are the family heads of the warring families in a village. Mayandi is an upright man and his three sons (Ponvannan, Seeman and Jegan) are hard working and united. Everyone in the family dotes on the youngest guy Paramu (Tarun Gopi) who after completing his 12th is send to an engineering college as it is his dad’s dream to see one of the son educated.

But the old man dies of an electric shock and the family splits. Meanwhile there is a parallel love track between Paramu and Poonkodi (Poonkodi) from school days which ends up as a failure. After many predictable twists and turns drama and melodrama, the film ends with a group photo.

Tarun Gopi is the hero of the film and he struggles through even basic scenes in the film, unable to alter his expressions in keeping with the film's needs, yelling when he's expected to be intense, and looking away in exasperation each time he can't come up with a more fitting reaction. (sample: The scene at a bus stop when he sees Poonkodi with her husband and kid) A crash course in acting is recommended for him.

Among the others in the huge star cast, it is Manivannan, Seeman and Singampuli who stands out. Music by Sabesh Murali is average. On the whole, this family drama tests the patience of the audience and it's difficult to connect with the characters and their circumstances.

Verdict: Avoidable