Mayi
(Sarathkumar) is the well-respected, do-gooder in the village. He sees
women in the village as his sisters and even conducts their marriages.
He is a man who is ready to kill his father (Vijay Kumar) when he learns
that he had a second wife. But the father opts to kill himself rather
than face his son and so, Mayi brings his stepsister Lakshmi (Suvalakshmi)
to live with him. When the local MLA (Rajan. P. Dev) comes to him for
support, he refuses and the MLA loses the election. But his son (Anand),
who admires Mayi, marries Lakshmi. Meanwhile Bhuvaneswari (Meena),
Mayi's sister's daughter, who comes to the village from Bangalore,
wishes to marry him. Revealing his sad past, Mayi tells her why he can
never think of marrying any woman.
The flashback, supposedly a true incident from the past, is very
touching. The plight of the mother is very sad and the moment when her
son asks her to hug him melts our hearts. Though Master Mahendran
overacts, the whole sequence is quite powerful. Though the reason why
the happenings in the flashback should make Sarathkumar decide not to
marry is not instantly clear, his explanation makes it believable. The
same effect is not delivered by the climax. It seems rushed and too
convenient.
The comedy is an unnecessary intrusion with contrived situations that
end up in Vadivelu once again being at the receiving end of blows from 'Kovai'
Sarala. The first sequence where Vadivelu visits a girl's house raises
some laughs but the quality goes downhill from there. 'Kakka'
Radhakrishnan also takes part in these proceedings. S.A.Rajkumar's tunes
are pleasant.
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