Gopura Vasalile

<p>Manohar ( ) is a schoolteacher in a local town. He is a bachelor living along with his friends ( , , ). Manohar has had a troubled love life, having lost his lover Kasthuri ( ) in a car accident. His friends are wastrels who roam about the town, flirting with the local girls. During one such dalliance with an army officer’s ( ) daughter Kalyani ( ), they are put behind bars for a few days. Manohar also gets peeved with their uncouth behavior and reprimands them for it. Humiliated, the friends decide to wreak their revenge on Manohar. They collude with Pethaperumal ( ), a clerk in a local bank, and attempt to trick Manohar into believing that Kalyani is in love with him. A few anonymous letters later, the plan comes out successful. In the meantime, during the course of a few accidental events, Manohar comes across to Kalyani as a brave and resourceful hero. Impressed, she seeks his hand in marriage through the help of her father. This sudden development takes his scheming friends aback. They cook up evidences to convince Manohar that Kalyani is a prostitute. The gullible Manohar believes the subterfuge and cancels the plans of marriage. Despondent after the twin love failures in his life, Manohar attempts suicide in a hotel. Thinking that he is dead, the friends flee the town to avoid police confrontations. It is finally revealed to the viewers that Manohar was rescued by the police later and had reunited with Kalyani, after the foul play was decoded. Manohar pardons the friends as they had played some role in developing a love with his wife and invites them to a banquet at his new house atop a hill. Malayalam director was to have made his Tamil debut with the film , which never saw a theatrical release. As a result, became his Tamil debut. It is also the first appearance of Malayalam actor in a Tamil film. The soundtrack was composed by . The song “Kadhal Kavithaigal” is set to the raga , “Naadam Ezhundadadi” is set to , and “Thalattum Poongkaatru” is set to . The film received extremely positive reviews. ‘s music was lauded. Vikatan mentioned that it could be felt right from the tile card. Sundarji of praised the music, cinematography and acting of Karthik and Janagaraj, but felt Bhanupriya did not get much scope to act.</p>