Vinnukum Mannukum

<p>Sakthivel is the leader of his village in and is always adored by the people. His younger brother is Selvam, who returns after completing his education in . Both Sakthivel and his wife Lakshmi are very fond of Selvam and want him to get married and live happily. Selvam is keen on marrying a girl that he has seen in his dream. Sakthivel is prepared to go anywhere to find the girl. Selvam actually comes across the photograph of his dream girl Devayani in a TV advertisement and discovers that she is an actress. A film crew lands in the village for shooting, and Devayani, as she is called in the film too, is in the group. Sakthivel approaches her with his brother’s proposal, but she insults him. She tells him that she is beautiful and famous and cannot marry a villager. Whether Selvam accepts defeat or manages to bring her around forms the remaining story. Sarathkumar chose to be a part of the film after two of his other films became suddenly postponed. He had cut his hair short for (2000), and as the other films required different hairstyles, the producers had pushed back the dates. To make up for the lost time, Sarathkumar agreed to portray an extended guest role in . A shooting schedule took place at the AVM Studios in Chennai, where Vikram celebrated his birthday on the sets, with the unit members and Sarathkumar. In a 2008 interview, Vikram mentioned his displeasure at being a part of the film, claiming that he had arguments with the director for every single shot and that “everything in that film, right from the first shot was wrong. According to a report, “From the beginning, the film was considered a certain release. But the director Rajakumaran failed to utilise the call sheets of Sarathkumar to optimum use. Sarath got wild because of this. He too caused some delay in finishing off the shootings”. The music was composed by . was released on 30 March 2001. wrote, “Devyani does a good job but Sarath and Vikram compete in giving wooden performances. Sirpy’s antique music also does not help the film. Akilan’s camera is ok”. S. R. Ashok Kumar of wrote: “Director Rajakumaran has taken special care in the choice of songs and locations to make the film entertaining. He should have paid more attention to the first half and more important, must have extracted more work from Vikram, who has the potential, and Devayani, for whom it is a cakewalk”. Krishna Chidambaram of praised the acting of Devayani, Sarathkumar but felt Vikram failed to emote and the film did not offer emoting skills for him. Malini Mannath of wrote “The early part moves at a swift pace, with some humour thrown in. [..] When the story shifts to the city it turns clichéd”. wrote, “Vinnukkum Mannukkum – The first half is a take-off and the second is a crash over”. Choudhary incurred huge loss through this film and dubbed film ; later he gained profits through films like and , both films starring actor .</p>