Kadhal Seiya Virumbu

<p>For misinterpreting a friendly relationship with a girl to be a love affair, the college student Santhosh (Santhosh) gets a punishment from the court: to read ‘s autobiography for a week in the ‘s library.<br /> A few months later, Santhosh joins a college in . Nithika (Srisha), a studious student and a social worker, is attracted by his attitude and she falls in love with him. Santhosh likes her too but he has only one thing in mind: having sex with her. They fall in love with each other and start dating each other. One day, Santhosh tries to have sex with Nithika in his home but Nithika, who strongly believes that premarital sex is taboo, insults him and runs away. A few months ago, Santhosh was a dedicated student in , he had the ambition to study aeronautics and to become a pilot. He and his collegemate Subha (Ashwini) fell in love with each other. One day, Subha wanted to have sex with him but he refused. He explained to her that love should be pure and sex should be only after the marriage. For his love, he made several sacrifices including not going to an aeronautics training. Thereafter, Subha announced to him that she will marry a wealthy and explained that their love wasn’t strong enough (because they didn’t have sexual intercourse). He created a ruckus at the registrar’s office and Subha lied by saying that they were just friends. The police then arrested Santhosh hence the punishment to read Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography. Back to the present, Santhosh tries to reconcile with Nithika but she tells him that he is “unfit” for love. Santhosh then meets Subha, she tells him that her husband divorced her when she got breast cancer. She apologizes to him for her mistakes and she is now working in an . Santhosh and Nithika finally understand their feelings, and they make up after their quarrel. Ravi Bhargavan who made his directorial debut with (2003), returned with under the banner of Vision 21 Creative Team Works. Newcomer Santhosh signed to play the hero while Srisha had been signed to play the female lead. Srisha, known as Damini in , made her debut as heroine in (1999). Ashwini who was credited as Aswitha in this film was selected to play the second heroine. The film score and the soundtrack were composed by debutant G. Ram, son of director . The soundtrack features 5 tracks. All lyrics are written by . The film predominantly received negative reviews. described it as “a crass film which depends mainly on its heroine Srisha’s anatomy and can be classified as a soft-porn movie” and concluded, “the message from the film is regressive”. A reviewer wrote, “to drive home the point that premarital sex is wrong, the director bores you to tears” and added, “Music by G. Ram and cinematography by Salai Sahadevan is the only saving grace of the film”. Another critic called the film “average” and praised the music. wrote “The director (his second film after ‘Well Done’) reveals his inability to translate his ideas on to the screen, there being a wide gap between what he intended to convey and what we get to see as the final product, a confused muddled scenario.”</p>