Maathi Yosi

<p>Pandi, Maanga, Kona, and Maari are four friends who live in Kadavur, a village in . They are united and very close, and they live for each other. They always think outside the box. They turn out to be vagabonds and go to the extent of even killing the village president’s son. After a few similar delinquent experiences, they are forced to leave the village and end up coming to . How the friends meet the heroine, and what happens in Chennai with the friends and the girl forms the rest of the story. After the lukewarm response to his directorial debut , wrote another script intending to cast established actors, but the project did not materialise. He then decided to write one where he did not have to rely on such actors, which became . Gopal, who appeared in a supporting role in , played a major role here. The soundtrack was composed by , in his film debut. The audio launch was held on 10 February 2010. All lyrics are written by . wrote “The film does not have a coherent script, logic and lacks focus. It is another ‘Made in Madurai’ bloodbath that’s etched from various earlier movies and a bit from ‘s classic “. Bhama Devi Ravi of wrote “Periyasamy, who had showed some promise in his earlier outing , is clearly in the grip of the good-at-heart village boys ending up in a mess-street plot. Nothing original, nothing closely resembling out-of- the-box thinking, but a faithful adherence to the way Madurai-belt films pan out.” appreciated the editing, cinematography but criticised the screenplay, concluding, “Starting promisingly by focusing on the casteist problem, the films goes wayward and loses its opportunity to be an [ ] unique movie”. Pavithra Srinivasan of wrote, “While the production values are good, the rural slang, costumes and even the mind-set of four young men from a random village are accurately portrayed (a tad repetitive), you only wish the director had taken the pains to emulate his celluloid mentors and etched a rational tale”. Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “The title suggests that the protagonists are an astute foursome who think and act ingeniously — they do so too, for a while. But very soon the story and screenplay shift to a much-travelled track”.</p>