Tha

<p>The film is set in a small village near and begins with the groom Surya preparing to marry Jothi and narrating a flashback. In a flashback, the young man Surya was a in a metal workshop. His parents wanted him to marry, but Surya was shy, had low self-esteem, and his only social life was when he met his five friends who were unlike him. Anbu is a photo studio owner and a married womanizer. Velliangiri is a carefree young man working in a cotton factory. Varathan is a loan lender who watches pornography and frequents prostitutes. Govindan is a middle-aged man who is an ardent fan of and desperately wants to get married. Shanmugam is a wastrel who tries to woo a village girl. Anbu advised Surya to follow his methods of wooing, but it failed miserably. Surya then watches adult films in a cinema theatre and goes to a brothel as Varathan did, but when a prostitute touches his hand, Surya flees. Surya’s parents then found him a girl: Jothi, a beautiful young woman who studied . However, Jothi did not want to marry Surya: she found him not-good-looking and not educated enough; above all else, she was afraid of him. Surya then tried to change his looks and behavior. The two were later engaged with the blessings of their families. Later, Surya, who became an overprotective fiancé, suspected her college mate Kishore of wooing Jothi and beat him up. Surya then tried to keep Anbu from his fiancé and one day revealed Anbu’s seductive activities to his family, and the two got into a fight. Surya even suspected her uncle from Dubai of wooing Jothi. In the meantime, Jothi started to like Surya for being caring and protective. The day before the wedding, a tensed Surya thrashed Jothi’s uncle; thus, the wedding was cancelled and her father Chellamuthu wanted Jothi to marry her uncle. Surya and his family returned home. A saddened Surya drank poison. Shortly after, he discovered that his wedding was not cancelled and then fainted. Surya was rushed to the hospital and died there. Back to the present, Surya’s body is buried in a cemetery and it was his spirit who narrated the flashback, while Jothi mourns the loss of her fiancé at his grave. Director R. K. Surya Prabhakar, who previously worked under , met while meeting the latter’s brother and asked if he would be interested in acting. Harish Uthaman was initially hesitant to play the lead role in the film and attended a twenty-day workshop to prepare for the film. He co-starred in the film alongside Nisha from Mumbai. Music composer Sri Vijay is a Sri Lankan Tamil who previously worked on a music album. The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Sri Vijay. The soundtrack, released in 2010, features 6 tracks. All tracks are written by R. K. Surya Prabhakar. The film was released on 3 December 2010. During a preview show, the film was well received by journalists, which gave false hope that the film would run well. A critic from wrote, ” is engaging and moving, and worth a watch”. The film’s box office collections were affected by the heavy rain for the next three days. The film was subsequently removed from theaters with a plan for a re-release. The film was subsequently released at the , where Harish Uthaman won the award for Best Newcomer. Due to the film’s failure, it took three years for Harish Uthaman to sign his next film.</p>