Poikkal Kudhirai

is a hilarious depiction of how Sambandam — who bets on each and every small thing and wins — and Indu enter into a bet at a saloon owned by Muthu. The bet is that Indu will win Sambadam’s daughter Janaki’s heart and marry her. If Indhu is successful in his mission, Sambandam will shave half of his moustache for their marriage. If he fails, Indhu will shave his head. Who wins the bet is the film’s narrative. is based on ‘s play . Lyricist made his acting debut in Tamil with this film. Mohan wrote the dialogues, making his feature film debut. Soundtrack was composed by and lyrics were written by Vaali. Mukundhan of praised the acting of Ramakrishna and Raveender but panned the acting of Vaali and concluded if this film does not get the response like other comedy films then the loss is not for Balachander. Balumani of praised the acting, music and dialogues.