Harichandra

Harichandra, an ad filmmaker, has a habit of telling spontaneous lies for the Good of men around him, but has no intent to cheat. Only his three friends know this. Hari gained a good name in the society. Hari meets a school principal Nandhini in a shooting spot, who happens to be a relative of his friend. Later, he falls in love with her, hides his true nature and lies to impress her. Unfortunately for him, Nandhini was clever enough to identify all his lies, but no matter what, they still reunite after every quarrel and fight. Quarrels and fights lasted until their wedding moment. Eventually in the end, everyone knew that even though Hari lies and cheats people, he is still a good human being. Thus, Hari and Nandhini got married and lived happily. The film’s title is an ironic reference to , a legendary king known for being truthful. Two of the songs were shot at Switzerland. The song “Mundhanai Selai” was shot at locations including Switzerland, Geneva, and London. The film’s producer Thyagarajan co-wrote the screenplay with Cheyyar Ravi. Music is composed by a band named Agosh, consisting of three artists R. Anand, Gopal Rao and Shaleen. D. S. Ramanujam of praised Ravi’s direction and said Karthik, “with his inimitable style of halting delivery, makes fine use of the part, his evasive tactics and lies being rich like his costume”. Ji of praised Karthik’s performance, climax humour, songs but panned the background score and felt the director who tried to surprise by hinting towards a different end falls into routine logicless pit. K. N. Vijiyan of praised Karthik’s performance, Ravi’s direction, the cinematography and art direction.