Jayamkondaan

<p>Arjun ( ) is an professional who resigns his job in and returns to India, following his father’s sudden death. He decides to set up a business in Chennai from the funds he has saved so far. He goes to the bank to withdraw the money, but is shocked to see that only Rs.18,000 is available in his account. He estimated the amount to be Rs.65 lakhs. Arjun doubts that his father must have invested the money somewhere in India. He inquires with his father’s friends to get to know about the money. At last, Arjun finds that his father has purchased a house in Madurai with the money, but also is shocked to know that his father had another wife named Chandrika ( ), who is a French teacher and has a daughter named Brinda ( ) through her. Brinda gets admission to study in in the US, but her education loan is rejected. She decides to sell the house in and get the money needed for her education. Arjun comes to meet Chandrika and Brinda, asking Brinda not to sell the property as it was purchased through his money. Chandrika understands that her daughter’s activities are not right and the house should belong to Arjun. Brinda is short tempered and does not listen to Chandrika. Chandrika hands over the house documents to Arjun, and he leaves to Madurai to sell the house. At Madurai, he meets Durai Raj ( ), a chilli vendor, and his daughter Annapurani ( ), who are the tenants. Durai is a friend of Arjun’s father. Arjun explains his situation and requests them to vacate the home so that he can sell. To convince Annapoorani, Arjun cooks up a story that both Annapoorani and Arjun are childhood friends. To his surprise, Brinda comes to Madurai to prevent Arjun from selling the property. She approaches Guna ( ), a local goon, to help her from stopping Arjun. Guna comes along with his wife Poongodhai ( ) to the registrar office to stop the deal. A quarrel erupts between Arjun and Guna, and when Guna tries to hit Arjun with a hammer, Arjun hits the hammer’s head, which ends up hitting Poongodhai, and she dies. This angers Guna, and he wants to kill Arjun. Arjun escapes to Chennai with Brinda, but Chandrika passes away, and Brinda has no one to care for. Arjun takes Brinda to his home and asks her to stay with him, and she hesitantly agrees. Slowly, Arjun develops affection towards Brinda and decides to give the money to her for education. Annapurani comes to Chennai for a match, and love blossoms between her and Arjun. To Arjun’s surprise, Arjun and Annapurani were really childhood friends and were so close during childhood. Arjun decides to leave to London and join his previous job as Guna keeps searching for him. On the day of Arjun’s flight to London, Guna kidnaps Brinda. Arjun comes back from the airport to rescue Brinda, and in the fight, Guna gets killed. Brinda realizes her mistake and gets close with Arjun. Finally Brindha, Annapurni, and Arjun unite. The movie song “Nan Varainthu Vaitha” song shot in . Actress dubbed her self in Tamil in this movie. , who previously played a minor role in ‘s debut movie (2007), plays the role of Brinda in this movie. The film received positive reviews and lauded by critics for its simplicity in its presentation. The film was described by .com as a “breezy entertainer”, with the reviewer taking a liking to the film, comparing to the films , and the film . The script and direction is described as “successful due to straightforward narration and packaging”. ‘s performance was praised, citing that she “sparkles as the half sister in a well etched role” and is “the surprise packet and has the credentials to make it big”. Vinay “looks too thin and fragile” but “adds to the film’s energy”, while has nothing much to do other than “looking prim and proper”. Out of the comedians, Sify reports that Krishna and were more effective than who at times you feel speaks more dialogues than necessary. Praise is also heaped on Athisaya as the small town girl who gets enamored by the rowdy, describing her as a “revelation”, while Kishore “fits the bill as the bad guy”. In unison, .com also praise the film as a “nice blend of the cinematic and logic”. The reviewer describes Vinay, “as the protagonist is very comfortable in his role” and that he has “expressive eyes, emotes well, and makes sure his audience isn’t disappointed. However Lekha Washington is clearly the surprise package”, echoing Sify.com’s views. However it claims that Bhavana, with her “soulful eyes and acting talent, could have done with a meatier role”. “The film has risen above the clichés as per the review of and the reviewer has praised Vinay for choosing this film as his second project”. Critics claimed that Kannan deserves credit for a “good job” on his story and screenplay. Vidayasagar’s music was described as is “so-so”, there is a feeling that you have heard these tunes before with the “picturisation is nowhere near the high standards set up by the director’s guru ( ). Rediff claims that Balasubramaniam’s camera makes sure the “viewers aren’t treated to bizarre angles” and that ‘s editing is “slick and smooth”. The film has six songs composed by . The audio of the film released worldwide on 3 June 2008, two months prior to the release. The soundtrack was successfully received with praise.</p>