Machakaaran

<p>Vicky is the eldest son of a railway officer. He is a perpetual loser in whatever he does and is looked down upon by his other family members. One day, he meets Shivani, the daughter of a rich textile tycoon, who has brought all the luck to her father Rajangam. Soon, the “unlucky” Vicky is drawn towards the “lucky” Shivani, and they fall madly in love. Due to circumstances, they are forced to elope, with Shivani’s cop brother in hot pursuit. The lovers decide to go to Rajangam’s village in Theni, where he is considered and treated as “Mr. Nice Guy”, a philanthropist and savior of the locals, and is given the honour of conducting the temple Thiruvizha every year. How the runaway couple against all odds rips his good guy image and exposes him in front of the entire village forms the rest of this predictable yarn. For the musical score of , director Thamizhvaanan teamed up with composer again, after the duo gave chart-topping songs in the director’s previous venture (2005). The soundtrack, which features 5 tracks overall, was released on 24 October 2007 and garnered generally positive reviews. A critic from rated the film out of 5 stars and wrote that ” is a sheer waste of time, money, efforts and everything else thanks to the absence of anything worthwhile during its span of approximately 195 minutes”. A critic from wrote that the film “turns out to be a hackneyed, boring regressive piece of kitsch, that leaves you exhausted at the end!” magazine wrote the film would have reached another dimension if the twists had been made less predictable. But the director has struggled which sadly he couldn’t do. Malini Mannath of wrote “‘Machakkaran’ is a much better effort than the director’s earlier film ‘Kalvanin Kadhali’. If only he had worked more on the second half of the script, the film would have turned into a more engaging entertainer”.</p>