Naina

<p>The ghost of Annamalai is trying to communicate with his son Pasupathy. The latter, a taxi driver, is in love with the lawyer Vaanathi. Aavudaiyappan, a con medium, becomes the only one who can hear Annamalai. After being annoyed by Annamalai, Aavudaiyappan finally decides to help him. They meet Pasupathy, who seems to hate his deceased father. In the past, the widower Annamalai was a wealthy man and womanizer. Every time there was a good news in his village, he tonsured Pasupathy’s head. He later got married a second time with Azhagu Nachiyar, and they had a daughter. During a ceremony, a person pushed Annamalai from behind in . The villagers thought that the innocent Pasupathy killed his father, so he ran away. Annamalai does not know who killed him. Pasupathy decides to go back to his village. He wants to prove his innocence at all costs and wants to find the one who killed his father. When Azhagu Nachiyar meets Annamalai’s brother Velu, she becomes unconscious. Annamalai regains her consciousness and makes her overhear Velu’s conversation. It turns out that Velu had killed Annamalai to grab his property and blamed the murder on Pasupathy. In the climax, Pasupathy performs the last rites of his father, while Velu tries to disrupt the rites. Velu gets burned and also becomes a ghost. In the end, Pasupathy joins his father’s position in the village. The film was shot in Chennai, Ottapalam, Nelliampathi, Thrissur and Alappuzha. Jayaram played dual roles, that of father and son. It was the last film directed by Manobala before his death in 2023. The soundtrack was composed by , with lyrics written by , , and . Cinematographer made his singing debut with this film. Malini Mannath of wrote, “The film probably would have turned out better, if the director was clear as to whether he wanted the film to be a comic caper or a sentimental, suspense thriller. An injudicious blending of both, has resulted in a film that fails to satisfy”. The film was also reviewed by .</p>