Pesadha Kannum Pesume

<p>Vikram is a happy-go-lucky man who works in an advertising agency. He is a casanova and enjoys playing pranks on people. Vikram is in love with Swetha, who is very possessive about him. In one of his many practical jokes, he tells Swetha one day that he is already married. He even introduces her to Priya, who is a model working for him, and she convinces Swetha that they are married. Swetha is heartbroken and decides to marry a boy whom her parents chose. When Vikrma learns of this, he returns and tells her that everything was a planned joke, but to his shock, Priya who was his college mate, turns against him and continues to tell Swetha that she is Vikram’s wife. Priya has an axe to grind against Vikram, because of whom her father killed himself while they were in college. Finally, all ends well. The film saw the second collaboration of , , director and music composer after the success of their first film (2001). The film turned out to be the final film of Monal as she had committed suicide prior to its release. The music was composed by Bharani. called it “one of the most insipid films” and added, “There is nothing new about the story, presentation and even the acting of Kunal and Monal are disappointing”. wrote, “Director Muralikrishna starts off with a good story but chooses a tame ending”. Malini Mannath of wrote “There is nothing fresh here by way of script or narrative style, not the good music which was a chartbuster in the earlier film, and worse, the film continues long after it should have ended. There is not much by way of performances either”. Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “That pulling a fast one once too often and playing pranks at others’ expense could turn dangerous at some point is a theme that is as old as life itself. But at least the treatment could have been different.” wrote, “The director seems to continue reeling under the hangover of the commercial success of “Paarvai Ondre Podhume”. But, the kind of weight the story has is not reflected in the screenplay. This leads to uneasy squirming of the theatre audience”.</p>