Nalla Sivam and Anbarasu meet under different circumstances and their lives are changed as they take the journey of their life.
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Cast
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Nallasivam
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| Madhavan | ... |
Anbarasu (A Aras)
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| Kiran Rathod | ... |
Balasaraswathi
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| Nassar | ... |
Kandasamy Padayachi
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Santhana Bharathi | ... |
Kandasamy assistant
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Mehrunnissa
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Uthaman
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Balu Anand | ... |
Ticket checker
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Bala Mother
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R.S. Shivaji | ... |
Station Master
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Laxmi Rattan | ... |
Anbarasu Father
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Nallasivam (Kamal Haasan) and Anbarasu (Madhavan) are drawn together by the strings of fate after they come into contact at the Bhuvaneshwar airport. Anbarasu is an advertisement director, while Nallasivam is a trade unionist. Fate entwines their travel plans, and they end up travelling to Chennai together. In the course of their journey, Anbarasu, born with a golden spoon, is touched by the realities of the sufferings of a normal human being when he witnesses the dead and the injured during a train accident, and he volunteers to donate his blood, which is of a very rare group, despite his fear of blood. The flashback of Nallasivam is recounted during one of their journeys. Nallasivam is a communist trade unionist, who fights for higher wages for his comrades. By chance, he falls in love with the daughter Bala (Kiran) of a rich industrialist, Bala's father, Padaiyacchi (Nasser). Due to the opposition, they plan to elope and get married, but unfortunately, Nallasivam meets with an ... Written by Niranjan Venkatraman <v.niranjan@ieee.org>
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14 January 2003 (India) See more »Also Known As:
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I happened to see this film which was a perfect blend of philosophy, realistic acting and the fine art of film making.
Now, I am not a big fan of Kamal. Never was. The arrogance so clearly etched on his face is a major put off for me. But ever so often, Kamal makes me admit ( albeit grudgingly ) that he is the best at what he does.
The philosophy of the film is best explained by the words of the title song, ...
A rough translation goes something like this,
For the theists, God is love. For the good among the atheists, Love is God.
Who here is God ? You and me.
The story is written by Kamal as is the screenplay. He has sung a couple of songs as well out of which the haunting title song stands out. Madhavan is but a tool in Kamal's hands which he uses effectively to his advantage.
Kamal's character changes from that of a bumbling idiot in the first few scenes to a communist union leader with a artistic vein in the middle scenes to a god like figure in the last few scenes. In the last scene, as Kamal walks away into the horizon, we are left with no option but to stand up and salute the indomitable spirit of a man from whom life has taken away so much but still manages to smile.
I wouldn't describe anything more about the story because any words that I can conjure up here wouldn't be enough. The film tells a philosophy that is best seen and understood.
When Love lives in your mind, you are God.