The movie opens up with Kannan (karthik, the hero) getting released from the jail and Rajamani (Janakaraj, as the loyal servant) picks him up from the jail. There are no re-recording bits for the first frame and only the natural chirping of few birds and the sound of "maatu vandi" fills up the scene.

The hero reaches his uninhabited home and manages to push off the spider web and adjusts the red shawl presented to him by his grandfather (fantastic role by poornam viswanathan). When he recollects those nostalgic memories a flute piece pops up. This is the theme bit whenever poornam viswanathan appears and whenever he emphasis his family members that the "kovil thiruvizha" should be celebrated as the best ever.

Raaja has carved each re-recording and has given life to each scene through his music.

One such subtle re-reco is from the maestro's keyboard when karthik narrates kushboo during their impish romance about the games played by a small boy and a girl 16 years back (he indicates himself and radhika and their good old childhood days)

Karthik has done a wonderful job in this movie and this movie could be reckoned as his all time best. The way the director has created the hero's character is really amazing. When karthik says that he always think that whatever is there at his grandfather's house belongs to him, reveals the natural affection and emotions the youngster has in his mind.

The portions of V.K.Ramaswami and Janakaraj are fantastic. This movie is an "All-in-one" combination movie. You will have a feeling of having a "Big-combo" meal at Pizza hut or two vadais, one pongal and a plate poori at a "kaiyendhi bhavan" at pitchupillai street, Mylapore.

Another important aspect of Raaja's re-reco which is generally considered as an "emotional-translator" is that he translates all the emotions of the scenes through his music.

The scene where karthik meets kushboo at the temple in the night and the inauspiciousness of dropping the "vilakku" is brought out in music. The small gloomy bit clearly indicates that there is some "amangalyam" (something wrong). This bit rings deep in your heart when you watch the movie. He has used a tabla beat and the same bit is repeated when the astrologer says the truth to poornam viswanathan at the temple.

Even the fight scene has a different re-reco. Raaja has used mridangam and "konakkol" (an art of rendering the thaalams)

The movie has 4 beautiful songs. And of course another song which was unreleased. Let's dissect these songs and see what Raaja has done. According to me, some of Raaja's songs even if disintegrated, each piece could be construed as great individual songs. Such a composer this Mother Earth has ever seen.

Pazhamudhir Cholai (1/4) - This song reverberates in my ears because of its natural composition and also because of the rendition of K.J.Yesudas. This song is a typical tune for a bubbling youngster, who is a nature-lover, a successful student and an adventurous guy whose heart is bonded with pure love and affection.[ continue... ]