Pandiyarajan's flag flew pretty high at one time with movies like Kanni Raasi and Aanpaavam. Since then it has been downhill all the way with the exception of occasional hits like Paatti Sollai Thattaadhe. In my opinion, the reason for this was his mistaken impression that people had accepted him as a hero rather than a comedian. While his earlier movies used his features(round, shifty eyes, small build) well, later movies tended to hide these and portray him as a regular hero. But it is not particularly nice seeing Pandiyarajan frolic with a heroine in colorful dresses or successfully combat villains twice his height. SNSN also falls victim to the trend with its duets and fights. But many of the jokes manage to be funny and this makes the overall viewing experience less painful that expected.

Krishnaveni(Easwari Rao) is the youngest of three daughters of Panneerselvam(Anumohan) and Mangamma(Satyapriya). Her father eggs Subramani(Pandiyarajan) on to romance his daughter. Subramani agrees and pretty soon, Krishnaveni falls for him too. Panneerselvam then explains to Subramani that he has his own reason for wanting Subramani to marry his daughter. He now asks Subramani to pose as the son of his rich friend in Dubai in order to obtain Mangamma's permission for the wedding. But Panneerselvam's moment of weakness with another woman threatens him now. The woman's brother Sivaramakrishnan(Ranjit) has been blackmailing him for awhile and also has his eyes on Krishnaveni. He arrives at the right time and Mangamma mistakes him to be the rich friend's son. The threat of exposure keeps Panneerselvam silent and its now upto Subramani to stop Sivaramakrishnan.

The movie has its moments but fails to maintain the comic momentum throughout. The scenes that evoke laughs are separated by long, painful patches of comic drought. One of the well-handled scenes is the one where Easwari Rao deliberately runs into Manorama, Pandiyarajan's mother, and proceeds to impress her (she gives the term "accidental run-in" a whole new meaning when she pushes Manorama from the bus to create an oppurtunity where she can help her!). Both Easwari Rao and Pandiyarajan create a goody-goody image in front of Manorama and she falls for it hook, line and sinker. There are several points in the movie where various characters are shown with flowers behind their ears (to illustrate them being fooled) but the shot of Manorama here has the best effect. There are also snippets of dialogs scattered throughout the movie that are funny (like Pandiyarajan's experiment with the tubelight).

There almost no twists or turns and the screenplay is kept relatively straightforward. There is some hint of a story only when Pandiyarajan and Ranjit try to one-up each other in their attempt to impress Satyapriya but their tactics aren't particularly interesting. While character development is usually sacrificed at the expense of laughs in comedy movies, this movie is particularly lacking in that department. For instance, the frequent mention of Easwari's Rao's second sister, without showing her, unnecessarily makes us expect some kind of a story there. Nothing of that sort. She just shows up quite late in the movie to allow Charlie to talk about romancing her but that subplot is never touched upon after that single scene either. The overused character of the timid husband who finally regains his prestige and imposes his will is on display here too.

Inspite of Easwari Rao being in college and Charlie, a tamil professor, playing an active part in the proceedings, there are no scenes that take place in a classroom. So we are spared yet another comedy routine involving a professor and his students (the horrors of Kaadhalar Dhinam and Jolly are still fresh in my mind!). But the role of the tamil professor, usually played by 'Venniradai' Murthy and the centerpiece of any comedy set in a college, doesn't fare much better here. This time its Charlie and his tasks include mistakenly romancing the school principal, getting torn apart by a dog and helping Pandiyarajan win Easwari Rao's heart.

Pandiyarajan walks through the role rolling his eyes and delivering his dialogs in his trademark tone. Easwari Rao has nothing much to do other than show up in skimpy clothing. There are comedians galore and among them, Charlie and Anumohan have meaty roles. Senthil and Vaiyapuri are wasted. Deva's duets are surprisingly melodious though the unimaginative picturisation and costume selection leave a lot to be desired.