The plot revolves round the happenings in the life of Shiva, a call taxi driver. It depicts how his deep bonding with a little girl and his attempt to save her life, inadvertently puts him in a tight spot.
Included in the plot is the crime element, action, a half baked romance, sentiments, a road journey, amnesia, and oddballs. The screenplay is more of a hotchpotch of situations, the execution lackluster. The elements are haphazardly woven together in a plot that loses steam just at the start.
The film opens with the killing of a cop by a thug ,the death made to look like suicide. It shifts to the hero and his attachment to a little girl whose mother runs an eatery he frequents. And the love angle turns up in the most expected of ways, when Shiva falls at first sight for Anjali (Shamlee), as she driving a scooty bangs against his car. A dream-song promptly follows. After the appearance in the early scenes, Anjali would reappear post interval, her role looking more like an add-on.
The screen chemistry between the lead pair is zilch. It being Shamlee’s first lead on Tamil screen after playing the endearing ‘Anjali’ in Maniratnam’s film of decades back, there was some expectation from her. The hero playfully addresses her as ‘Anjali Paapa’ now and then to revive memories of her glorious performance in that film. But one feels she could have chosen a launchpad that would have showcased her in a favourable light.
For laughs there is the team-up of Yogi Babu-Robot Shankar, as small time conmen Ramesh and Suresh. Their bungling act, a take-off on the duo in a popular chocolate ad, provides a few fun moments and a bit of relief from the monotonous scenario. It was thanks to the duo that Shiva had got entangled in the affairs of the thug and his criminal outfit.
While Shiva tracks the thug in the early part of the plot, its vice versa towards the latter part. Selective amnesia makes its play with the hero losing his memory at a point and the director losing his grip on his narration too. And as the screenplay meanders, one waits patiently for the inevitable conk-on-the-head, by which the hero’s memory would be revived and the matter resolved. This is a scenario one wouldn’t like to revisit!
Cast
Vikram Prabhu, Shamlee,
Yogi Babu, Robot Shankar,
John Vijay,
Rajendran.