AFTER regaling the audiences with a Casanova con man’s escapades in Naan Avan Illai, the director–hero team of Selva and Jeevan return with a sequel. This time Jeevan, who had resurfaced in a foreign land the last we saw him, is back to his old game again. Jeevan’s victims this time include Deepa, an actress (Rai); Sakhi, an heiress to a fortune (Shruti); and Nisha, a Mumbai model and a con woman herself (Shweta). Nisha had targeted Jeevan, realising only too late that all along it was he who was the hunter and she the victim. There is also Maria, a mafia don (Rakshana), who comes under Jeevan’s soothing influence and ‘touch’ therapy, eventually giving up her ways and takes to spiritualism.
Maria becomes Jeevan’s staunch loyalist, even when the cops come knocking at her door in search of him.
Jeevan revels in his role, and slips effortlessly into it with an endearing cheeky charm. Mayilsamy as his partner in crime raises some laughs. We get to see the unselfish good side of the con man in his encounter with Mahi (Sangitha), a Sri Lankan war widow, who was going through mental distress and a financial crunch. Empathetic to her plight, Jeevan removes the hurdles from her path. And the hardcore con man this time seemed a little humbled, and perhaps embarrassed too, to acknowledge that one kind act of his life. There is some moralising too, when he tells his victims that they had only got what they had deserved. There are exotic foreign locales, gorgeous women, Imman’s peppy numbers catchily picturised, and a racy narrative that keeps you engaged. Neither taxing your brains, nor making any pretensions, Naan 2 is a fluffy, fun-filled entertainer.