Surya (Prashanth) is a carefree youth living in Malaysia with his brother Chandramohan (Raghuvaran) and sister-in-law Devi (Sukanya). Chandramohan and Devi are childless because of a problem with Chandramohan. Surya falls in love with dancer Priya (Riya Sen) and manages to steal her heart too. Just when things seem happy, a bombshell is dropped by a Sister Mary who tells Surya that he is the father of a small girl Pooja. Pooja must undergo an operation to save her life but insists on seeing her dad before agreeing to the operation. Surya agrees to pose as her dad and is forced to do so on a more permanent basis even after the operation is done.
Acting
Raghuvaran's quiet devastation as the infertile brother.
Writing
The fake-dad premise commits harder than it needs to.
Score
Early 2000s Tamil-Malaysian fusion that slaps unironically.
Director
Manoj Bhatnaghar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a wave of early 2000s Tamil films shot in Malaysia targeting the diaspora market, with Prashanth becoming an unlikely bridge star between industries.
The 'fake dad becomes real dad' trope here predates the Bollywood boom of similar premises by several years, and the Malaysian setting allowed censors to handle unwed pregnancy more frankly than mainland Tamil cinema typically would.
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