V.Sehar's initial movies all dealt with some familiar problems faced by middle-class families. Though they weren't exactly comedies, the moderate success of his films seemed to point to him taking over the place earlier occupied by Visu. But his movies have been diminishing in quality, becoming thematically weaker and trying to make up for it with loudness and crudeness. His latest film, Aalukkoru Aasai, too suffers from these problems and inspite of following a dud like Veettoda Maappillai, still ends up worse in comparison.

Arivazhagan(Satyaraj) hopes to marry a well-educated, working woman who would help him achieve his dream of building his own house. But he is tricked into marrying Eeswari(Meena), a distant relative from a village, by his grandparents(Senthil, Vadivukkarasi). He gets over the disappointment and hopes that she will atleast agree to his plan of not having kids for two years. But fearful of society's pressures, Eeswari gets pregnant. An angry Arivazhagan walks out and finds mental support in Manthra(Manthra), a prostitute.

Aalukkoru Aasai seems suspiciously like a movie that was started with only the basic premise of a conflict in hand and no ideas about the resolution of the conflict. The movie sets up an interesting situation and even manages to raise some laughs along the way. But it then gets lost completely and never recovers. The director has no clue on the direction to adopt, whether with the storyline or with the characters of the main players. The result is a movie with a confusing storyline and characters that are stupid and easy to dislike. And as in Koodi Vaazhndhaal Kodi Nanmai, the director uses people slapping one another as a means to comedy.

The movie starts off in a comic vein, while setting up the stage for future complications. Satyaraj's decisions about married life are sensible and while the way Senthil and Vadivukkarasi prep Meena to trick Satyaraj isnt tremendously clever, it serves its purpose and gives the impression of the movie moving forward. The movie also builds up momentum quite well up until the moment Satyaraj finds out the Meena is pregnant. So we are primed for some interesting fights between Satyaraj and Meena and also curious about how the director is going to find a resolution. Manthra's introduction leads us to think that is it going to be the familiar story of a man caught between two women but it is a relief that the director doesn't take that route.

But the director completely loses focus from that point onwards. It oscillates between being a family drama(as when Satyaraj tries to convince Meena to have an abortion) and silly comedy(when he fakes madness in Ooty). The motivations and intents of the characters are unclear. We never really know how Satyaraj feels about Manthra and come dangerously close to thinking that he is simply using her. The periodic fights between Satyaraj and Meena simply go to show that the director has not decided who to show as being responsible for the whole mess. And one can't help laugh when Delhi Ganesh finally points to Satyaraj as an example for how one should live his life.

Satyaraj has become quite stereotyped and isn't given a chance to display any range. Meena, looking a little aged, overacts initially as the illiterate, naieve, village girl. But she holds her own in the fights with Satyaraj. A considerably slimmer Manthra looks good but is saddled with a weak character which gets laughable towards the end. Vadivelu is obnoxious and the way his character been shaped doesn't help either and Kalpana matches his step for step. Senthil's T-shirts with pictures of Britney Spears raise some chuckles initially but his character is not as funny.