Bagyaraj took it upon himself to launch his daughter Saranya and introduced her in the entertaining Paarijaatham. Probably disappointed by the fact the her career didn't really take off after that, he has placed his son Shantanu's launch in another director's hands. Bad idea! Shantanu makes no impact in a movie that turns out to be a dull, inconsequential affair with only Rahman's music going for it.

Yuvaraj(Shantanu) falls in love with Dipali(Ishita) in college. But his cousin(Vedhika), who is also in love with him, isn't ready to let him go as yet. So she starts making plans to break them up.

The film's opening segment, which portrays Shantanu's younger days and introduces us to his family, plays no purpose other than facilitating some crude and vulgar jokes. But as the movie proceeds with its main story, we soon realize that its not just the opening segment which is unnecessary. The entire film feels unnecessary and inconsequential. Based on a cliched love triangle and not featuring a single plot development that is original or surprising, the movie fails to draw us in at any point. As Ishita keeps suspecting Shantanu's love for her(based on age-old scenarios like walking in just as Vedhika slips and Shantanu catches her) and he, for his part, comes up with various ideas to prove his love, the director's lack of ideas to move the story forward is apparent.

The film's climax, if it can be called that, can be used to illustrate the term "much ado about nothing" in a cinema textbook. After an entire song during which a grand plan(the details of which are not revealed to us) is supposedly put in place, the plan, when it is revealed, turns out to be amateurish. It definitely does not require the large-scale preparation that was shown and some aspects of the earlier planning, like the boys' visit to a rundown temple in the middle of a forest, seem to have no rationale. Vedhika unravelling the scheme right at the beginning makes it even more of a damp squib and makes all the preparation completely redundant.

Considering the lack of attention to important areas like plot, screenplay and script, one can only assume that the movie was made banking on A.R.Rahman's musical score. The album wouldn't rank among Rahman's best but even the average soundtrack has not been treated with the importance it deserves. Songs are inserted with no regard for whether they fit in and are picturized with no regard for the situation and the lyrics. So we get a number like Aele... picturized on a group of 10-year-olds and Chinnamma... picturized with extravagant graphics and the dancers dressed up like vampires. Even the hugely popular Taxi Taxi... is a disappointment after its energetic start. Marudhani... is the only number that is picturized in a suitable way.

Shantanu is passable but appears to be imitating Shah Rukh Khan as far as expressions go. Like most debutants today, he seems to possess the basic skills like acting and dancing but doesn't do anything to stand out from the crowd. Ishita Sharma falls into the same category, not doing anything to differentiate herself from the numerous other new faces we see these days. Vedhika, who we saw in Muni and KaaLai, fares a little better since she has a more interesting character.