We've had cinematographers like Jeeva and K.V.Anand successfully make the transition to direction but Ravi Varman's attempt isn't quite so successful. As the cinematographer, he has made a film that is beautiful to look at but as the director, he offers little to go along with the visual aspect.

The oddly-named Moscow(Rahul) and Kaveri(Samantha) are both software engineers in Chennai. Its love at first sight when Moscow sees Kaveri at a discotheque but it takes a while for her to recognize his sincerity and reciprocate his feelings. But once in love, she quickly takes it to the next level and moves in with him. When this is frowned upon by the house owner, the two of them buy a house. But they hardly get a chance to live there since Moscow gets assigned to a project in Hyderabad and Kaveri accompanies him. Meanwhile, a killer Azhagan is terrorizing Chennai and the police is hot on his heels.

As the movie opens by describing Rahul as a man who is not averse to doing anything to get what he wants and Samantha as a perfectionist, it promises a romance between two mismatched people. But those traits are nowhere in evidence in their romance. It is a regular cinematic romance filled with cliches like love at first sight, the hero snapping countless photographs of the heroine and the heroine rebuffing him. If anything, their behavior is the opposite of their character descriptions since Rahul is dedicated in wooing Samantha while she appears impulsive when suggesting that they live together or buy a house.

While the hero and heroine living together before marriage is a new concept in Tamil cinema, the film doesn't explore it with enough depth. The main aspect of such a relationship is the absence of the commitment that the act of marriage brings along with it but the film barely touches upon this as the couple goes to Hyderabad and lives with a friend. The fragility of the relationship is evident only towards the end as, in Alaipayuthey style, a small incident balloons into a major fight and Rahul and Samantha are able to walk away easily since they have no real-world ties binding them.

The film's detours into thriller territory with the actions of the killer are handled casually and feel out of place. Predictably, the two tracks do intersect but that happens very late and some of the actions of both the killer and the lead pair don't make a lot of sense after that. Tts also disappointing that the killer is used simply as a pawn to bring about a resolution to the main track and the resolution itself isn't doesn't seem like a strong, permanent solution and is more a temporary band-aid.

Rahul reminds us a little of Raju Sundaram but otherwise does fine as a romantic hero. Samantha, for whom this was the debut film but has since then become more popular with a small role in Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaayaa and the heroine's role in Baanaa, seems quite comfortable in front of the camera here too. She looks different in each scene but is natural throughout and believable when emoting. Santhanam is artificially inserted into the film as the driver of the van in Hyderabad but is quite unfunny and even irritating. The film look gorgeous though with some nice cinematography outdoors and eye-catching interior decoration indoors(like the way the lead couple's house looks after they decide to color it with their favorite colors).