Subramaniam dreams of making his son Karthik an MBA graduate. Karthik idolizes Dhoni and is a star cricketer at school. He is poor at studies though.
Subbu is a widower with a girl child as well. He is a typical middle class man with a government job. He sells pickles to add to his income. He lives in a colony with his friends and loyalists strongly by his side.
Subbu doesn't understand his son until a small freak accident occurs and totally turns him upside down. Karthik is comatose and Subbu keeps hoping and trying to cure his son.
Subbu then experiences the follies of the education system firsthand and he decides to take on the system with the help of the media. It isn't smooth sailing as he keeps encountering obstacles. He braves them all and pulls off the mission of getting his son back in good health.
The film has heavy melodrama and the climax encounter with the CM is highly improbable. For a film that focuses on cricket, there are hardly few convincing cricket shots in the movie including the final triumphant moment of Karthik.
Prakash Raj is the pillar of the movie. He is involved all through the movie and it is his baby all the way. What a terrific and earnest actor. He has overacted in the heavy scenes though. Splendid, anyway. All the support characters are solid - the humane money lender, the friends, Nalini - the caring neighbor, the 2 kids, the office colleagues etc etc.
Ilayaraja's songs are serene and mellow you down. His BG score is A-rate as always. The pace of the movie is steady. Never peaks or drags. MSD will feel proud if he ever sees this movie. Such hero-worship :)
VERDICT: Another sincere film that takes on the education system. Prakash Raj, all the way.
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