Watched this just based off of the reviews. Can't believe this is rated 8.5 on imdb...I don't know what people are watching or how people judge movies these days...or if they're standards are just low. It was overdramatic from the get go. Background scores were unnecessary and a bit too much..cinematography and general presentation of scenes were amateurish..almost felt like a desperate failed attempt to bring a certain mood to the scenes.
If this were taken in malayalam, I'm sure the malayalee audience wouldn't have rated it so high. I guess it's a tamil movie charecterestic of making things overly dramatic for no reason. However, the plot and the story were good!