Take the controversy away and there’s very little here — rather, the fact that a controversy was created around something this underwhelming, this undeserving is worth a controversy of its own. The story is about Komban’s prickly relationship with his father-in-law Muthaiah (an earnest Rajkiran) — Lakshmi Menon plays Komban’s wife; it’s a role that redefines the word “thankless” — and had the film concentrated on these emotional beats, we may have had something. But these portions are uninspired. Nothing is developed, shaped — everything is presented in the most obvious manner.
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