But the second half, despite Santhanam’s shenanigans, plays out more like a drama. The first half trots along merrily with Ajay (Shiva) and Anjali (Priya Anand) indulging in one-upmanship that stirs up several laughs and saves the audience the trouble of wondering about the story’s progress. Her matter of fact presentation of a young unmarried couple living together is appreciable. But Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi puts some thought into it and treats it with a sensibility that’s refreshing. The story of Vanakkam Chennai is largely predictable right down to the fate of the fiancé (a London mapillai in this case, played excitably by Rahul Ravindran). Debutant director Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi plays out this tale with her toppings of sweet and sour in Vanakkam Chennai. What happens when the worlds of a small town boy and an uptown girl collide? A fairytale romance of course, and that’s strictly speaking in cinema parlance.
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