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The part Sudish missed in The Hindu
Lakshmy has subverted every cliche Tamil cinema has been infested with over the last two decades and turns it into a celebration. Mothers will weep and the film is sure to sweep you off your feet with its brand of feel good entertainment. This is a film made with so much heart.

One that Bala, Vasanta Balan, Sashikumar, Balaji and every other filmmaker branching out from that school of cinema must watch. To learn that you don’t need to show poverty and misery to make people cry under the pretext of realism. You don’t need to paint the rich as evil and poor as good in every film saying that the story demanded the stereotypes. You don’t need to blatantly manipulate or exaggerate any condition – physical or mental – to tell stories of suffering. It’s a trend that has continued all the way till Vazhukku Enn 18/9. It’s high time someone stopped the pity-party. It’s something I have been praying for, for years: READ THIS. Lakshmy does exactly that. http://sudhishkamath.com/2012/06/28/...n-the-upswing/