Its been a long time since I witnessed such a strong portrayal of a woman lead, performed beautifully by Aishwarya Rajesh. Its her narration, her story, her pain, her struggle, all the way! Though there are flaws in the characterisation of supporting roles, the intensity with which Ariyanachi was scripted, made me focus just on her. Eventhough Vijay Sethupathi is the Ranasingam, he became just a primer for the whole plot to weave around him, with Aishwarya Rajesh taking the lead! The screenplay offers the breathing space for us to understand, realise and sense the pain and suffering of Ariyanachi, through each and every step she takes. The intensity was handled quite well by Aishwarya Rajesh.. This will be one such character which will be remembered for a long long time.

Though the plot is new, the execution is more (or) less same. From 1947, all movies made regarding Indian bureaucracy, only blame the red tapism and govt officials (or) an angry young man take over the system and overhauls it. This movie adopts the first approach, where the female protagonist runs errands to get the body of her deceased husband from UAE. The movie gets preachy sometimes throwing punches and criticizing the officials. The whole point of the movie is to what extent one has to go to get things done from officials which is seen in countless other movies too. The movie never shows how authorities and officials actually work. They are simply bound by the law and not to the emotional whims of the public. I would seriously like to see a movie where they show the rat race and about the uncertainty to become an IAS, IPS and how things can be tackled legally rather than criticizing these officials. Its a good watch for emotional folks and not for practical ones!!

It really feels painful just by imaging the kinda pain/emotions that people in those real situations would've gone through. The profession of the male protagonist of predicting the rain with just his instincts might sound magical to many today's world but it is a fact that there are real people around us who're still capable of pulling this job that even today's heavy-duty machinery would find it difficult to pull it off The female protagonist has as usual done a fabulous job as the character in the film has demanded. The plot does move slowly and among a handful of govt servants, bringing in more & with some twists/turn might've made it much better, maybe but the twist, in the end, was a good one although it was expected.