Aval Peyar Thamizharasi is a 2010 Tamil language

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 movie directed and written by Meera Kathiravan and starring Jai

Jai (actor)

Jai is a Tamil film actor. He is best known for his performances and appearances in the films Chennai 600028, Subramaniapuram and Engeyum Eppodhum. He is the nephew of music director Deva. Srikanth Deva is his cousin....

, Nandhagi, Dhiyana, S. Theodore Baskaran and Ganja Karuppu

Ganja Karuppu

Ganja Karuppu, born Karuppu Raja, is an Indian film actor who plays comedy roles in Tamil cinema. He has appeared in many well-known Tamil films like Raam , Paruthiveeran , Subramaniyapuram , and Naadodigal...

 in lead roles.

Plot

Siva Rao (Veera Santhanam), is a Thol Pavai puppeteer who along with his family goes around villages performing the art for his survival. He is struggling to make both ends meet.

When they land up in Tirunelveli, a rich man Chelladurai (Theodre Baskaran) decides to support the family for his young grandson Jothi (Jai) loves the art and their family. Thamizharasi (newcomer Nandhagi), the grand daughter of Siva Rao is enrolled in a local school, who grows up and works hard to pass out in flying colours in her higher secondary.

Even as she gets admission in an engineering college in Pune, Jothi and Thamizharasi develop affinity for each other. Unable to leave her, Jothi rapes her which changes her life. As a result, Jothi is forced to leave the village by his grandfather,to live with his dad.Jothi returns after a couple of years to see Thamizharasi nowhere. The rest is all about how Jothi travels from pillar to post to reach out for Thamizharasi and repents for his acts that altered her life all together.

Cast

• Jai
  Jai (actor)
  Jai is a Tamil film actor. He is best known for his performances and appearances in the films Chennai 600028, Subramaniapuram and Engeyum Eppodhum. He is the nephew of music director Deva. Srikanth Deva is his cousin....
  
   as Jyothi
• Nandhagi as Thamizharasi
• S. Theodore Baskaran as Chelladurai
• Veerasanthanam as Siva Rao
• Ganja Karuppu
  Ganja Karuppu
  Ganja Karuppu, born Karuppu Raja, is an Indian film actor who plays comedy roles in Tamil cinema. He has appeared in many well-known Tamil films like Raam , Paruthiveeran , Subramaniyapuram , and Naadodigal...
  
   as Othappuli
• Dhiyana
• Rama
• S. S. Kumaran as Kuthoos

Reception

The multifaceted Jai shows that he is in the process of grooming himself to become a well-rounded actor. Be it in expressing his warmth and love for Nandagi, his unrelenting anger that is also misguided or his penance and the quest that will probably culminate with his love of life, Jai shows us that he can bring in complex emotions on his face at the drop of a hat. Nandagi is a revelation and her physicality supports the character enormously

Vijay Antony’s background score gets full marks and the Otha Vaartha Sollu number is soulful. P.G. Muthaiah’s camera brings the Tirunelveli region to life and the movie’s feel is greatly enhanced, thanks to the brilliant cinematography.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony

-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...

, which features 9 short tracks.