I agree with one of the previous posters!! Undoubtedly one of the best comedies ever made in any language!
I have seen some of the great comedies like "Some Like it Hot":AFI's #1, "The Producers", "Annie Hall", etc. but this movie will just hold its own, if only audiences can understand the language/ethnicity, if only...
Yes, it is completely unknown outside of South India/Tamilnadu and unfortunately, no amount of sub-titles will ever convey the comic timing of its script.
The screenplay and the script is just too good! I have lost count on the number of times I have seen it but this is one movie I can never get tired of!
Unless & otherwise you were actually born & brought up in that area (urban TamilNadu) it would also be an exercise in futility to explain to an outsider, some of the characterizations in the movie (obviously "Kameshwaran" the cook).
It is a pity that this movie can be cherished only by an esoteric group. That group knows what I am talking about.
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