Sethu
Tags: tragedy, violence, romantic

Plot synopsis:
Sethu aka Chiyaan (Vikram) is a rough and macho college rowdy and also The Students Union Chairman of the college, who uses violence as the only way to deal with people. He lives with his brother, a Magistrate (Sivakumar), and his sister-in-law, who is the only person who seems to understand him properly.
The movie opens with Sethu winning the elections to the office bearers of the college's Students Union followed by celebrations and in-campus fight between the rival candidates.
Sethu has a staple diet of yes-sir friends surrounding him. He comes across a timid girl, Abitha, who is the daughter of a poor temple priest, and starts to woo her. When she initially rejects him, he kidnaps her and forces her to fall in love with him.
When the girl falls in love with him, Sethu is attacked by brothel goons and ends up in a temple ashram with brain damage With no memory of his past and having developed an unusual behaviour, he starts to recollect memories. At one point, he is completely back to his normal self and tries to escape by climbing over the gates. Unfortunately, he fails and ends up with serious injuries.
Whilst sleeping with his injury, Abitha makes a surprise visit. However Sethu is asleep and she leaves with this woeful memory of him. As she is about to leave the institution, he wakes up and realises that she had come to see him. As he calls out, she leaves unable to hear him.
Persistent to meet her he makes another attempt to leave the institution and this time he is successful. When he arrives at her house he is presented with his love unfortunately dead. He realises that she had committed suicide.
Distraught after what he saw, he just walks out and at that point he is met with the mental institution wardens who came chasing after him. The film ends with Sethu leaving with them as he has nothing to live for after his true love's death.

Review: Awesome if you have heart. This movie will definitely leave a tear on our eyes at the end.The way the characters are depicted in the movie is excellent. The story, characters and the feeling they give to the viewers is something you cant forget in your life.You should have watched many a LOVE movies/stories in your life, but this movie is far different from them. Let me tell how it is different, you will not face even a Romantic (i mean a LOVE song with Hero and Heroine) Song, no vulgar language, no vulgar scenes, even this movie don't have any MESSAGE, except the feeling that we cant breath with out our loved ones. You can watch this movie with your family (though a LOVE movie). You will NOT ENJOY the movie, but damn sure you will LOVE and FEEL the message from the movie.. Pain of love has never been captured on screen like this in cinema. its a relatively low budget movie which no one wanted to release first for its strong emotional content.but it went on to become the biggest blockbuster of the that year its a experience which should be felt the music by illayaraja is a most important character in the movie since most of pain in this love story is expressed in the music of movie even if you don't like the 1 st half ...... wait for the second half you will not be disappointed ...instead you will see the one of the masterpiece in tragedy ever made on screenPain of love has never been captured on screen like this in cinema warning : see with sub titles for people who don't have patience to wait for the second half ( yes 2nd half you don't need sub titles )