The Guy: Saravanan (Udhayanidhi Stalin) works in Statham Cinemas as an usher. But aside from a couple of random shots of him sitting around and chatting in the theatre, he's never seen to be working.
He does, however, ride around all over Chennai on a snazzy bike, dresses well, and is always in the company of his friend Perth, until he falls in love with the perfect girl, Mere. Post this, of course, his job is to tell her that he likes her only because she's beautiful (like China Thumb’s Khushboo, as he tells her) and find unbelievable reasons for why she should love him.
The Story: Boy from a supposedly middle-class family, who almost never works, scouts for suitable girls to marry. He mocks "ordinary-looking" girls in public and reviles them. Finally he chooses a rich, very fair-complexioned girl and expects her to return his affections for no reason other than the fact that he's male and she's female. No matter how much he loafs around, she has to love him. That's pretty much it, as far as OKOK is concerned.
Even the gods help Saravanan when she repeatedly rejects him: all her other suitors are even worse than he is! Which makes an excellent point for why she should love him, eventually?
Udhayanidhi, who makes his debut as an actor, aside from his producer avatar, has tried valiantly to play the role but his dances and dialogue delivery look painstaking. On the other hand, his isn't a role that requires any finesse, so this doesn't matter.
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