Shyamala (Nanditha Das) is a Tamil expatriate living in Sri Lanka. She gets married to a militant (Chakri). A day after the marriage, the militant goes back and joins his mission of LTTE. Later on Shyalama is evacuated from Sri Lanka and is sent back to India. She is taken care by a refugee camp at Rameswaram where she gives birth to a girl. Shyamala leaves the baby behind and goes back to Sri Lanka to fight for Indians in Sri Lanka.Srinivas (Madhavan) is a famous writer. He writes a story based on the kid. Indira (Simran) is his neighbor. She suggests him that he should adapt the girl rather than money by writing a story on her. When Srinivas attempts to adapt the girl, the Red Cross people say that a bachelor is unqualified to do so. Srinivas proposes to Indira and gets married and the couple adapts the baby girl and names her Amrutha (Baby Keerthana). Later on, India and Srinivas gives birth to two sons.When Amrutha enters 9, Srinivas reveals the dark secret to Amrutha that she is born to a refugee from Sri Lanka. Amrutha wants to meet her real mother. Amrutha runs away from home in search of her mother. Srinivas and Indira bring her back. The trio (Indira, Srinivas and Amrutha) leaves for Sri Lanka in search of Shyamala. The entire second half is dealt with how Amrutha searches and meets her real mother and what decision she would take. That is, to stay with Indira and Srinivas or to prefer Shyamala?

Analysis :

Baby Keertha is the daughter of Seetha (Telugu heroine) and Parthiban (Tamil Hero). She is a born actress and the lifeline of this film. She is extremely natural in all the scenes. She has bright future ahead on the silver screen.Madhavan acted sans makeup in Amrutha. He stole the show with balanced acting and controlled performance. Simran is very homely in this film. Her made-up curly hair for this film suited the housewife role. Her portrayal of jealousy when Amrutha wants to meet her real mother is excellent. All her emotions are subtle and effective.Nanditha Das role in the film is a 20 minutes screen presence. But she leaves her mark with excellent performance as the innocent wife and emotionally struggling mother who has to chose between her own daughter and the cause of Indians in Sri Lanka.Prakash Raj played the role of Dr. Vikrama Singhe, who helps Madhavan in finding Nanditha Das. He suited the role well.

TeluguOne Perspective :

First half of the film is entertaining. Second half of the film is pretty slow and boring at times. The film is rich and well taken. But when it comes to entertainment value, it disappoints. The entire second half has a single mission of Amrutha searching for her real mother and that's where the director loses his grip in sustaining interest among the viewers. The director should have shown how Nanditha Das transforms from a innocent housewife into LTTE activist and what happened to Chakri when he left Nanditha after first night. The ending of the film is abrupt just like the climax of 'Dil Se'. It may not find a liking for the regular moviegoers. But it's a must-watch for all the movie lovers who are interested in get into films line. We have to wait and see what the box office has in store for this Mani Ratnam's film, which released after a gap of 2 years.