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The breath taking trailers of Tamil film "7G Rainbow
Colony" had been a fixture on TV

Walking into the theatre to watch the movie at last, flooded
by memories of Selvaraghavan’s last creation, I wondered whether "7G
Rainbow Colony" could ever measure up to "Kaadhal Kondean".

What strikes one first about "7G Rainbow Colony"
is that its hero, Kathir (played by Ravi Krishna), is no archetypal Tamil film
hero. He is an average, rather uncouth and rowdy, lower middle class
Chennaiite. The kind of person, who never draws a second glance from women.

He is the quintessential underachiever who frustrates his
father by performing disastrously in every examination he takes. He spends his
time drinking, smoking or behaving raucously in theatres with his friends.

Anitha (Sonia Agarwal), whose family has suffered a serious
financial reverse, shifts into Rainbow Colony -- a decidedly lower middleclass
neighbourhood -- and occupies the flat below Kathir’s. Mercifully for the
viewer, the result is not love at first sight!

And love, when it does bloom in Kathir’s heart, is not the
formulaic love that one usually witnesses on the silver screen. In fact, Kathir’s
long, silent stares and his dogged pursuit of Anitha accurately mirrors the
almost obsessive infatuations often seen in school and college campuses in
these parts.

Though Anitha’s feelings towards Kathir do ultimately
change, it is thankfully gradual and believable. The feeling of repulsion that
viewers feel towards Kathir also gradually changes as the movie gets on. Anitha
then helps Kathir rise out of the ocean of mediocrity and achieve something
tangible in life.

Sonia Agarwal is undoubtedly the star of the film. She looks
ravishing though a little on the buxom side. She has portrayed to perfection
the harassed, young girl with a staid middle class values.

Unprepossessing and ordinary, Ravi Krishna’s character
doesn’t stand out in a crowd and is just one among faceless millions.

Though Kathir’s three other friends appear in a large number
of frames in the movie, their faces don’t stay in the viewer’s mind - an
indication that Selvaraghavan has successfully managed to portray them as the
kind of people who, in real life, receive no second glance.

The songs drag on a little too long but the music by Yuvan
Shankar Raja is excellent. The background music, though a trifle loud at times,
lends itself to the narrative, which in turn is fast-paced and engrossing.

Selvaraghavan’s directorial venture after "Kaadhal
Kondein" can be given an emphatic thumbs-up. He has managed to weave
together a touching movie, which brings tears to one’s eyes at moments. This
movie is definitely among the best released, Excellent .