Anbae Vaa

Starring makkal thilakam M.G.R. and B. Saroja Devi, this technicolour romantic comedy has outstanding musical compositions - a confirmed treat in all M.G.R.'s movies.
The movie starts with a tired multimillionaire business character called J.B. who has no time to relax, thereby setting the reason and stage for the rest of the story to proceed. So he takes time off in one of his hill station bungalows, which is, for the first time, rented to some tourist owing to the lack of a frequenting boss (J.B.). Angered at first by this disloyalty shown by his servants, J.B. uses this opportunity to lead a 'normal' life, lying about his identity and means.
The tourist of house is a small family with a feisty girl, Geetha, as the heir of a large fortune. Proud and opinionated, it hatred that fills her as soon as she sees the 'normal' J.B., now calling himself as Balu. Seeing her, J.B. stirs trouble with her every time their paths cross. Along with the trouble, he constantly puts up a 'drama' of a blooming romance between them. Bugged by his insensitivity, Geetha agrees to marry her cousin (an ancient custom) and conveys so her parents.
Right after this communication, Balu tells his love to her. Both of them are now saddened by the new twist of events and agree to go as the flow and propriety of promises take them. The cousin is an old friend of J.B.'s, who discovers their love and agrees to sacrifice his (since he has been harbouring a dream of marrying Geetha since their childhood) for theirs.
Finally comes the time to reveal the truth about J.B. When Geetha comes to know of it, she assumes this is another J.B. drama of fake romance and runs away. Minutes later, J.B. follows her and after some confusion, they come together to live happily ever after.
One must appreciate the colour, liveliness and celebration of decor in M.G.R.'s movies. He makes use of talent and brings out the best in people, although some people end up overacting in his movies compared to Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan. But with the typical masala and sentiments in M.G.R.'s movies, it seems worthwhile for some laugh and entertainment in his movies. Even though he must have been almost 40 or 50 in the movie, he looked much much younger than his colleagues who enacted as the heroine's father. Makeup - you might think, but in this case, the heavy makeup makes the young look older. I always used to wonder if the people actually had the Asian paints smell as they approached each other. The layer would seem so thick and heavy. It seems odd for my generation after seeing the improvement in cosmetics today.
Although it seemed like a little drag for a 3 hour movie, it is a good watch for first time.