Veyyil

Performed by Bharath, Pasupathi, Bhavana and many other new comers, Veyyil meaning sunlight, is the story of a man, whose life becomes a turning point, when he burns in the sun.
Pasupathi and Bharath are sons of a butcher. They are united and grow up together. Pasupathi is crazy about movies and one day, while he sneakily watching a movie, his father embarrasses him in front of the whole village, by making him lie down in the sun, without a piece of cloth on.
That night, the child runs away from home, with all the money and jewels he could lay his hands on. On the way, he stops by a village and gets attracted by the movie show again. He watches the movie and sleeps by a public shelter. The next morning, he loses all his belongings. With nothing to do, he wanders, until he meets an employee of the movie theatre. With the employee, he starts working at the theatre. As a young man, he considers the theatre his home.
He falls in love with the daughter of a neighbouring shopkeeper. They spend happy times together, until an accident causes their parents to know. They prepare to marry off the girl. In defiance, the lovers plan to elope but get caught and in a brawl, the girl kills herself. Right after that, the movie theatre business starts going down and Pasupathi is retrenched. With nothing in hand, Pasupathi returns to the house he ran away from.
His father refuses to accept him, but his brother takes him back home. His mother is overjoyed. He meets his two younger sisters, he never knew existed. Although he lives in their house, except for his brother, and at times his mother, no one else treated him well. He is most grieved. But he finds some solace in his childhood sweetheart, who is now without a husband (something like a divorcee).
Bharath, by now, has established a successful advertising business. And he was mostly the reason why the family was doing well today. He has fond memories of his brother and had lots of affection for him. In his business, he has a strong rival.
When the eldest of the sisters is about to be married, a misunderstanding occurs when the jewels go missing. When Pasupathi returns home, he goes through another round of insult with his father and mother calling him a thief. When the bride-to-be returns home, she returns with the jewels that she had taken to show her friend. Although the rest of the family is remorseful, Pasupathi's father leaves the scene. After expressing his feelings to him, Pasupathi decides to leave for elsewhere.
Bharath, on hearing that his brother is missing, leaves to search for him. His rival starts attacking him. When he is greviously injured and is hiding, he sees his brother. Without care for his life, he runs calling out for him. Seeing the state of his brother, Pasupathi defends and saves him.
Although he admits Bharath in the hospital, doctors say it is hard for anything to be said. Pasupathi leaves with vengeance to finish the rival. The ending of the movie was really touching and telling that here would definitely kill the entire suspense.
One of the best recent movies I have seen. Even though it was village based, it wasn't entirely in some old dialect that no one understood. Neither were there excessive scenes of rurality that makes one think if they have transcended a few ages back.
Awesome performance by Pasupathi and Bharath. Both showed a lot of potential when they started their careers in Virumandi and Boys, respectively, and have now come a long way. Definitely worth a watch.