institution and this time is successful. His legs still chained and his shirt dirty, he limps his way to Abi's house. When he arrives at her house, he finds marriage decorations at her place. Confused, he limps inside to the house and notices a crowd gathered at the center. Glancing over, he finally sees Abitha lying on the ground with garlands on her neck with people mourning her: she has killed herself. Heartbroken, Sethu realizes that his efforts have amounted to nothing. Distraught, he steps outs of the house and limps away. His friends and family run over to see him full of tears, but Sethu does not respond nor see them and keeps limping until the ashram wardens come with their van. He has one final last look and walks in to the van. The film ends with Sethu leaving with them as he has nothing left to live for after his true love's death. Cast Vikram as Sethu Abitha as Abitha Kujalambal (voice dubbed by Savitha Reddy) Sivakumar as Vasudevan Sriman as Das Anju Mahendra as Sethu's friend Sriram as Sriram Vijaya Bharathi (aka Bharathi) as Latha Lavanya as Kamakshi, Abitha's sister Rasheed Ummer as Abitha's brother-in-law Mohan Vaithya as Abitha's uncle Manobala as Tamil Teacher Rajashree as Raji Hemalatha as Vasudevan's daughter Kavitha Tinku as Abitha's friend S. S. Raman as Abitha's father Jyothi Lakshmi as the old lady dancer in "Gaana Karunkuyile" song Sasikumar as a college student (uncredited role) Ameer as a college student (uncredited role) Anwar alikhan as (Brothel goon) Production Development Bala, an assistant of Balu Mahendra, wrote the script of the film in the mid-1990s, which was then titled Akilan. Based on the film on a real-life incident of one of his friends named Mohammed Honest, a classmate of Bala in American college of Madhurai, who had fallen in love, lost his mind and ended up at a mental asylum. Certain portions of the film were actual incidents that occurred in his friend's life such as the brothel rescue. Bala also shared that the film is a tribute to his friend. The film also has been censored on the violent sequence of Sethu getting brain damaged with the theatrical version showing blood splattering onto the rock when his head is hit onto it,while the home-media versions and DVD releases do not show this. On close observation, the blood on the rock has