siblings. Arjun becomes protective of her and challenges the other kids in the colony to a fight if they can't accept her. The kids accept Anjali and all the kids come to love her. This causes the parents of the kids to worry as they don't want their kids to be close with a mentally disabled child. During an apartment association meeting, the parents of the kids demand that Shekar and Chitra either leave the apartment or institutionalise Anjali. The only person to argue for Anjali's presence is Dennis. The parents are afraid of him and let it go. But soon, Anjali wins over everyone in the apartment complex and everyone comes to like her. Meanwhile, Shekhar, during a late-night visit to his construction site with Chitra and Anjali, he witnesses a murder. He reports this to the police and the murderer is arrested. The murderer is enraged and visits Shekar's house after getting out on bail. He physically assaults and plans on killing Shekhar. But Dennis comes to the rescue and kills the murderer in the altercation when he threatens Shekhar's family and is arrested. Dennis thanks Shekhar before leaving as Anjali was the only person to show compassion to him. The next morning, Anu goes to wake up Anjali. When Anjali doesn't wake up, she calls Arjun and her parents, who realise that she has died in her sleep. As more and more people come after hearing Anu's screams, they all are saddened by the demise of the girl who taught them acceptance and forgiveness. Cast Raghuvaran as Shekar Revathi as Chitra Prabhu as Dennis Joseph (cameo) Saranya as Doctor Sheela (cameo) Nishanti (special appearance in the song "Iravu Nilavu") Tarun as Arjun Shruti as Anu Shamili as Anjali V. K. Ramasamy as Umapathi Poornam Viswanathan as Narayanaswamy Charuhasan as the apartment colony head Janagaraj as the watchman Oruviral Krishnarao Pradeep Shakthi Ananthu Charle as a police officer Thyagu Babu Antony as Dharma Anand (Special appearance in the song "Motta Maadi") Gayathri (Special appearance in the song "Motta Maadi") Anand as Anjali's friend Chethan Cheenu (uncredited) as Arjun's rival Production Development The idea of Anjali was developed by Mani Ratnam during the making of Nayakan (1987). He initially approached Dennis Joseph to have the screenplay for Anjali written. Being a fan of Ratnam's work, Dennis Joseph agreed to write but as months went by he could not work