At its core, is a love story, but not between a man and a woman. It is the story of Raghuraman (played with profound subtlety by Prakash Raj) and his daughter Abhi (baby Abhi, then young Abhi, and finally the grown-up Abhi played by Trisha Krishnan).
The film unfolds as a flashback. An elderly, lonely Raghuraman sits in his empty house, watching home videos. We learn that his daughter has moved abroad after marriage, leaving him and his wife (a delightful Deviyani) in a cavernous home that now feels like a museum of memories. abhiyum naanum
In a world of social media dopamine hits and short attention spans, asks you to slow down. It is a 2-hour 20-minute cry, but a therapeutic one. It reminds you to call your parents. It reminds parents to loosen their grip. And it reminds every daughter that her father’s first heartbreak was not a lost love—it was her growing up. At its core, is a love story, but