A Tamil movie with English subtitles.. a brilliant work of Mani Rathnam, parallel to Stanley Kubrick or Martin Scorsese. Once again he returns to the basics. a cinematic gem, superb performances, Madhvan, Simran, Nandita Das, Prakash Raj and the little girl..a well depicted confluence of two delicate issues - adoption and the civil War in Sri Lanka makes it truly a heart wrenching story...