Oru Kal Oru Kannadi

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Oru Kal Oru Kannadi abbreviated as OKOK is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh. It stars film producer Udhayanidhi Stalin (in his acting debut), Hansika Motwani, and Santhanam in lead roles, while Saranya Ponvannan and Azhagam Perumal play supporting roles. The film’s music was composed by Harris Jayaraj with cinematography by Balasubramaniem and editing by Vivek Harshan. The film was named after the song of the same name from Rajesh’s film Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009).

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One morning in his house, Saravanan receives his ex-girlfriend Meera’s wedding invitation. He and his friend Parthasarathy, aka Partha, leave for Puducherry to attend the wedding by car.
En route, Saravanan recollects his past: he was an easy-going youth working in a film theatre with Partha. He lives with his parents: his father Varadharajan, who is educated and works as a college professor; and his mother Shenbagam, who is uneducated and is trying to pass an exam just to get her college degree and her husband’s love, since Varadharajan had stopped talking to her the day after their marriage when he found out that she is uneducated.

One day in traffic, Saravanan sees Meera, a girl training to be an air hostess, and falls for her at first sight. He stalks her to a cloth shop and also to her air hostess class. Meera threatens Saravanan by showing her father’s photo, who is a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Mahendra Kumar. But still, Saravanan stalks her and asks her to love him. Meera takes him to her father’s office, and he asks Saravanan to stop following Meera. Meera tells Saravanan that she has some qualifications required by her lover, like shaving regularly, dressing well, breaking his friendship with Partha, coming on time, etc. Saravanan says this to Partha, who asks him if he or Meera is best for him. Saravanan tells him that Meera is more important to him than Partha, causing a break between Saravanan’s and Partha’s friendship.

Later, Saravanan reunites Partha’s broken love. Partha agrees, and then they go to Mumbai, following Meera on a flight. There, Meera tells him that she loves Saravanan. Meanwhile, Varadharajan later realizes his mistake of mistreating Shenbagam and reconciles with her after Saravanan scoffs at him for his behavior. After some months, Meera calls Saravanan once, but he does not pick up the phone and tells Partha that Meera is not his real love and it is all nothing, but a “project.” Saravanan says it as a joke; however, Partha had accidentally switched on the phone while Saravanan told him all this. Meera, mistakenly thinking he was intentionally misleading her, comes there and breaks up with him.

While they make their way to the marriage hall in the current situation, Saravanan’s parents arrange to betroth him and Meera by going to the temple, while in Pondicherry, both Saravanan and Partha end up drunk (Saravanan truly drinks for the first time, shocking Partha since Saravanan often inebriated earlier by just sniffing the booze bottle as a running gag in the film) and tell a small story to the guests in a comical way describing the broken love of Saravanan and Meera. The guests empathize with them, and just as the marriage is about to happen, Rajini Murugan, a local don, comes there with a pregnant girl and his girlfriend and reveals that Meera’s groom has a girlfriend who is pregnant by him and that the girl Rajini Murugan is with, is that girl. The groom admits his mistake and reunites with his old girlfriend. Saravanan and Partha walk off the marriage hall. Just then, Meera comes and hugs Saravanan, hence reuniting with him.