K.
Balachandar
had directed many movies, each of a different
kind.
Sivakumar
as JKB brought out the role with great dignity
and in the sequences which showed him as drunk,
he literally made us cry.
Suhasini
Mani Ratnam as Sindu made a powerful performance
and her transformation from the chirpy girl to the
mature woman who knows the secret of her past was
effortless.
Suhasini
Mani Ratnam won the National award for the film.