Sanikizhamai Saayangalam 5 Mani is about two young lovers who set out on a tour at 5 PM on a Saturday. The twist in the tale comes when the girl goes missing on the trip. The lover boy keeps searching for his girl and eventually finds her the following Saturday at exactly 5PM. What happens in between forms the story and the director invites us to watch the movie in theatres this weekend. Needless to say that this movie is a crime-thriller!

Ravi Bharathi, who had penned the story and dialogues for Madurai to Theni Vazhi Andipatti, will make his debut as the director of Sanikizhamai Saayangalam 5 Mani. It would be interesting to see the debutant's approach in the movie. The screenplay for the movie has been handled by Radhi Bala, who was the director of Madurai to Andipatti...

SPS Guhan will wield the camera for this film and Karthik Subramanian will take care of the editing. All the songs have been written by Era. Thamizh Selvan and have been set to tune by JV. Dhina and Sanjeev Khanna are in charge of the choreography. Rajashekar is the stunt master.

Sarath and Malini will make their debuts in this film alongside the HD SLR camera which has been used in this movie. If Madurai to Theni Vazhi Andipatti, was shot using a digital camera, Sanikizhamai Saayangalam 5 Mani has gone one step further and has created a new record. This is the first time a HD SLR camera has been used for a movie. This feat has been entered into the Limca Book of Records. Though there have been short films shot using this camera, this is the first time ever, the HD SLR camera has been used to capture a feature film.

With an interesting cast, director and techniques, Sanikizhamai Saayangalam 5 Mani may prove to be the underdog this weekend. This again is a different movie, when compared with other movies releasing this weekend, in terms of genre and let us hope it evokes the eerie feeling in us that it intends to.