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wrote the film "is a refreshing adult comedy that doesn’t rely on lame sex jokes – like most adult comedies in Tamil cinema - to talk about a young girl’s sexual exploration. With a highly relatable story and situations that most of us would’ve experienced in our lives, the film works to a large
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and encourages her to buy one from the local grocery store, where
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reviews the movie as “The genuine attempt to narrate a simple story effectively, thereby breaking the myth associated with good girl and bad girl in a progressive manner.” Vishal Menon of The Film
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with Harish. Pavithra starts to give it serious thought, and after Rathi eggs her on and
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her, and Rathi leaves the house. To add insult to injury, she receives a message from Harish that he will not be able to make it tonight, and her final nail in the coffin is the
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pops up between the three friends, and both her friends stand divided on their opinion. Later that night, Pavithra wakes up from an
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