Shekar ( Arvind Swami) and Shaila (Manisha Koirala) briefly see each other when her veil is blown by the wind. BombayĪnother one of Mani Ratnam’s films where the first meeting takes on deeper significance after the second. Aditya, who is averse to commitment, thankfully doesn’t hear any of this. It tells us why she might not be keen on the idea of marriage, at least for a while. She is mad at him for not wanting to get married. But, just before that happens, the viewer is let in on the conversation between Taara and her boyfriend. When she tries to jump on the tracks, Aditya distracts her. In a busy railway station, Aditya ( Dulquer Salmaan) sees Taara ( Nithya Menen) across a platform, seemingly breaking up with her boyfriend. Mani Ratnam in OK Kanmani uses it as a vehicle to economically give context to the viewer about the heroine, without letting the hero know. The first meeting need not be just about the act of falling in love. Without any dialogue, you see Karthik’s surprise, joy, shock, and love. While all this is happening over a few seconds, he is in a romantic world of his own. Jessie ( Trisha) walks into the street, stops at his gate, speaks to him briefly, and walks on once he opens the gate for her. Is it possible to decode the course of a relationship in just how the first meeting unfolds? Karthik (Silambarasan) is languorously leaning on a gate, unsuspectingly looking at the road. The first meeting takes on new significance only after the second sighting. Karthik and Shakthi don’t get a chance to speak, but their gazes are locked. They are travelling in trains that are passing each other. They meet again in a setting that is diametrically opposite. There is a bit of casual banter, and they walk away. Karthik (Madhavan) and Shakti (Shalini) bump into each other at a wedding. Sometimes, the first meeting might be a pair of scenes. We expect him to do impulsive things, we expect her to indulge in harmless play, and all this is established within the span of a few flashes of lightning. It helps justify his desperate attempts later, including impersonation, to get to know her. The rain and the lightning make us feel that his love is somehow blessed by Nature’s forces. Both lightning and love strike suddenly when he sees her face briefly lit. He is inside a telephone booth at night in pouring rain when he sees a girl step out of a broken-down car to play with a group of children. P.The scene where Rajesh ( Madhavan) sees Reena (Reema Sen) for the first time is iconic. Stars: Abbas, Vineeth Radhakrishnan, Tabu, S.Kadhal Desam (1996) Additional Information So in return Karthik lets Arun win in a soccer game because he thinks Arun can't take losses easily. In a nasty inter college riot Arun saves Karthik's life. Arun (Abbas), on the other hand, comes from a rich and wealthy family, studies in Loyola College, drives his own car, hangs out with number of friends, and is also the Captain of his football team. He is also a good poet and daydreams about his dream girl. Karthik (Vineeth) is poor and an orphan, who studies in Pachaiyappa's College, lives in a rented room, travels by the bus, hangs out with a number of friends, and is the Captain of his football team. In a city in Southern India traditional rivalry has always existed between the students of Pachaiyappas and Loyola Colleges respectively.