Identity/Address) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by V. Z. Durai in his directoral debut and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy.
[citation needed] The story revolves around the conflicting emotions of ambition, love and responsibility that a man goes through in his quest to become a successful music composer.
Shiva is Sridhar's elder brother and the breadwinner for the family, consisting of his wife Shantha and sister.
Sridhar, upon completion of his graduation, aspires to become a music composer and tries hard to secure a chance in movies, but all his efforts go in vain.
Viji's father asks Sridhar to leave away his dream of becoming a music composer as he has been already trying hard for years.
Sridhar worries seeing that, though he also feels proud about the love and affection shown by his family members towards him, as no one asked him to forego his ambition and take up some job despite this condition.
[6] Shobha Warrier of Rediff.com gave the film a positive review citing that the real "winners" are "Ajith, the actor, and P. C. Sriram, the cinematographer".
[7] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "Strong theme, reasonably appealing treatment, appreciable acting and aesthetic camera work are the positive features" of the film.
[8] The initial climax showed the character of Sridhar facing another roadblock on his journey towards becoming a music composer.
[citation needed] Reviewing this version, Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki praised the sensibly written scenes and dialogues but panned the new climax.