Manikandan alias Mani is a cab driver in Chennai who lies to his wife Subbalakshmi about his job, pretending to be an insurance salesman.

Gautham loses his key to the vault containing his father's will in the back of Mani's taxi.

After losing everything that used to be precious, Gautham realises the hard-hitting life and starts respecting his father and his work.

Mani gives back his key, which he had hidden in the sofa, and says that he had never destroyed it – the torn will on the wall is a fake.

Mani then goes to the railway station to stop Subbalakshmi and his son from leaving him but arrives a little too late.

He feels he is hallucinating, but gets a pleasant shock, where he sees Subbalakshmi and his son standing there, singing him a birthday song (and finds out that it was Gautham who brought them back).

[4] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com wrote "Hop on this taxi with discretion: the meter's okay, the tyres are good but there's no trusting the man behind the steering wheel, so the ride's bound to be a bumpy at best.

"[5] Chennai Online wrote, "The interesting script, right cast, performances, and background score have made the ride enjoyable", but regarding the music said, "There is nothing much to write about Vijay Anthony's music, as no song stays in your mind.

[6] The New Indian Express wrote, "The cast, majority of the performances, subtle filming, apt music and background scores - all accentuate its entertainment quotient [...] Music by Vijay Anthony and Gurudev's cinematography etch the pleasure derived from the movie further".