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8/10
Fun to watch - a great remake of Mrs. Doubtfire
bcsiegfr26 April 1999
OK, I admit it right away - I understood almost no dialogue in Avvai Shanmugi. I watched it in the theatre in India with some friends. However, Kamala Hassan is a great actor and the plot seemed evident enough (and my friends helped).

I had not seen the American Mrs. Doubtfire that this is based on, so I cannot make the obvious comparison and contrast. However, Kamala Hassan made this movie a treat to watch. The movie progressed a little slowly, but most every scene was funny. The plot is relatively evident, even a non-Tamil speaker will enjoy it.

If you get an opportunity to see this movie, I would give it a try. If you have already seen Mrs. Doubtfire, you might be interested to see how the Tamil movie industry dealt with this theme.
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9/10
Good old Kamal days!!
valyriansteel-683498 April 2020
90s belonged to Kamal undoubtedly. What an actor! Great comedy for family audience.
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7/10
Avvai Shanmugi
santhosh-1029015 July 2019
As usal Superb comedy movie from Kamal Hassan and KS Ravikumar. Songs and BGM were also good. Superb Movie.
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10/10
The Most Lovable Film
avinaashtech8 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The movie is a great remake of Robin William's Mrs. Doubt Fire. With no doubt, Kamala Hasan's acting was excellent, as always. KS Ravikumar's direction was very good. Gemini Ganesan's acting was superb. Naser's acting was very impressive. The girl who acted as daughter of Kamal, is very young. I never expected that child to act do professionally. She was very good. And I should not forget to praise acting of the lord of comedy Mr. Nagesh. And most importantly, the legendary writer Crazy Mohan Sir have shown his tallent to his fullest. I being a very huge fan of Crazy Mohan Sir, I really enjoyed every single bit of his screen play and dialogues. Deva's music and BGM was very good. For a change Deva's music and BGM was different, unique and original in this movie. But there are two things that I didn't like in this movie. First thing is Rukku rukku song. Which makes no sense to me. Anyone would have identified him, if does any singing like that. The second thing is the movie has a very rushed up climax. Meena's character have changed; Gemini Ganesan's character is now a changed man, But no emotional stress is given on that during the climax. But overall I love this film.
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9/10
Best entertainment masterpiece
kathiravanvj21 June 2022
Kamal Hassan acting makeup voice excellent. No actor in the world can ever do such things in screen. One of the best movie of Indian cinema. Don't just read review but watch the movie.
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Good to watch with the family
Hari-1430 September 1999
It was a good experience to watch a kamalhassan movie. The film was very different from the rest of the indian movies. The best part of the movie was the acting of Kamalhassan, that's fantastic. Great outburst of his professional acting.
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