Kaanal Neer
Genre: Social drama
Director: Chinni Jayanth
Cast: Chinni Jayanth, J.K.Ritheesh, Manisha
Storyline: About a wily uncle, who raises the heir to a rich landlord.
Bottomline: Cliched storyline

Essentially a comedian, Chinni Jayanth as a filmmaker has taken up family drama for treatment in Ashtalakshmi Creators' `Kaanal Neer'. He has succeeded partially in his effort.

A zamindar and his family die in a car crash. His only surviving legal heir is a small child Pari. His maternal uncle takes charge of the property.

With the help of a local tantric, the wicked man makes the child mentally retarded. A grown up Pari (Chinni Jayanth) wants to marry Lakshmi (Manisha). His friends Raja Vel and Sakthi Vel with the help of Lakshmi try to cure Pari.

Chinni Jayanth has worked hard to bring alive the character. New find J.K.Ritheesh he lives up to the expectation doing fight, dance and dialogue delivery the right way. Heroine Manisha has to learn the ropes of acting. The screenplay in the second half slightly sags while the dialogue by Ravikiran is crisp. Special mention must be made of the song, `Chella Chella.' But the Suresh-Babi duo fails to impress in the background score. R. Chandrasekaran's camera keeps pace with the script.