Romantic comedy in Chennai called Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum

Romantic comedies have a language all their own.  First there is the female. Strong, headstrong, serious about living life to it's fullest, altering from her parent's lives, but usually supported by a father who has been won over by the new university graduate.

Then you have the male.  Sometimes a rogue, sometimes dapper, always handsome, never attached to a woman, a man's man who keeps the company of other men by drinking, kids like him, he takes young men under his wing to teach them the art of survival, has a heart of gold, and a sense of humor as long as you don't make him angry. In this case, he is the enforcer for the Tamil Mafia. 

She moves to the city for the dream job, enjoys life with her female roommates until the music changes and the boss is carted away by the police, her job is belly up, she has to move to a small apartment without letting her parents know, HE lives in the apartment across the way, she interviews for new jobs but has to deal wtih potential bosses propositioning her, ridiculing her, and never hiring her. 

It's not a love match. It's a friendship for two unlikely people who learn to respect and care for one another without loosing touch with who they truly are.  Do they end up together? Of course not. Were we to think this was a romantic twosome? Never. But did the director include a Bollywood dance number, a couple of fight scenes, wonderful wardrobe changes, a thoroughly sanitized and clean India? You bet.

It's 103 degrees out most days, and a day at the movies whether it's Tamil, Hindi, or English just didn't matter.  Staying out of the hot sun was going to be the magic. Who would have thought that showing up two hours early for the movie, watching couples and groups eat, talk, and play arcade games, as well as see a lovely Tamil movie would be the added bonus.