Chaarulatha

Story: The story begins with a romance between Chaaru and Ravi (Skanda), an artist. They come to their native place as Chaaru’s mother falls ill. At home, Chaaru feels that her twin sister – Latha – who is dead, is after her to kill her. She has many unpleasant experiences and has to take help from a psychiatrist. Ravi too helps Chaaru to overcome the fear. But there is a sudden twist to the story when Chaaru’s mother, who is in hospital, tells Ravi that the girl he is in love with was Latha and not Chaaru. Shocked Ravi blames Latha for killing Chaaru. Latha admits that as Siamese twin, she was jealous of Chaaru falling in love with Ravi and in a fight with her, Chaaru died accidentally. And now Latha demands that Ravi marry her. Will Ravi accept her as his companion in life? There are dramatic turns in the climax.

Movie Review: Director P Kumar has selected a different kind of a romantic story of a Siamese twin falling in love with an artist. While the first half is lively, the second half lags a bit with an overdose of sentimental sequences.


The story is short, sweet and simple. Armed with a good script, director P Kumar has given a new dimension to the story with good turns and twists. It’s all about Siamese twins - Chaaru and Latha.

Full marks to Priyamani for her amazing performance as Chaaru and Latha. Skanda shines as a loverboy and artist with excellent dialogue delivery, body language and expressions. Ravishankar shines as a tantric practitioner. Music by Sundar B Babu is good. Cinematography by Paneer Selvam is pleasing to the eyes.