Another example is his mad scramble in the dark when Trisha sings his favorite song for him and the Makkal Selvan reacts as if he is absorbing it into his body. There are too many moments in the film for VJS to prove what a special actor, he is and one of them is when Trisha calls him a 'Naattu Kattai Paiyan' and watch him become uncomfortable and pleased at the same time - a class act. It's not even a week since we had Vijay Sethupathi dominate as Rasool in 'Chekka Chivantha Vaanam' and here he is 'living' the role of the pining lover (pardon the cliched expression). At the event the married Janu (Trisha) arrives and the childhood sweethearts have a chance to be together for a few hours after twenty two long years and what happens next is told in a poetic and a highly engaging manner. Back in the present Ram and his friends Murali (Bagavathi Perumal), Sathish (Aadukalam Murugadoss) and Subha (Devadarshini) plan for a reunion of class '96. Ram suffers from a common social inability and though Janu also likes him he finds it difficult to communicate with her and circumstances tear them apart. On a chance visit to his hometown Tanjavur, he goes into his school and begins to walk down memory lane to 1994 when he is a tenth standard student (Aditya Bhaskar) harboring feelings for his classmate Janu (Gauri Kishan). Ram ( Vijay Sethupathi) is a photographer by profession and is a nature lover by instinct who travels all around the country capturing moments.

Prem has turned director with '96' a matured love story which takes Vijay Sethupathi to the next level in his career and is also a grand comeback for the evergreen Trisha. Premkumar the cinematographer of 'Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom' was instrumental in Vijay Sethupathi getting his big break in Tamil cinema as the story actually happened to him in real life. 96 - A Poetic Love Story that will unlock your memories

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