Hi friends in this article let us discuss about the story of the film "Varanam Ayiram"

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The film starts when Krishan(older Surya) was not feeling well and after returning from walking he blood vomits and then his condition goes critical.Then the doctor comes in and says that he was no more.Then the news is passed to his sun Surya who was the major in The Indian Army and also a NSG commander.

Surya was flying in a helicopter when he received the information and in spite of father's death he request his chief to continue the operation.Still he has got time to reach the destination and in this time Surya starts to think about his father.He also remembers his past where his mother was narrating their love story.

Then the film goes to the flash back and Malini(Simran - Surya's mother) refreshing her college life when she was proposed by Krishnan.At this time, the first song of the film ,"Munthinam parthene...." will entertain us and it is so pleasing to hear and this song and the singers Naresh Iyer and Prashanthini have won many awards for this song.

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In fact all the songs in this film were super hit, thanks to the music director Harris Jayaraj and Lyricist Thamai.In this particular song Krishnan comes has a college boy in 1980's and most of the song's shooting was taken in Puducherry.The director made sure that all the hair style and dressing remembers the 80's.

Then Malini married Krishan and Surya was born and at that time they were staying in a small house but they were happy.After some years Shreya, Surya's sister, was born in Calicut.It was also shown that Surya gets lost for a while when the family went for beach and from that time Surya deceided he will always be with his father and never forget him.

Then the family gets shifted from Calicut to chennai and Surya and his dad came in a lorry with the luggage.Krishnan found that the driver was drunken and so he doesn't wants to take risk as his son was staying with him and he starts to drive the lorry and asked Surya not to tell her mother.

Then Surya grows up and  his father become a role model for him as he taught everything that includes how to bowl swing bowling in cricket.Even he was the inspiration for Surya in music as Krishnan encouraged Surya whenever Surya plays guitar by dancing with Malini.

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But Krishnan had the habit of smoking.Once he also asks Surya not to smoke as he does as it was bad for health.When Surya asked his dad, then why he was smoking, his father replied he had this habit from his college days.He also advices him not to talk with girls in road and gave permission to invite his girlfriends to house.Meanwhile Surya was threatened and  by some college guys thinking that Surya was in love with his classmate Arthi.In fact they injured Surya by slapping in his face.

Surya was very angry and after seeing his frustrations Krishnan asked Surya to do the right thing.Surya understood this and the next day he goes and meet that college boy and he also beats him.After beating that college boy Sury was ver happy and says he will speak with Arthi and no one can stop him.

During this sequence next song comes,i.e "Yethi Yethi...." sung by Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer and Solar Sai.This song contains dances in michael Jakson style which was taken in sets and also in roadside.This was a very fast song and it was also hit.

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Then Surya joins Sri Moogambikai college in Trichi and there during first year he was also subjected to ragging, but later as the days went he excelled in music and later during the third year he was very brave and was not afraid of anybody.He didn't study well and had arrears.After finishing his final exams he left Trichi to Chennai and in the train he met Meghna(Sameera Reddy).

At first he was excited and he didn't speak to her.But later to his suprise Meghna introduce herself to Surya and said she already saw him in her college,REC Trichy during a musical competition.Later Surya proposes her and Meghna was shocked to hear this.Then he takes his guitar and starts to play the famous Tamil song "En Iniya Pon Nilave...."

But couldn't understand how he could propose her at first sight and she is not intereseted in love at first sigh

The Surya asks her three questions

i)Are you married?

ii)Do you have any lover?

iii)Are you engaged?

When Meghna gave negative answer for all the questions Surya challenges here that wherever she go he will come and marry her.Then she asks her sory for disturbing her and also ashs her to take rest.Then he takes his guitar and he sang his own composition song "Nenjikul Peythidum".

When the film was released this song "Nenjikul Peythidum..." sung by Hariharan was a smash hit and every TV channels used to play this song and all college students and many others used to hum this songs.The picturization of the song was also superb that includes settings and also taken in Taj Mahal.The theme of the song is the dream sequence where Surya imagines dancing with Meghna in many wonderful locations that also includes Taj Mahal, Taj hotel Mumbai.

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Then they reach Chennai and after that Surya finds that his father has to pay debts and after watching this he temporarily starts a company and gets a project from TVS and manages to pay the debt and also finishes their unfinished construction work of their new house.

After that all were happy and he comes to Meghna again and but this time she was shocked to hear that Meghna was leaving to USA for higher studies.Inspite of this, Surya promised he will come and meet her wherever she go and whatever part of the world it may be.

Then Surya applys for American Visa and there when he was asked about the reason he said that her girl was there in USA and he needs to go and take her back again.He was also granted visa and he also thanks his dad who encouraged him to go to USA.

Then he goes to USA and he starts to search for Meghna in the university she was studying.There he managed to find her address and also reaches her home and all these incidents were beautifully taken with the help of the background song "Neyindri Nanumillai....Om Shanti Om Shanti...." by Clinton and S.P.B. Charan.

Then he stays with her for 90 days and another super hit song "Adiyen Kolluthe..." sung by Benny Dayal, Krish and Shruti Haasan will please your ears.This was taken mostly across the University of California and also  in many places in that city, and this song appears in the screen when Meghna accepts Surya's love.

But tragedy occurs when Meghna was killed in a bomb blast.Surya calls her parents and informs the death of his lover.This is a very touching scene as he cries while he talks to his parents.Fantastic acting performance by Surya and his expression was awesome.

Then he returns to India and he couldn't forget Meghna and as a result he starts using drug.He also become an addict and couldn't stay without his drugs.At this time she meets Priya, Krishnan's friend's daughter.Later in the film it was shown that Priya was having soft corner for Surya right form her young age.

While he was addicted to drugs, he sings a song callled "Ava ena ena thedivantha Anjale" thinking of Meghna and this song has won many awards as it was the most listened song by the audience that year.This was sung by Karthik and prasanna and this is a folk song.

When he was crossing his limits as he started to use more drugs Krishnan tries to stop him and after some point Krishnan asks him to go to some tourist place where his mind will be changed and relaxed.So Surya leaves for Kashmir and there could realise some change as he begins to control of drugs.

There he found that Aditya who was the son of Shankar Menon was kidnapped.He already knew Shankar Menon, when he met him while he was travelling back to India after losing Meghna in USA.In fact Shankar Menon was the man who tried to help him when he was depressed.

So Surya decides to help Aditya and some how he managed to rescue Aditya from the terrorist gang.While he was staying in Shankar Menon house he was very happy playing with Aditya and as a matter of fact this has changed his mind an he was started to think of his new life.

Then he comes to Chennai and informs his parents about his desire to join the Army.First Malini hesitates as he was the only son, but Krishnan later explained the situation and got permission for Surya.Then he attends training and he also become an NSG commander and most of the scenes in this part were taken in Indian Military Academy.

Then Priya comes to the Academy to meet Surya.Then both fell in love and after that they get married and have a son.This was featured by a beautiful Carnatic song "Annal Maele...." sung by  Sudha Raghunathan.This was a very pleasant song nad this is the favourites ong of the film's director Gautam Vasudev Menon.

Suddenly one day Krishnan dies due to throat cancer and the film returns to present.By this time Surya who was the Commando reaches the destination where the terrorist have kidnapped some journalist and a masked man, who was Gautam, shows the exact location of the terrorists.

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After this successful rescue operation, Surya returns home to see his father.Then Surya,Priya,Malini and Shriya let go his father ashes in the sea an Malini says that Surya's father will always be watching us and the film ends when all the four walk away smiling


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