The story of NH4 is nothing unusual as it has the normal ingredients of Tamil cinema viz, love, friendship and the exaltation of the trials and tribulations that lead to fructification of the sensation called love. However what makes this debut work of Manimaran stand out is its presentation and the taut screenplay. Credit also be given to this first timer as he has also kept the audience in his grasp to a large extent.

NH 4 is about a young couple in love who are on a running mission to their destination that is seemingly bereft of troubles and how a highway plays a pivotal role in this journey of theirs. It is a road film that juxtaposes many emotions, the prime one being love.

Siddharth essays the character of Prabhu with ease. Ashrita Shetty’s face fits the role of an innocent college going girl who has delivered what is needed for her character. Levity comes out through Siddharth’s friends and it happens in the most unexpected moments.

To sum it all, Udhayam NH 4 comes across as a well packaged product that has many things going in its favor and is sure to have patrons from the youth along with other sections of the audience too.

Cast:  Siddharth, Ashrita Shetty, Kay Kay Menon, Kishore
DVD Features: Dolby Digital, 5.1,Anamorphic WideScreen,NTSC All Regions, No English Subtitles
Production:  Dayanidhi Azhgiri, Vetrimaaran
Direction:  Manimaran
Screenplay:  Vetrimaaran
Story:  Vetrimaaran
Music:  GV Prakash Kumar
Background score:  GV Prakash Kumar

Manimaran also crafts some genuinely heart-warming moments like the scene towards the climax when the alarm rings at 12 midnight that ushers in Ashrita Shetty’s 18th birthday. For all those chronic romantics, the climax turns out to be an endearing one that is played out in a very poetic manner against the backdrop of practicalities of life from Kay Kay Menon, which seems to say love is the only feeling that matters.