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Once More (1997)

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Once More

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  • Vijay, a guy with a careless attitude, gets Selvam, a senior home inmate, to act as his dad for an important business deal. Gradually, both help each other through their own experiences and problems.
  • Vijay (Vijay) is a rich young businessman who is the managing director of a big tea estate in Ooty. His only one aim in life is to have fun and he spends most of his time in partying and flirting with girls. His company suffers a big loss because of his mismanagement. To manage the loss to his company, Vijay invites his father Rajasekar (who is in the United States) to come to India to sign some documents. Rajasekar dies in a plane crash on his way to India. Vijay's maternal uncle (Manivannan) comes up with the idea of having another elderly person to act as Vijay's father for a while until the documents are signed. So they visit a senior home where they meet Selvam (Sivaji Ganesan). They request him to act as Vijay's father and he agrees to it. Selvam and Vijay develop a good working relationship. When Vijay learns that Selvam and his wife Shantha (Saroja Devi) have been living separated for the past 30 years, he strives to resolve their differences and reunite them. In return, Selvam tries to unite Vijay and his love interest Kavitha.—Soumitra

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  • Vijay, a young businessman, whose only aim in life is to have fun, is the managing director of a big tea estate in Ooty. His company goes on a big loss because of his mismanagement. Vijay spends most of his time partying and flirting with girls whenever he feels like it. To manage the loss to his company, Vijay invites his father Rajashekar, who is in the United States, to come to India to sign some documents. Rajashekar dies in a plane crash on his way to India. Vijay's maternal uncle Ashok comes up with the idea of having another elderly person act as Vijay's father for a while until the documents are signed. So they visit a senior home in Coimbatore, where they meet Selvam, one of the inmates, and they request him to act as Vijay's father. He agrees to it and starts to act as Vijay's father.

    Selvam observes the careless, take-it-easy lifestyle of Vijay and is reminded of the old days when he used to be like Vijay. Selvam is very affectionate towards Vijay and he considers him as his son. Vijay finds out about Selvam's past life, that Selvam was married to Shantha and they have been living separately for the past 34 years. He wants them to get united and he searches and finds the whereabouts of Shantha. Meanwhile, Kavitha joins Vijay's company and she talks to Vijay in her own style. Vijay is knocked out by Kavitha's beauty and he falls in love with her. Then, their love gets into trouble because of Kavitha's mother. Now, Vijay tries to unite Selvam and Shantha. In return, Selvam tries to unite Vijay and Kavitha. Kavitha first tries to kill Vijay to avenge her sister Anju, who committed suicide due to Vijay rejecting her love for him. But through Ashok and Selvam, Kavitha understands Vijay's good heart reunites with him. Also, Selvam and Shantha meet once again and get married 'Once More'. The film hence ends on a happy note.

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