Anandham Vilayadum Veedu
Anandham Vilayadum Veedu is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Nandha Periyasamy and produced by Sri Vaari Film. The film stars Gautham Karthik, Cheran and Shivathmika Rajasekhar with a supporting cast including Saravanan, Vignesh, Daniel Balaji, Rajendran, and Soundararaja. The film was released in theatres on 24 December 2021.
Plot
Periya Aambalai is an elderly man who has four children: three sons - Kasi, Pazhanisamy, Dharmaraj - and a daughter with his deceased first wife; and four sons - Muthupandi, Azhagar, Selvam, and Mahesh - with his second wife. Kasi has two children: Sakthivel and Selvi. Sakthi is in love with his friend Viji. Muthupandi is very affectionate towards his half-brother Kasi and also employs his nephew Sakthi in his lorry business. However, Azhagar and Selvam have a grudge against their half brothers. Also, Muthupandi’s wife Vairam hates Muthupandi’s closeness to his half brothers. Karuppan is an evil moneylender who loses his lorry business due to the growth of Muthupandi’s business and waits for an opportunity to destroy Muthupandi and his family.When Selvi gets pregnant after marriage, Kasi decides to have the childbirth in their house, but since it is in bad shape, he decides to build a new house. Muthupandi offers his land to Kasi, who in return promises to build a house for the entire family of 30 members. The construction begins, and Karuppan starts plotting against them and creating rifts between the half-brothers. Karuppan sends some of his men as construction workers to instigate misunderstandings among the brothers, but Muthupandi solves them and manages the construction to proceed well. However, Azhagar and Selvam join hands with Karuppan and want the house construction to be stopped. One day, Muthupandi falls off from the stairs in the construction site and is hospitalized. During this time, a fight ensues between the half-brothers, and the construction activity gets stopped as per Karuppan’s plans. Muthupandi recovers and is shocked to know that the construction is halted. He gets furious and shouts at his wife and brothers. Muthupandi also reveals a flashback describing the reason for his closeness with Kasi.
In the flashback, it is shown that Muthupandi used to be a big-time gambler. He lost all his money in gambling and went to the extent of gambling by stealing the villagers’ money from Periya Aambalai, which was collected for temple function purposes. Muthupandi felt dejected of misusing temple funds and decided to commit suicide; however, Kasi borrowed money from his friend and ensured that the temple fund is placed back safely and also Muthupandi is saved. Muthupandi realized his mistake, and Kasi decided to not inform this to anyone. The film comes to the present, and Muthupandi’s wife and brothers realize their mistake and decide to patch up with Kasi.
However, Kasi is hit by a lorry as per Karuppan’s plan, and Karuppan takes Kasi hostage. Karuppan wants the land where the house construction is going on to be transferred to him and threatens to kill Kasi if they do not do so. The family agrees and signs the document. Sakthi takes the document to Karuppan upon which Kasi is admitted to the hospital. However, it is revealed that Sakthi ensured that the document would be invalid due to improper thumb impressions. Sakthi thrashes Karuppan and his henchmen. Kasi recovers and returns home. Their new home construction is complete, and everyone starts living in the same home happily.