Film: 'Vannathupoochi'; Cast: Siddharth, Madhavi Sharma, Sri Lakshmi, Bala Singh; Producer and Director: Rasi Azhagappan; Music Director: Rahan; Rating: **

Give love and affection to your children. Spend some valuable time with them. Director Rasi Azhagappan, the one time assistant of Kamal Hassan, tries to drive home these messages with his movie 'Vannathupoochi'.

The film revolves around an eight-year-old girl fighting a legal battle to stay with her grandfather who showers love and affection on her while her parents, who provide all material comfort to her, fail to spend time with her.

What the movie finally says is that a child has every right to make a choice if he or she feels that parents are not giving enough attention to him or her. Rasi Azhhagappan can be appreciated for taking a theme that is far from commercial cliches, but at the same time he fails to handle it with maturity.

The couple Arun (Siddharth) and Chitra (Madhavi Sharma) work with an IT firm and they are so busy that they have no time for their child Divya Bharathi (Sri Lakshmi). They send her to a posh school and give her everything that money can buy, but are never there for her.

During her holidays Divya goes to her father's village to spend time with her grandfather Chinnasamy (Bala Singh). She is moved by the love and affection that is showered on her by her grandfather and the whole village.

When Arun comes to fetch her, he gets the shock of his life as Divya not only refuses to come with him, she also files a case alleging that she is neglected by her parents and she would prefer to stay with her grandfather.