Kasalavu Nesam

‘Kasalavu Nesam’ is an out-and-out domestic middle-class comedy. An uproarious and scintillating family fare, it makes fun of people's hypocrisy, their compromising commandments of discipline, their bickerings and their failings.The protagonist, Gautam, is jobless and when all his efforts in securing a job fail miserably, his 'friend in need' recommends him for a job with a big business magnate The catch is - in order to get the job, Gautam must marry the boss' dark-complexioned daughter. He marries her anyway, but her lack of beauty makes Gautam cringe. As fate would have it, he falls in love with a beautiful ghazal singer. Soon thereafter, his wife dies in an accident. The coast now being clear, Gautam happily marries the ghazal singer. However, his happiness is short-lived as he soon realizes that he now has two fathers-in-law to deal with!

Life becomes miserable for Gautam with both his fathers-in-law enforcing their influence and their crazy ideas on his everyday life. Gautam laments that one can afford to have two living wives, but not two living fathers-in-law! Again, as fate would have it, the first wife comes back as a spirit. With the constant appearance of the first wife's spirit, visible only to Gautam, events take a more uproarious turn. A series of mind-boggling comic interludes develop and utter confusion reins amidst the family members.

Retired Judge Tamarai Kannan comes to the mock court. He is in a hurry to leave, as he has to board a train. Both the lawyers have fiery arguments. Ayyasami does not allow Naidu to talk, and keeps objecting to every statement of his. Naidu tries to make the case as insignificant as possible, in order not to get Gautam the divorce.

Ayyasami lands up in Gautam's house. Both Naidu and Ayyasami have a hilarious, rib tickling altercation. Ayyasami is suprised to learn of Arundtai's spirit. Gautam plays a tape to prove his love for Arundati. Both the lawyers agree to bring a retired judge and hold a mock court, as both of them cannot enter a family court. Arundati meets Gautam. She holds herself responsible for the split between Gautam and Rathi.

Lawyer Naidu, cross examines all the members, and proves that there was no spirit of Arundati, as there is no proof for it. Gautam sides Naidu, and says that he never saw or spoke to Arundati. All the household members are shocked to hear this.