Sabhash

Srinivasan aka Seenu is the loving husband of Shanti. Seenu is blind, having lost his eyesight in an accident in the past. The film begins with Srinivasan and his friend Dharan Viswanath discovering that Shanti has hanged herself in the house.

With no strong suspects, the police close the case as a suicide. But soon, several evidences surface which point to the possibility that Dharan is behind Shanti's death, including Dharan's shoe at the site of Shanti's cremation. He resolutely maintains that he is innocent, while Seenu too believes him initially. However, as the story progresses, Seenu seems convinced that his wife has been murdered, and starts to suspect Dharan. Meanwhile, Dharan starts to suspect that Seenu isn't really blind. Dharan wants to frame Seenu for Shanti's death, and, along with his friend Advocate Mohan (Mohan Raman), sets up traps to prove that Seenu is not blind.

A series of flashbacks show that Seenu and Shanti were happily married, but Dharan was also in love with Shanti. Seenu did have proper eyesight, but a car accident rendered him blind. Dharan took advantage of the fact and started troubling Shanti more, while she tried to stay loyal to her husband.

Seenu underwent a surgery without informing Shanti or Dharan to restore his eyesight, and came back home to surprise his wife, but he noticed Dharan being physically intimate with Shanti. So Seenu decided to pretend to be blind.

Eventually, Seenu admits to Dharan that he was pretending to be blind only to trap him and hold Dharan responsible for Shanti's suicide. Seenu convinces the court and the police inspector (Thalaisaval Vijay) that Dharan is guilty and Dharan is arrested. But Dharan insists the court to test Seenu's eyesight to prove his point that Seenu is not blind.

With no choice left, Seenu deliberately blinds himself again by staring at a bright light from a welding torch, and is hence proved innocent. Seenu meets Dharan in jail, where Dharan secretly has a voice recorder. Seenu seemingly admits that he got Dharan arrested, and Dharan claims to have recorded the full conversation. But Seenu reveals that the recorder has no battery in it, so Dharan cannot prove anything. The movie ends with Seenu leaving the jail to start a new life, while Dharan angrily yells at Seenu but to no avail.

{{Cast listing|

• R. Parthiban as Srinivasan (Seenu)
• Divyaa Unni as Shanti
• Ranjith as Dharan Viswanath
• Delhi Ganesh as Shanti's father
• Thalaivaasal Vijay as Inspector Daniel Thomas
• Pandu as Marriage broker
• LIC Narasimhan as Judge
• Poovilangu Mohan as Lawyer
• Mohan Raman as Advocate Mohan
• Ilavarasu
• Y. S. D. Sekhar as Sub-inspector Veera Pandiyan
• Sharmili as Police inspector
• Radhabhai as Shanti's grandmother
• Amirthalingam
• Kovai Kumar
• John Babu in a special appearance
• Kalyan in a special appearance

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The film was originally titled as Paakkanum Pola Irukku ({{translation|Feel like seeing}}).{{Cite web |date=30 September 1999 |title=An Interview: Parthiban |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/30-09-99/parthiba.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624175717/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/30-09-99/parthiba.htm |archive-date=24 June 2004 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Dinakaran}} The film was shot in Ooty while three song sequences were shot at Kenya.{{cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |title=Shabash |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/location/shabash.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010212142147/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/shabash.asp |archive-date=12 February 2001 |access-date=2 October 2024 |website=Chennai Online}}{{cite web |title=Sabash |url=http://cinesouth.com/scopes/previews/sabash.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010624172040/http://cinesouth.com/scopes/previews/sabash.shtml |archive-date=24 June 2001 |access-date=2 October 2024 |website=Cinesouth}}

The soundtrack was composed by Deva.{{Cite web |date=20 August 2000 |title=Sabhash |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/sabhash/MviA7AdZ7E0_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124054141/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/sabhash/MviA7AdZ7E0_ |archive-date=24 January 2024 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=JioSaavn}}{{Cite web |title=SABHASH / ORU POI SOLE KANNAL / SIRAKUKAL ILLAI - Deva & Dhina & Anand Audio CD Ramiy Records |url=https://www.audiocdworld.com/product/sabhash-oru-poi-sole-kannal-sirakukal-illai-deva-dhina-anand-audio-cd-ramiy-records/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002154546/https://www.audiocdworld.com/product/sabhash-oru-poi-sole-kannal-sirakukal-illai-deva-dhina-anand-audio-cd-ramiy-records/ |archive-date=2 October 2024 |access-date=2 October 2024 |website=Audio CDs World |language=en}}

Savitha Padmanabhan of The Hindu wrote, "The story [..] has several plot twists, some of which are predictable. But in a film that is supposed to be a murder mystery, the badly choreographed song sequences seem to be rude interruptions. Ideally, the film would have worked better if the songs had been cut out and the editing had been tighter."{{Cite web |last=Padmanabhan |first=Savitha |date=8 September 2000 |title=Film Review: Sabash |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/09/08/stories/09080225.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203155351/http://www.hindu.com/2000/09/08/stories/09080225.htm |archive-date=3 December 2012 |access-date=7 December 2023 |website=The Hindu}} Visual Dasan of Kalki praised Ranjith's acting who overtook other actors and added Deva impresses in background score but messes up in songs and concluded saying it can be watched for one to one manship of Ranjith and Parthiban otherwise, one have to think about how to congratulate (sabash) Subhash after yawning.{{Cite magazine |last=தாசன் |first=விஷுவல் |date=22 October 2000 |title=சபாஷ் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2000-10-22/page/n97/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230717160404/https://archive.org/details/kalki2000-10-22/page/n97/mode/2up |archive-date=17 July 2023 |access-date=17 July 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=96 |language=ta |via=Internet Archive}} K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "At the end of the movie, you may be moved to say "Syabas" (well done) to director Subash. He has provided a taut movie without losing its entertainment value".{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. N. |date=30 September 2000 |title=A taut thriller |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DVVIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jRQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3367%2C5672183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702121558/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DVVIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jRQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3367%2C5672183 |archive-date=2 July 2024 |access-date=25 January 2024 |work=New Straits Times |pages=Life Is... Reel Stuff 2 |via=Google News Archive}}

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