DeAr (2024)

DeAr
DirectorAnand Ravichandran, Hsiao Chia-yun, Hsiung Hsin-ning
CountryIndia

Plot

Arjun is a newsreader who lives in Chennai with his single mother, his short-tempered brother, Saravana, sister in law, Kalpana and nephew, Santhosh. He suffers from light sleep, which means the quietest of sounds will awaken him. In Coonoor, Deepika Alias Deepu is seeking for an alliance, which fails because she addresses her snoring problem. As Arjuns Mother Lakshmi and Deepika's Mother, Vasanthi were old schoolmates, Arjun and Deepika both get along well and eventually get married. On the first night, Arjun confesses about his light sleepiness, which makes Deepika paranoid. She decides to stay awake on her mother's advice but falls asleep and ends up waking up Arjun. He becomes paranoid, so much so that his honeymoon ends early when he breaks his nose in an accident. Eventually on his friends advice, he decides to address the problem with an understanding and initially things seem fine. But when ENT specialists says its untreatable, he starts arguing with Deepika. He then comes up with an idea of alternating sleep, so whoever's not sleeping has to be awake. Everything goes fine and eventually Arjun gets a job as newsreader at his dream company. But things go south when he doesn't sleep on the day there is a last minute interview with the finance minister, he prepares for it but ends up sleeping in the bathroom, missing the show, being humiliated by his colleagues and fired. Angry, Arjun decides to apply for divorce, much to Deepika's dismay. Everyone else disagrees and tries to pull him out of it, but he won't budge, resulting in him arguing with his brother and mother and leaving the house, living with his friend, Panda. Deepika reveals shes pregnant, however adamant with his decision, Arjun decides to raise the baby separately. Deepika is upset and decides to abort the baby, despite Arjun trying to talk her out of it.

A few months later, Arjun and Deepika is still in the middle of divorce proceedings. Unemployed, unkempt and resorting to drinking and smoking. At one point, he comes to see his mother when shes out, but she gets heart pain and is hospitalized. While she is going through bypass surgery, his mother wishes to see her husband, Shanmugam, who left after accumulating loads of debt. Deepika wants to go search for him and pleads Arjun to do so, as Saravana holds an untameable grudge against his father. They track him to Idukki, and after convincing him, find him and bring him back to see him, all are happy except Saravana, as he lost trust in him. He gets shouted at by his mother, who reveals he made others decisions all by himself without asking anyone. such as Kalpana love for writing stories.

Eventually, Shanmugam and Saravana patch up and on the final day of hearing, Arjun and Deepika, talks through and eventually cancels their divorce. A Couple years later, Arjun and Deepu have a baby, as hes reading them a story, Deepu points out that the baby is snoring, they both laugh and live happily.

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