In the latest Tamil film Hi, Kavin is Mayilsamy, a sensitive man in Coimbatore who cannot hide his vulnerabilities as easily. Seeing him unable to cope with a rejection, his family forcibly arranges a marital alliance for him. Mayil elopes to Chennai. Nayanthara plays Devayani, a young Pollachi woman as sharp as a knife, whose irresponsible, drunkard father doesn’t see the issue in getting her married to an abusive man. On the day of her wedding, she elopes to Chennai.When the two meet on a rainy evening, Mayil dons a translucent raincoat — which must also shield his heart, broken earlier under a fake rain shower. Devayani waves ‘hi’ to Mayil with a sickle in her hand, the one she brought from home to defend herself in an unknown city — she protects her heart with thorns and sharp edges, having been repeatedly distressed by men.He breaks easily. She holds herself together with all her might. He is a Bhagyaraj-esque hero and a Rajinikanth fan, rejected for not being a Kamal Haasan in romance. She is an 80s Radikaa Sarathkumar-coded, spirited woman and a Kamal Haasan fan wanting an honest life on her terms. These are the simple and sweet characters who anchor lyricist-filmmaker Vishnu Edavan’s Hi, a humble family entertainer about love, confronting fears, and living with hope.