Right from the outsider coming to save the day to the climactic twist, both films have a lot in common, but let’s not go there, because 90 ML, as a standalone film itself, has a lot going for it. However, on a simplistic level, both films do have their similarities. I am not saying they are similar, or the Oviya-starrer is a modern-day reboot of the 25-year-old film. Unlike the trailer, which reminded me of Bollywood’s Veere Di Wedding, the film actually made me go back to the 1994 Revathy-Urvashi-Rohini-starrer Magalir Mattum. When Oviya is the only known face in your cast, and with an unconventional theme in hand, the makers would surely do everything that was needed for a grand opening. However, it is understandable why the trailer was cut in a particular way. But 90 ML is not a crass representation of today’s youth, and thankfully, does not take the route of vulgarity to talk about things like sex, sexuality, and most importantly, female friendship. You see, the trailer of the film was misleading, and the audience walked into the theatres to see a female version of Hara Hara Mahadevaki or an Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu. While the women in 90 ML do drink due to the men in their lives, director Anita Udeep, or as she is referred to in the film, Alagiya Asura, is more interested in dropping those T-bombs, and she has used Oviya, alcohol, ganja, and other influencers to good effect to do the same on a completely unsuspecting audience. In the other two cases, more often than not, it is for the man to summon the required bravado to drop truth bombs. Slowly, Thamarai and the other women Kajal (Masoom Shankar), Paru (Sree Gopika) and Suganya (Monisha) warm up to Rita and share their sexual desires and life problems with her.In eight cases out of ten in Tamil cinema, a woman tends to be the reason behind a man getting drunk.
The couple consults psychiatrist Devadarshini to discuss Thamarai's drinking problems.
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Thamarai (Bommu Lakshmi) is going through a rough patch in her life because of her rowdy husband. Not because they want to look cool, but because it supposedly empowers them. After befriending four women (who look up to her), she changes the WhatsApp group name from Brindavan Beauties to Hot Chicks. She swears by the policy: 'My bungalow (get it?), my rules'. Rita is a girl who lives life according to her rules. They have fun and go on to solve each other's relationship issues because they're just incapable of solving their problems when they're sober and sane enough. 90 ML starts off with Rita (Oviya) moving into an apartment with her live-in partner, where she befriends four women who live in the apartment. Director Anita Udeep, who calls herself Alagiya Asura, crafts a woman-centric film that intends to promote the idea that if men can drink, women can drink too.