Aivaraattam

It could have been an edge-of-the-seat sports film and an engaging family drama but there is a lot that is underdeveloped in Aivarattam that feels like one of those films that show promise but don't deliver. Stepbrothers Kumar and Raghu are on the junior and senior football clubs in a village. The big shot there is a patron of the game and conducts a yearly tournament. His younger brother, Bhoopathy, has taken over as the coach of the senior team from the youngest, Jagadesh, who has become an outcast in the family after marrying a lower caste girl. An on-field skirmish between Kumar and on…