It was at this point that I decided I was just going to enjoy 90ML without worrying too much about whether it ticks the right boxes or not, just out of pure relief. Rita sighs and says she's an orphan who was adopted by a man who later abused her.and then, she laughs and says she lied because you don't need a sob story to be in a live-in relationship (hello filmmakers of OK Kanmani and Iraivi, I hope you're listening). Over a round of drinks, the other women ask her why. But Rita isn't interested in marrying him. Rita herself is in a live-in relationship with Venkat who seems to be straight from heaven – the man cooks, is good with children, doesn't judge Rita and is easy on the eye. There's Kajal (Masoom Shankar), a north Indian mom to a small kid, Paru (Shree Gopika) who is married and has a humiliating secret Thamarai (Bommu Lakshmi), who made the terrible decision of eloping with a no-good rowdy and Sukanya (Monisha Ram), who is in love with someone with whom she believes she can never unite.
One of the first things Rita does is to rename their WhatsApp group from the rather homely 'Brindavan Beauties' to 'Hot Chicks' – imagine Sex and the City, but with Samantha at the centre instead of Carrie.
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On the reality TV show, Oviya's I-don't-give-a-shit attitude had won her a phenomenal army of fans, and she pretty much plays herself as Rita, a beautician who moves into an apartment complex and makes friends with the women there – most of whom are simultaneously scandalised yet drawn towards her.
This Oviya starrer somehow could have been a lot better if there was something more than just drinking, smoking and smoking up.Directed by Anita Udeep, who calls herself Azhagiya Asura in the credits, 90ML is Bigg Boss chellam Oviya's big debut as the lead. But we can't really differentiate between the episodes, since they all deal a character lamenting about the lack of an active sexual life, overcoming it. For example, the segment where they go in search of weed is called 'Suga-Baanam'. In fact, it is divided into portions that define what the characters do. The lack of such low points makes the occasional high points ineffective. For a major part of the film, we are not able to identify a conflict, which results in the film progressing without a direction. While that twist pulls the carpet under your feet, it is not effective because it does nothing to push the story forward. One aspect that director Alagiya Asura must be praised is the way she's handled a lesbian relationship. The biggest irony, therefore is that the film preaches a lot about freedom of women. However, they don't seem to have a dream or ambition of their own. Had the film been a bit more organic, it would have worked out like a charm.
She lends a helping hand to every character and bails them out from problems, quite literally at a few places. She listens to their (love) life and decides to become their Messiah. Rita (played by Oviya) shifts to an apartment along with her boyfriend and become friends with 4 other women who are neighbours. Combine both these genres and that's what 90 ml falls under. We've also seen female-centric films like Magalir Mattum where a woman makes her friends realise what freedom is. When we've seen films where men sit along with their friends, and drink and lament about the way their spouses treat them. It has all the elements an adult film should have, with a role reversal of sorts. Oviya's 90 ml is a film that wants to be different but there is nothing novel in it. In Tamil Cinema, every now and then we get a film that is not the run of the mill kind.