While Thenali, Kailash, and family are at a picnic, Thenali's long-lost wife whose name is also Janaki shows up and reunites with him. Seeing this, Kailash suffers a paralytic attack. Thenali, thinking it is a fake bomb used only to relieve him from his fears, removes it and puts it in Kailash's house where it explodes. He even tries to kill Thenali by tying him to a tree with a time bomb. Kailash becomes increasingly mad with Thenali's antics and even begins to suspect that his wife has an affair with Thenali, as she has a soft corner for the latter. He falls in love with Janaki, Kailash's younger sister, which is vehemently opposed by the latter. Kailash tells Thenali to wait until after the vacation before his therapy can begin, but Panchabhootham asks for Thenali to go meet Kailash while on vacation. Soon after their first appointment, Kailash heads to his home in Kodaikanal on a vacation with his wife Jalaja and his two children. They send Thenali over to him, believing his failure to cure Thenali of his phobias will derail his success. Panchabhootham and his assistant, the doctors treating Thenali, are jealous of a relatively junior doctor Kailash getting all the media attention. This is because of numerous phobias he has developed due to the Sri Lankan Civil War. Thenali Soman is a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee who has come to Chennai for psychiatric treatment. You can provide one by editing this article. This article needs an improved plot summary. The film won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including a Special Jury award for Jayaram's performance, and Ravikumar won the Cinema Express Award for Best Director – Tamil. Thenali was released on 26 October 2000, Diwali day, and became a silver jubilee hit. The film was shot predominantly in Ooty and Kodaikanal, while some song sequences were shot in New Zealand. Thanikachalam, while the music was composed by A. It was photographed by Priyan and edited by K. Thenali, inspired by the 1991 American film What About Bob?, is the first film produced by Ravikumar through his company R. When Thenali becomes closer to Kailash's family, Kailash becomes increasingly obsessed with getting rid of him. It revolves around the title character who follows his psychiatrist Kailash on vacation to cure his numerous phobias. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jayaram, Devayani and Jyothika, with Delhi Ganesh, Charle, Ramesh Khanna and Madhan Bob in supporting roles. Thenali is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language comedy film co-written, produced and directed by K.