Thanks for the clarifications Grouch..
Maybe Plum got the period wrongly and attached that to the personal issues too.. when did the movies listed by him(Manidhan ( [just love rajini in this movie...He was dashing and performace was good though the villanic scenes are stupid.. ], Maappillai, Oor Kaavalan ) got released? what are the movies which got released durign that period?

