For a film that takes itself less and less seriously with every scene, one has to be a little careful about probing its supposed sub-text; let alone sticking neck out to postulate, and sound all-serious, film-critic type.

Be that as it may, as its name suggests, Vasan Balan's Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota (MKDNH), that hits theatres this Friday, is about the leading child/boy/man, who feels no physical pain. This is deemed a 'bimaari' (disease), making him vulnerable-as against an aspect of bravado-laden masculinity, that we have all been conditioned to celebrate, and therefore films forever have.