Anita eventually reciprocates Krishna’s love, but by then, it is too late. The very traits that made Krishna "real"—his possessiveness, his lack of ambition, his inability to communicate—destroy the relationship. In a heartbreaking sequence, Anita looks at him and says the most devastating line in Tamil cinema history: "I love you, but I don't like you anymore."
Rainbow Colony is gone. But the ache remains.
Today, you still see the film’s DNA in modern Tamil cinema. The "boy next door" trope was redefined. The "Rainbow Colony" (the name refers to the seven colors of emotion—love, lust, anger, jealousy, sadness, sacrifice, and loneliness) became a metaphor for every middle-class neighborhood in India.
His name was Krishna, and he was an unemployed, directionless slacker.