What do you mean by "a direct lift?"....Yes, the plot is similar...A man getting across as a woman to be near his kid and to get back his divorced wife...But for the plot, I dont remember a single scene of Doubtfire which was copied in Avvai Shanmughi...Though ppl claim that "Anbe Sivam" is a life from the Steve Martin movie also starring Tom Cruise, I dont remember a single scene which is common between both the movies...If a copy cat is bound to be overrated then all the talents like Mani Ratnam and A R Rahman are overrated too...
