Subramani poses as a criminal to evict bachelor tenants from a Brahmin's house, but ends up helping one of them to kidnap his lover from her marriage. However, he faces trouble when he kidnaps the wrong girl.
Acting
Madhavan sells 'fake gangster' with genuine panic.
Writing
KSR's trademark escalation—one lie becomes an avalanche.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI Tamil action: real trains, real locations, real mess.
Director
K. S. Ravikumar
R. Madhavan
Subramani aka 'Bottle' Mani
Sadha
Priya
Rahman
Raghavan
Kaniha
Gayathri Natarajan
Vivek
'Auto' Sampath
Delhi Ganesh
Nataraja Iyer
Manobala
Seshagopalan
Lavanya
Priya's Friend
Sundarrajan
Subramani's Uncle
Vasu Vikram
Married Student's Brother-in-Law
Madhan Bob
Bike Store Owner
Kanal Kannan
Police Constable
Thennavan
Inspector Dhanapathi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Madhavan's full return to Tamil commercial cinema after Alaipayuthey, and he reportedly did his own stunts for the train sequence.
The 'Brahmin landlord vs. bachelor tenants' setup was a staple of 2000s Tamil comedy, poking fun at Chennai's housing prejudices with more bite than it appeared.
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