Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.
Acting
Kamal Haasan playing dual roles 30 years apart—both terrifying.
Direction
Shankar's debut masterpiece of scale and righteous fury.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI Shankar: real explosions, real falls, real chaos.
Director
Shankar
Kamal Haasan
Veerasekaran Senapathy / Chandra Bose
Manisha Koirala
Aishwarya
Urmila Matondkar
Sapna
Sukanya
Amrithavalli
Nedumudi Venu
Krishnasamy
Manorama
Kuppamma
Goundamani
Subbaiyaa
Senthil
Panneerselvam
Kasturi Shankar
Kasthuri
Nizhalgal Ravi
Corrupt Doctor
Crazy Mohan
Parthasarathy
Ajay Rathnam
Freedom Fighter
Ponnambalam
'Kada' Kumar
Bala Singh
Treasury department officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kamal Haasan spent 4 hours in makeup daily for the Senapathy role, and the film's 185-minute runtime was so controversial theaters sold 'intermission tickets' for bathroom breaks.
This film basically invented the 'Shankar template'—vigilante hero, social issue, AR Rahman bangers, and a budget that bankrupted producers.
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