Due to his honesty and refusal to meet the demands of those in power, inspector Ramachandran is often transferred from one town to another. Soon, he finds himself in an area that is highly terrorised.
Acting
Sathyaraj's simmering dignity under pressure
Direction
Raj Kapoor builds dread in dusty streets
Writing
Transfer as character assassination device
Director
Raj Kapoor
Sathyaraj
Inspector Ramachandran
Pandiarajan
Thirunavukkarasu
Vijayalakshmi
Divya
Ashish Vidhyarthi
'Sodukku' Chockalingam
Raj Kapoor
Delhi Ganesh
Ramachandran's father
Venniradai Moorthy
Chockalingam's assistant
Livingston
Srikanth
Chief Minister
Vagai Chandrasekar
Sivarama Gandhi
Sriman
Suresh Kumar
Ponnambalam
Kabaali
Pandu
Rajagopal
G. M. Kumar
DSP Kumar
Mahanadhi Shankar
Sub-inspector
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sathyaraj made his name playing cynical antiheroes; this rare idealist role came mid-career reinvention.
Director Raj Kapoor (not the Hindi legend) was known for masala films; this grim pivot confused audiences expecting songs.
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