Murthy (Prashanth) earns his living taking the blame for the mistakes of other people and the jail is his second home. Dhanushkodi (Raghuvaran) has sworn to kill ex-collector Ramanathan's (Vijayakumar) son and so, Ramanathan has transferred his son Santosh (Pravinkanth) to Mauritius while telling the world that he has ran away. Wishing to save his son, he hires Murthy to act as his long lost son, hoping that Dhanushkodi would kill him instead of his actual son. Murthy too accepts the gig since his lover Preeti (Jyotika) is Ramanathan's niece. In the climax, Santhosh supports Dhanushkodi for killing his father, But Dhanushkodi kills Santhosh. The film ends with Murthy taking the blame for killing Santhosh and surrenders himself to police.
Acting
Raghuvaran's simmering villainy vs Prashanth's earnest chaos
Writing
Absurd premise executed with straight-faced commitment
Practical Effects
Mauritius locations doubling for maximum 2000s glamour
Director
Praveen Gandhi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Prashanth was at peak 'technology-obsessed hero' phase here, fresh off Jeans and Thirupaachi.
The 'professional fall guy' premise weirdly predicts gig economy exploitation debates by two decades.
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