Jaga, Ganesh, Ajay and Vishwas are motoring to a cricket game. An accident leads them to divert on a side road, where they encounter a criminal gang that has kidnapped a young girl and shot a policeman - in front of them....
Acting
Shiva's panic energy versus Prakash Raj's ice-cold menace.
Direction
Venkat Prabhu balancing genuine tension with absolute buffoonery.
Writing
The cricket metaphor that actually pays off.
Director
Venkat Prabhu
Shiva
Ajay Raj
S.P.B. Charan
Jagapathi Babu
Premji Amaran
Ganesh Kumar
Vaibhav
Ram Babu
Prakash Raj
Viswanathan
Jayaram
V. Ravichandran
Sampath Raj
A. Sampath Kumar
Vega Tamotia
Saroja
Kajal Aggarwal
Pooja (Cameo Appearance)
Nikita Thukral
Kalyani
Brahmanandam
Nalini
Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan
(cameo)
Bose Venkat
R. Venkatraman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Venkat Prabhu's second film; he insisted on the 190-minute runtime despite studio pressure to cut. The title track 'Saroja Saman Nikalo' became a massive club hit completely separate from the film's reception.
Part of the 2008 Tamil 'bromance wave' alongside Goa and Chennai 600028; critics initially dismissed it as 'Chennai 600028 with guns' before reassessing its tonal tightrope walk.
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