A honest and peace loving village man turns into a politician but his past haunts him till he seeks redemption by surrendering himself to law.
Acting
Sarathkumar's commanding dual presence as both brothers.
Direction
Hari's signature rapid-fire dialogue delivery and relentless momentum.
Practical Effects
Authentic village set pieces before CGI took over Kollywood.
Director
Hari
R. Sarathkumar
Ayyadurai \ Chelladurai
Napoleon
Maadasamy
Nayanthara
Selvi
Vadivelu
Karasingam A. C.
Prakash Raj
Karuppusamy
Lakshmi
Kalyani
Rohini
Meenatchi
Charle
Muthuvel
Malavika
Thulasi
O. A. K. Sundar
MLA Shanmugapandi
Sindhu
Kasthuri
Madhan Bob
Kesavan
G Srinivasan
Rangasamy
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ramadurai
Raj Kapoor
Inspector Sivaraman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Nayanthara's breakthrough role in Tamil cinema, establishing her as the premier female lead for the next two decades.
The film exemplifies the 'gramathu veeran' (village hero) archetype that dominated 2000s Tamil cinema—noble rural masculinity corrupted by urban political machinery.
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