Based in Mumbai, Raja (Arjun) lives a violent yet poor lifestyle along with his father, Banwarilal. He meets with and comes to the rescue of Madurai/Mahendrapur-based belle, Mahalakshmi/Madhumita (Jyotika), and both fall in love with each other. When she returns home, her dad (Ashish Vidyarthi) finds that she is in love with Raja, instantly approves of him, and asks her to invite him, which she does. Raja accordingly arrives to meet her family - and it is this arrival that will pit him against goons dispatched by none other than Mahalakshmi's dad, who wants him dead - at any and all costs.
Stunts
Arjun doing his own gravity-defying kicks because why not.
Acting
Ashish Vidyarthi commits to villainy like his rent depends on it.
Director
Selva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film exemplifies the early 2000s Tamil cinema obsession with Mumbai as a lawless frontier where Tamil heroes clean up corruption the police won't touch.
The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil as 'Manikanda' and Telugu as 'Hanumanthu' with slightly different comedy tracks for each market — Vadivelu for Tamil, different comedian for Telugu.
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