What if your dad became a liquor baron and your son became a communist revolutionary? Awkward.
A man's family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions, he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a billionaire, does life give him a second chance to be a father?
Acting
Vikram's three-decade transformation and Dhruv's feral rage—actual father-son electricity
Direction
Karthik Subbaraj's signature non-linear structure serving emotional gut-punches
Cinematography
The color-coded timelines and that single-take opening bar fight
Director
Karthik Subbaraj
Vikram
Gandhi Mahaan
Dhruv Vikram
Dadabhai 'Dada' Naoroji
Bobby Simha
Sathyavan Soosaiyapan
Simran
Nachi
Sananth
Rakesh 'Rocky' Christopher
Muthukumar
Gnanodhayam
Ramachandran Durairaj
Manikkam
Subathra Robert
Thilagu
Deepak Paramesh
Anthony
Gajaraj
Rajavel
Aadukalam Naren
Mohandoss
Raaghavan Murugan
Young Gandhi
Balaji Sakthivel
Soosaiyappan
Vani Bhojan
Mangai Sathyavan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vikram and Dhruv Vikram are real father and son—this was their first on-screen collaboration, and Dhruv's debut. Karthik Subbaraj wrote the script specifically for them after meeting at a wedding.
The film deliberately weaponizes Gandhi's name and imagery—Mahaan's arc from teetotaler Gandhian to liquor baron is a direct commentary on Tamil Nadu's complicated relationship with prohibition politics and DMK/AIADMK alcohol policies.
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