When Kanal, a B-grade engineering college student, finds out that his dad went on to pay a hefty amount as “donation” to get him the seat, the liquor-swigging student is introduced to the underground world of the admission racket system in colleges.
Acting
GV Prakash simmers with working-class resentment throughout
Direction
Mathimaran turns boring admission paperwork into thriller tension
Writing
The father-son confrontation scenes hit brutally close to home
Director
Mathimaran Pugazhendhi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'donation seat' system depicted is so widespread in Tamil Nadu engineering colleges that this film sparked actual campus protests upon release.
GV Prakash supposedly shadowed real admission brokers for two weeks, which explains why the counterfeit document sequences feel uncomfortably authentic.
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