Parthiban, a cafe owner, lives with his family in Himachal Pradesh. Things take an absurd turn for him when he gets in the way of a drug cartel.
Direction
Lokesh's most unhinged set pieces yet
Acting
Vijay's dual-mode vulnerability and fury
Cinematography
Himachal as gorgeous, suffocating trap
Director
Lokesh Kanagaraj
Vijay
Parthiban / Leo Das
Sanjay Dutt
Antony Das
Arjun Sarja
Harold Das
Trisha Krishnan
Sathya
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Joshy Andrews
Mathew Thomas
Siddharth 'Siddhu'
George Mariyan
Napoleon
Priya Anand
Deepa Andrews
Mysskin
Shanmugan
Sandy
Shanmugam's Son
Madonna Sebastian
Elisa Das
Mansoor Ali Khan
Hridhayaraj D'Souza
Babu Antony
Antony's henchman
Janany Kunaseelan
Shruthi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vijay's 'Bloody Sweet' catchphrase became a merchandising empire before the film even released, proving Thalapathy's brand transcends cinema.
The Hyena sequence required Vijay to film with actual trained animals—his terror in close-ups is reportedly not entirely acting.
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