Pugazh, a rookie cop earns an immediate disliking from his higher official Inspector Rathnam because of his brilliance in handling the case. Inspector Rathnam is killed by a masked man who shoves expired batteries into his mouth. A medical industrialist is also done away in the same way. Who is the murderer using the unusual method and why he is doing it and whether he gets caught or not?
Practical Effects
The battery-shoving murder method is grotesquely memorable practical effects.
Acting
Senguttuvan's rookie cop energy carries the ridiculous premise with straight-faced dedication.
Writing
The eco-corporate revenge angle is unhinged in the best Tamil thriller tradition.
Director
S. Mani Bharathy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tamil cinema's recent wave of eco-vengeance thrillers reflects real anxieties about corporate pollution in industrial zones like Tiruppur.
The battery-as-murder-weapon conceit reportedly came from a real 2019 case of industrial waste dumping disguised as battery recycling. Director Bharathy saw potential in the metaphor.
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