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While the police search for the killer, Devan zeroes in on Chetta Raghu as his next target. He follows Chetta to
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The movie opens with Alex Devan murdering photographer Jeeva in cold blood in the latter's house. Jeeva strategically positions a video camera to capture the impending murder, but Devan's face is not captured on it. Jeeva shouts out the name of his killer before dying, but the audio is lost at that
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A reviewer wrote:"An interesting screenplay, with suspense, action, vendetta and patriotism weaved in, the male characters are well-etched, and the female characters given just enough scope to justify their presence in the film. Only that the film is a bit too lengthy and could have been trimmed a
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942:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police
612:(in Tamil). 1 December 2002. pp. 41–43.
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524:Ilaiyaraaja
489:"Teenagela"
471:"Sexy Bomb"
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403:Vijayakanth
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196:action film
163:175 minutes
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