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without letting his character lose its evil nature". Indiaglitz said, "From start to finish, this gangster movie has ripped off some scene from every other gangster movie. So there is little novelty ore novelty. The director's other major failing, it would seem, is in not wresting compelling performances from his cast. Leading with
Ranjith, everyone hams outrageously and the film is left adrift for lack of feel". Another reviewer praised Ranjith's acting and gave the film a mixed review.
257:), a pious man who solves underworld crime issue, arranges a meeting between Cheran and Ezhumalai. During the meeting, Ezhumalai, who is full of rage, tries to kill Cheran, but Cheran takes a gun and shoots him dead. Bava then hires Cheran and Kutty as his henchmen. Cheran starts drinking alcohol, gets addicted to drugs, and spends his nights in a brothel, where he meets the young prostitute Geetha (
246:) and his elder brother Ravi (Ramesh Maali). His father wants Cheran to find a job, and Cheran sets up a roadside street food business along with his friends. One day, an exchange with a customer escalates, and Cheran has to kill him to save his friend Kutty (Velmurugan). The killed customer turns out to be the brother of the rowdy gangster Ezhumalai (V. K. R. Ragu).
272:), who orders him to kill innocent people. Thereafter, Geetha gives birth to a baby boy. Cheran's family advises him to leave the criminal underworld and surrender to the police, but he refuses. Perumal is soon under serious pressure from the public and government. They suspect him of employing Cheran. He orders the police to
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called it a "weak remake of Sanjay Dutt's
Vaastav" and wrote, "Ranjith overacts almost throughout Susi Bala is introduced pretty late but is adequate in the few scenes where she is required to emote. Ilavarasu plays a villain for a change and manages to utter a few comments in his trademark style
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as his keyboard player, had taken care of the music and editing was done by R. T. Annadurai. Speaking about the film, the director said, "It is a movie certainly different from other films on gangsters. Not just the story and the script, but the making itself would be totally different from other
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Cheran. Perumal's henchmen and Kutty get killed in an encounter. Cheran, who is now on the run, must protect his family as they too are in danger. Kamal Bhai arranges a meeting between Cheran and
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Dhanalakshmi shoots him dead.
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