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to a good premise. The end product plays out like a dull
rehash of Puthiya pathai and numerous other gangster movies.
The story is quite ambitious. Ajith is a local toughie who loans out his brawn
power to the hightest bidder. One of his ruffian acts opens up the mandatory "I
hate you" clash with Shalini when she receives a stab wound from him. In the
best of tamil movie tradition Shalini's father happens to be the police
commissioner (Nasser) and surprise surprise, his brother ('Poovilangu' Mohan) is
the assistant commissioner and his son is a police inspector! To the director's
credit he fashions the Nasser character to be a level-headed and understanding
father and delegates the traditional villanous hero bashing duties to the rest
of the trio. Enter Raghuvaran- a mysterious ex-dada with high-connections and
enough power in the flicker of his eyelides (in closeup that is!) to evoke awe
even from Ajith... [
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