Summary
An undercover cop finds himself in a Catch-22 situation where he has to return the drugs he had stolen from a kingpin in exchange for his son. The bag containing the drug goes missing, and with both gangsters and cops on his tail, can he get out of this mess?
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want something quiet and calm
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 68
Audience score77%
IMDb6.9
Running time
2 h 7 min
A typical length for action movies, +19 min on the typical 108
typical 108127Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 35 more
Released
2015
November 10, 2015
11 years ago
Genres
ActionCrimeThrillerLanguage
Tamil
Original language
Made in
- India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
14 of 14
Kamal HaasanCK Diwakar IRS
Trisha KrishnanMallika- AAAman AbdullahDiwakar's Son
Prakash RajVital Rao
KishoreDhiraviyam
Asha SarathSujatha
Sampath RajPedha Babu
Yugi SethuMani
Madhu ShaliniEsther
Uma Riyaz KhanBartender
JaganJagan
Guru SomasundaramVittal Rao's Assistant- RMRajesh M. SelvaHead Chef
Java SundaresanChef
Directing · 1
- Rajesh M. Selva Director
Writing · 6
- Kamal Haasan Screenplay, Producer, Playback Singer
- Suka Dialogue
- Ramajogayya Sastry Lyricist
- Vairamuthu Lyricist
- Frédéric Jardin Original Story
- Abburi Ravi Dialogue
Production · 4
- Suresh Balaje Executive Producer
- Chandrahasan Producer
- Gokulam Gopalan Co-Producer
- Sitara Suresh Line Producer
Camera · 1
- Sanu John Varghese Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Shan Mohammed Editor
Sound · 4
- Ghibran Original Music Composer
- Marti D. Humphrey Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Yazin Nizar Playback Singer
- Aishvarrya Playback Singer
Art · 1
- Prem Navas Art Direction
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