Summary
Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya. His brother-in-law Shakthivel, also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.1
Running time
2 h 30 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +41 min on the typical 109
typical 109150Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 120 countries
+110Released
2002
April 12, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
DramaActionLanguage
Tamil
Original language
Made in
- India
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- 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
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
16 of 16
VijaySurya
Priyanka Chopra JonasPriya
NassarShakthivel
RevathiSurya's sister
VivekNandakumar
Ashish VidhyarthiG.K
Delhi GaneshLawyer Laxminarayanan
Vinu ChakravarthyMLA
M. S. BhaskarGanesan
Poornam ViswanathanVishwanthan
BhalajieSekhar
Charu HaasanSivaraman
Vasu VikramGovindhan
Vincent RoyDCP Muthuvel
MuthukalaiAuto driver- SSridharDancer
Directing · 2
- Abdul Majith Director, Dialogue, Story
- Ponram Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- S. A. Chandrasekhar Screenplay
Production · 1
- G. Venkateswaran Producer
Camera · 1
- N K Ekambaram Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- V. T. Vijayan Editor
Sound · 7
- D. Imman Playback Singer, Original Music Composer
- Vijay Playback Singer
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas Playback Singer
- Shankar Mahadevan Playback Singer
- Tippu Playback Singer
- Anuradha Sriram Playback Singer
Art · 2
- Sabu Cyril Art Direction
- Veera Samar Assistant Art Director
Other crew · 2
- Kanal Kannan Stunt Coordinator
- Raju Sundaram Choreographer
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