Anbarasu, young and arrogant, and Nallasivam, damaged - physically but not spiritually - by life, are thrown together by circumstances, and find that they are in some ways bound together by fate.
Acting
Kamal Haasan's body becomes the entire argument.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes philosophy into banter.
Direction
Sundar C sneaks propaganda into a buddy comedy.
Director
Sundar C
Kamal Haasan
Nalla Sivam
R. Madhavan
Anbarasu
Nassar
Kandasamy Padayachi
Kiran Rathod
Bala
Santhana Bharathi
Kandasamy Padayachi's Assistant
Seema
Balasaraswathi's Mother
Yugi Sethu
Uthaman
R.S. Shivaji
Railway Station master
Vichu Vishwanath
Padayatchi's assistant
Ilavarasu
Police Inspector
Muthukalai
Roadside drunkard
Uma Riyaz Khan
Mehrunissa
Pasi Sathya
Tea stall owner
Nellai Siva
Street theatre performer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak post-liberalization India, the film bombed commercially—corporate audiences weren't ready to be called villains in their own language.
Kamal wrote this during recovery from a real leg fracture; his limp is genuine, making Nalla's physicality an accidental autobiography.
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