Selvam, the new vice principal of a college, tries to transform the behaviour of troublemaking students while fighting an inner war.
Acting
Kamal Haasan's controlled devastation—never showy, always wrecking you.
Writing
Selvam's secret illness handled with rare restraint for Indian cinema.
Direction
Sethumadhavan trusts silence over bombast.
Director
K. S. Sethumadhavan
Kamal Haasan
Dr. Selvam, Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Gautami Tadimalla
Vasanthi
Nagesh
Prabhakar Rao
Senthil
Perumal
Kovai Sarala
Julie
Srividya
Selvam's Sister
Karan
Ramesh
Delhi Ganesh
Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
Madhan Bob
Tamil Lecturer
Brinda Gopal
Nirmala
Ramji
Vijay, Ramesh's Friend
Santhana Bharathi
Sakthivel
Sethu Vinayagam
Velu, Ramesh's Father
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kamal Haasan wrote his own lectures for the classroom scenes, drawing from his actual father's academic career.
Released during peak 90s Tamil cinema's shift toward urban social issues, influencing later 'message' films like 'Anbe Sivam'.
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