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film written and directed by Azhagu Rajasundaram. The film stars Sona, Urvasi Patel and Sindhuri, while Mumtaj,

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and

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also appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 19 December 2003.

Cast

*Sona as Mahalakshmi *Urvasi Patel as Poonkodi * Sindhuri as Amudha *

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as police assistant commissioner, Aarthi * Abhinayashree *

as Inspector Vaigaivel *

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* Subhashini *Fatima Babu *Kalidaas as IGP

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of Azhagu Rajasundaram, who had previously apprenticed under directors Pandiarajan and Vikraman for fifteen years. Produced by . K. Riaz Ahmed the film's story was based around two real life incidents — the murder of a lawyer in bright daylight and the accident in which 40 individuals were killed.

Soundtrack

Release

The film had a low profile release on 19 December 2003. Film critic Balaji Balasubramaniam wrote "the movie's approach struggles between two completely opposite directions — a cheap, exploitative film and a tearjerker" and that "the producer seems to have banked on the film's glamour to bring in the viewers since that is what the title and the movie's promos focus on" and that "this is unfortunate because the main story has actually been taken quite well".

References

2003 films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian drama films Indian films based on actual events Films scored by Deva (composer) 2003 directorial debut films 2003 drama films {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub