Ajith plays Vasu, a drunken rowdy who lives in a cinema theater owned by Vinu Chakravarthy. He had a tortured childhood and wastes his days by drinking, fighting, and sleeping. During the beginning altercations, Vasu's friend Dhamu loses a reel of the movie Annamalai to Mohana (Shalini). Vasu and Mohana clash when he goes to retrieve the reel. Not only that, Mohana's family is made up entirely of cops, headed by Birla Bose (Nasser), Mohana's father.
At this point, an ex-Mafia "Dada" who spent many years in jail because of Birla Bose, Tulasi Das (Raghuvaran), comes to the theater. Because he doesn't like Bose,he therefore hires Vasu to kidnap Mohana and take her away somewhere. When he does, at one point, he screams out his agonies in the superb song "Satham Illatha." Mohana falls in love with him, hearing his pain.
When Tulasi Das realizes Mohana loves Vasu, he hires Vasu further to pretend he loves her back. At first, with Vasu, it's just pretend, and then he, too, begins to love her. More surprises await the audience as the movie unfolds.
Box Office
- The film grossed $2 million & super hit at the box office.
- Ajith fell in love with Shalini after co-starring with her in this movie; later they got married. So, the film was marketed as Shalini's last film. However, Mani Ratnam's movie Alaipayuthey, starring Madhavan as the hero, was Shalini's last movie.
- The film was later remade into Telugu in 2004 as Leela Mahal Centre starring Aryan Rajesh and Sada.
- It was also remade into a Kannada movie Asura starring Shiv Rajkumar and Raghuvaran, who reprises his role.
- It was also later dubbed into Telugu as Adhbutam.
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| Directed by | Saran |
| Produced by | Venkateswaralayam (V.Sathyanarayana, V.Sumanth Kumar) |
| Written by | Ramesh Khanna |
| Starring | Ajith Shalini Raghuvaran Raadhika Nassar Vinu Chakravarthi Dhamu Vaiyapuri Charle Ramesh Khanna Ambika |
| Music by | Bharadwaj |
| Cinematography | A.Venkatesan |
| Editing by | Suresh urs |
| Release date(s) | August 1999 |
| Language | Tamil |
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