Year: 2010
Runtime: 150 mins
Language: Tamil
Director: A. Venkatesh
ACP Bose, a diligent police officer, lives with his wife and younger brother Velu, a college student who loves classmate Anjali. Umapathi, a ruthless land‑deal kingpin with a DGP and politician, secures a 100‑crore loan, murders the bank chairman and frames Bose. Bose fights to expose him while Velu clashes with villain, leading to a showdown.
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The film starts with a flashback. ACP Bose is a sincere police officer happily married. He lives with his parents and younger brother Velu. Velu is a college student, and he falls in love with his classmate Anjali. Enters Umapathi, the villain who is notorious for settlements and land deals. Anjali comes across Bose when she is on a field trip from her college with her friends. She gets friendly with his daughter Pinky, who tells her that she would get her introduced to her uncle Velu, and that they would make a good pair. It turns out that Velu studies at Anjali’s college and soon after, they come to know each other and get close. Bose investigate the case of Umapathi, whom no one has been able to touch. He is even involved with a land deal involving crores of money which is completely illegal and others including the DIG are involved. When the chairman of the bank who has lent money for the deal demands the money back as the deal has not worked, Umapathi eliminates him. The people who are customers of the bank take to the streets and try to damage the bank. Bose arrives there, arrests the manager, and takes him away. Somehow, Umapathi discovers the manager’s whereabouts. He arrives there with his men and the DIG and nearly kills Bose. Umapathi asks his men to dump the body. On the way, Velu gets involved and ultimately rescues Bose from a burning bus, and Bose dies in Velu’s arms. The entire media and the people think Bose has swindled off all the money as they have been made to believe that by the DIG. Velu decides to take revenge on the people who killed his brother. Firstly he kills Dinesh, his friend and Umapathi’s henchman. Then he kills the DIG (he had been taken to jail and he had escaped). Umapathi also kidnaps Velu’s entire family. Velu goes to an old temple where he kills Umapathi. He spills the beans that Bose is dead, and he rescues his family under the supervision of the new DIG Gautham Ganesh, who supports him wholeheartedly.
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