Venghai

Venghai

Year: 2011

Runtime: 158 mins

Language: Tamil

Director: Hari

ActionDrama

A young man supports his father in opposing a local MLA, who often gives them trouble.

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Veerapandi is a respected man in Pandiapuram, Sivagangai district who commands influence over roughly half the votes in his constituency. He is married to Thangam and has two children, Selvam and Selvi. Rajalingam, Prakash Raj, is the corrupt incumbent local MLA from the ruling party, elected with backing from Veerapandi, though he pretends to be loyal only for Veerapandi’s continued support. When the Deputy Commissioner organizes a meeting to decide the site of a new railway station, Rajalingam has already earmarked a town for a bribe, but Veerapandi https://www.whatsafterthemovie.com/ (link kept for author navigation) thwarts the plan and convinces the meeting to choose a smaller town instead. Rajalingam’s men bomb a railway track to derail a train, but Selvam stops the train and catches the bombers, exposing the fragility of the system hegers against the corruption around him.

Frustrated by Selvam’s interference, Veerapandi sends Selvam to Trichy to stay with his uncle Mariyappan, a real estate agent, Livingston. In Trichy, Selvam reconnects with his childhood friend Radhika, Tamannaah Bhatia, and helps Mariyappan return money to Radhika’s uncle, a payment tangled up in a land dispute that even brings the Air Force into a civil struggle. Selvam also crosses paths with a local thug named Peter, Nandha Saravanan, after an SMS joke by Radhika about Peter is circulated; the incident is filmed by a college professor, Y. G. Mahendran, and Selvam ends up imprisoned. Rajalingam leverages Peter’s gang to try to finish Selvam off in Tiruchy, hoping to cripple Veerapandi’s influence.

Selvam fights back when he saves a college professor from Peter’s gang, sparking a tense clash that leaves Peter beaten and seeking reinforcements from Anbu, a figure introduced as Ponnambalam. Veerapandi learns of Selvam’s troubles and travels to the college, while Anbu, realizing that Selvam is Veerapandi’s son, begs forgiveness for the past. Veerapandi uncovers Rajalingam’s plans to acquire a substantial chunk of land with black money and catches him red-handed after the registration in Trichy, thrashing him in front of witnesses. Selvam arrives by chance, and the two generations—father and son—team up to force Rajalingam to donate the land to Sivagangai Corporation. Veerapandi then orders Rajalingam to resign within a week or face death, a move that triggers a political by-election and further heightens the stakes.

Angry and desperate, Rajalingam hires fifty men from Rameshwaram to eliminate both Veerapandi and Selvam. To counter this, Selvam devises a plan with the villagers: they burn hayfields to give the appearance that dissenters have already achieved their aim, drawing Rajalingam’s goons into a trap. He then lures Rajalingam to a location where he can strike, taking down the goons one by one. The haystacks burning trick misleads the attackers, and they retreat, believing their mission is accomplished. In parallel, a car-tracking convoy bound for Veerapandi leads to tragedy when a truck crashes and kills an innocent family, a blow that leaves Veerapandi resolved to punish the culprits.

Later, Veerapandi survives a poisoning after drinking coffee that was tampered with, an incident that shocks Selvam and prompts him to uncover the truth behind the intrigue. He learns that Radhika played a role in the poisoning by passing along information to Rajalingam about Veerapandi’s travel plans. Radhika’s family reveals their own hidden past: Padmavathi, Sudha Chandran, and her grandfather recount that Veerapandi had once killed Radhika’s father, Manickavel, years earlier—an act they had long waited to see addressed, though their intent was vengeance rather than vengeance alone. Veerapandi interrupts the tale and reveals that the deaths were the work of the ruling party’s goons, not him, a confession that shifts the family’s feelings toward forgiveness.

Despite the revelation, Selvam feels betrayed by Radhika, who had appeared to betray his trust. Yet Radhika’s family apologizes to Veerapandi, and Thangam, Urvashi in particular, urges Selvam to accept Radhika. With tensions easing, Rajalingam ramps up the pressure, hiring fifty men in a bid to wipe out both Veerapandi and Selvam. In response, Selvam orchestrates a dramatic plan: along with other villagers, he organizes a dramatic counterstrike that culminates in a deadly confrontation with Rajalingam’s men. The plan succeeds in making it look like Rajalingam has been toppled, and Selvam goes into hiding, eventually fleeing to Kuala Lumpur.

Six months pass, and Selvam returns to Pandiapuram to a hopeful reunion with Radhika and his family. The ordeal does not erase the scars of the struggle, but it solidifies a new balance between justice and personal loyalties. Through it all, the bond between Veerapandi, his family, and their village remains the core of the story, demonstrating how power, corruption, and love intertwine in a tight-knit community.

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