Subbaiah and Paneerselvam, an RTO official, are engaged in regular tiffs. The officer is killed by an old man who is later known to be Senapathy, a veteran Indian freedom fighter who was a member of the Indian National Army led by Subhas Chandra Bose, for threatening a poor old woman to bribe him to hand over compensation amount of ₹10,000 given by the government as her husband got killed in a riot.Ĭhandrabose alias Chandru is a small-time broker stationed outside the Regional Transport Office at Chennai, who, along with his assistant Subbaiah, aid people in greasing the right officials inside the RTO for getting permits and licenses. Police, led by CBI officer Krishnaswamy, suspect several people, and they narrow down the killer by his age, which should be more than 70 years based on the writing style of a letter left behind by the killer while murdering his most recent victim, an officer in the government treasury. Each time the victim is paralysed before being killed.
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Ī series of murders take place in Avadi, Chennai, in the same pattern stabbing by a knife. It was the highest-grossing Tamil film upon its release, beating the collections of Baashha until surpassed by Padayappa three years later. The film also went on to win three National Film Awards including that of Best Actor for Kamal Haasan's portrayal, while his performance also saw him win at the Filmfare Awards and the Tamil Nadu film fare award.
Indian was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1996, but was not nominated. The film opened to critical acclaim on the way to becoming a commercial blockbuster in the Tamil film industry. He is well trained in Varma Kalai, an ancient lethal martial art used for close-quarters combat (Choreographed by Aasan R.
The film focuses on an ex-freedom fighter turned vigilante bent on rooting out corruption, and his son, who is at the other end of the spectrum by facilitating corrupt practices leading to some unfortunate events.
Rahman, while cinematography was handled by Jeeva. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A. The film stars Kamal Haasan in dual roles opposite Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar and Sukanya.