Arthanari

Selvamanickam runs an in Chennai, where Karthik grows up. Sathyapriya, a police officer, gets into a fight with Karthik but later consoles him after learning about his past. They eventually fall in love. One day, Selvamanickam dies. Karthik assumes it was a natural death until Sathyapriya reveals he was murdered. Karthik and Sathyapriya seek revenge for Selvamanickam’s death. The film is directed by Sundarra Elangovan, a former assistant of . plays an encounter specialist named Sathyapriya while debutant Ramkumar plays a civil engineer who gets involved in Sathyapriya’s case. To prepare for her role, Arundhati watched films from the same genre including , and . The film was titled as because both the male and female characters have equal importance. plays a supporting role while plays the antagonist. The songs are composed by . A critic from gave the film one and a half out of five stars and wrote that “There are films that have a scrappy feel about them because of their low budget, but this one doesn’t really feel entirely shoddy”. Malini Mannath of wrote that “A stepping stone for a debutant maker, the film could have been an exciting action-flick, if only there had been more clarity and focus in the screenplay and polish in its narrative style”. A critic from gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and praised the directors and Arundhati’s performance.