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<p>The film begins with the murder of a reputed heart surgeon Dr. Charles. The next day, Sivalingam is killed by a mysterious person. His wife, Chandra, is a corrupt and influential politician who supplies weapons to the terrorists. The mysterious person warns Chandra that he will continue to kill them. Antony, an honest police officer, is charged to protect Chandra. Soon, Antony finds out that the killer was none other than Chandra’s son-in-law and his best friend Prabhakaran. In a flashback, Prabhakaran fell in love with and married Chandra’s daughter Lakshmi. He lived happily with his mother, his wife Lakshmi and his son in Chandra’s house. One day, his mother witnessed the murder of a CBI officer by Chandra, and Chandra poisoned her. Antony and Prabhakaran decide to team up to punish the heartless Chandra. The music was composed by Bala Bharathi, with lyrics written by . Tharamani of praised the film for mocking contemporary politics and also praising the performances of Jayabharathi and Mansoor Ali Khan but panned cinematic flashback, duet, unrealistic climax which could have been avoided. wrote, “Ibrahim Rowther’s story has events that resemble the happenings in Tamil Nadu and the viewer can easily identify the female personality who has a strong hold over the ruling leader. K. C. Thangam’s caustic dialogue, punched out in a couple of places, adds to the performances of Jayabharathi, the lady with lethal connections, and Mansur Ali Khan, her son-in-law who falling a victim to her power hungry schemes takes up cudgels against her”.</p>