Desiya Geetham

<p>The film is about a and his family being kidnapped by a group of people and taken to a remote village making them undergo the hardships of village life to learn about it. The music was composed by . Reviewing the album, Sajahan Waheed of gave it 4 stars out of 5. A critic from noted “Cheran has won in highlighting minutely and emotively the village maladies and it’s disastrous shortcomings”. Kala Krishnan-Ramesh from noted “This film has a message, which is meant for all of us, “Before the last Indian goes mad, let’s do something”. D. S. Ramanujam of wrote, “A thought-provoking movie on the plight of the villagers denied basic necessities like water, roads, hospitals and consumable rice at the FP shops, has been brought out with a lot of thrust by director Cheran”. The film elicited controversy from politicians because of its plot involving a chief minister’s kidnapping. , then the , was reportedly displeased by the same. Cheran, who claimed his intentions were not to hurt anyone, invited Karunanidhi to watch the film and decide, but he refused. However, politician lauded the film for Cheran’s work, and actor , who supported the alliance of Karunanidhi’s party (DMK) and (TMC) in the (which TMC won), said Cheran brought out whatever messages he (Rajinikanth) would have liked to deliver.</p>