Drohi

<p>Sami Srinivasan and his friend Karunakaran grow up in the slums and attend the same school. Karuna is a rough and tough boy, but Sami is a bit naïve. They are close buddies. Once, they see their class teacher Roja being brutally murdered before their eyes by a gangster. Dejected at local police not taking any action, Karuna kills the gangster but gets caught by the cops. Sami tells the police that Karuna committed the murder. Though both are bailed out of trouble, enmity brews between them. As years roll, hatred increases. Also, as fate would have it, a twist occurs: the two characters switch roles. Sami, who was naïve as a kid, turns into a rowdy and becomes the right hand of local gangster Narayanan when he becomes an adult. In contrast, Karuna, who was very violent and brutal in his childhood, turns out into an honest and brave police officer who gets posted in his same locality. Sami is still against Karuna. Trouble erupts when Sami loves Karuna’s sister Malar. In the meantime, Shruthi loves Karuna. What happens between the two forms for the rest of the film. The music was composed by . Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “Intelligent storyline and appealing performances are pluses. It has its share of minuses, but this doesn’t betray”. Bhama Devi Ravi of wrote, “The simmering enmity and the constant one-upmanship is handled deftly by the debutant director. However, when she introduces child sexual abuse into the melting pot of friendship, rivalry and romance, the story somewhat slackens and the numerous twists and turns lose their edginess. But it picks up towards the end, and as they say, all is well that ends well”. Pavithra Srinivasan of wrote, “As a debut film [ ], has its strengths. If it had managed to move from the shadow of , it would have been even better”.</p>