Kathavarayan

Kathavarayan sells illicit in . Though he is involved in arrack trade, he is honourable. Malti, a student, arrives in the village as part of her project. She vows to end the arrack menace in the village and takes efforts to arrest Kathavarayan. Thanks to her efforts, Kathavarayan is arrested and imprisoned in . Malti’s efforts to expose drug peddlers in Chennai backfires. The peddlers hatch a conspiracy, and Malti falls a prey to it. She is arrested for possessing drugs and is imprisoned. Kathavarayan leaves jail to retaliate against Malti, but he learns her real intentions and dire situation. He masterminds and joins the drug-peddling gang and eventually exposes them to save Malti. The film was initially offered to , though his refusal meant that Karan was chosen to play the lead role. Soundtrack was composed by and lyrics were written by Snehan. wrote, “Karan’s performance is loud and boorish, at times irritating with his Kovai Tamil. Radha definitely has a future as a glam girl while heroine Vidisha is earnest, but a poorly written role mars her chances. Ilavarasu, Kadhal Dhandapani are also there along with a sick comedy track of Vadivelu as an idiot moneylender who gets beaten up by all and sundry. There is nothing to hum about the music of Dheena”. Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “Reactions that aren’t not quite in tune with the flow of the story and a screenplay that doesn’t exploit the initial tautness are the negative aspects of . On the positive side is the sincere performance of Karan”. Vadivelu won the for the film.