Kodi Parakkuthu

A mafia leader tries to kill a policeman, Sivagiri, who took down his illegal businesses, with the help of a lookalike. Later, Sivagiri discovers that the leader is responsible for his father’s death. Following the financial failure of some of his “award winning” films, said he was forced to make the more populist to compensate his losses. portrayed the film’s antagonist, and his voice was dubbed by Bharathiraja. The music was composed by . The song “Selai Kattum” is set in the . The song “Oh Kadhal Ennai” was reused from the song “O Meghave” with a tune in between taken from another song “Mussanjeli Nammuralli” – both from Hamsalekha’s earlier Kannada film , which was released the same year. was released on 8 November 1988. N. Krishnaswamy of wrote, ” is a flag that flutters in full flow, its not a half-mast performance and there’s no question of Bharathiraja having surrendered creativity at the altar of starry caprice”. of reviewed the film more positively, saying that while Bharathiraja fans may feel cheated due to the film not being in his usual style, it was a treat for Rajinikanth fans. The film was commercially unsuccessful.