Sadhurangam

<p>Thirupathisamy is an investigative journalist working for a Tamil magazine. He fearlessly brings out the issues in the prevailing political system which earns him many enemies. Thiru falls in love with Sandhya, a college student. Thiru, in one of his articles, writes about the problems faced by prisoners following which the Rajan gets suspended. He also writes about the corruption of an IAS officer leading to his transfer and about the real estate mafia run by an influential man Singaperumal. One day, Sandhya gets kidnapped and Thiru gets a threatening call. But Thiru is unable to trace the culprit as he has so many enemies. Initially, he suspects Singaperumal but later finds that Rajan was the man behind the kidnap. Thiru flashes Sandhya’s pictures in the magazines and finds out that Rajan has planned to sell her to a brothel in Dubai. Thiru rushes to the railway station where Sandhya is present. He fights against Rajan and kills him. Singaperumal comes to the spot and helps Thiru escape. Finally, Thiru and Sandhya are united. After the success of , Karu Pazhaniyappan and Srikanth reunited again for a project called during December 2003. Srikanth portrayed a journalist and his character was named after , the late film director who was Karu Palaniappan’s close friend. A set resembling a journal office was designed by Rajeevan on a home near , Chennai. Initial publicity posters were in black-and-white, intended to emulate a chessboard. Soundtrack was composed by and released in 2004. Haricharan Pudipeddi wrote for , “in spite of its long delay in release, manages to impress one and all, from start to finish”. Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “A film which had been confined to the cans for nearly five years has finally seen the light of day. But the significant aspect is that (U) doesn’t have a dated feel about it and is as good as any recent product”. wrote, “The slow romance between the lead and the crusader journalist characterisation is worked out neatly in the first half. However the film loosens its grip post interval with a staid and predictable climax”. M Bharat Kumar of wrote, “Watch out for some fiery dialogues by Karu Pazhaniappan. It sets up the momentum. Sharp and appropariate at places, the dialogues question the rights and wrongs prevalent in the society”. Karu Palaniappan won the .</p>