If you've seen the Telugu original by Puri Jagan starring Mahesh and Ilena, stay away from this hackeyned remake.
Vijay's comeback vehicle is appreciated by his "fans" and "repeated audience" by his continous streak of mocking larger than life heroes. Basically, it's Simbhu's thunder taken over by Vijay. Can he act? In non-remakes, but this, no-no. It's more or less a masala film but one of those films that would belong in the b-movie category.
You have your wooden face heroine (Asin), the incompetent comedian (Vadivelu) and you have the most successful actor in South India alas he's stooped to the level of stupidity (Prakash Raj). The mimicry hero (Vijay) is a cop going undercover as a gang member. Learning the ways of their precious leader, Ali-bhai, the rest of the story shifts from crass kuthu songs (What happened to the musical master Mani Sharma from the original? The theme, "Yuthamae" should've been the opening track instead of the deadbeaten "Pokkiri Pongal" track.") to love tracks to corrupted policemen back to gang talk, contrived flashback and bam, back to square one.
Dissappointing as it is, the film just reached its 100-day run and still is running. One must wonder that such films in South are going beyond the days because of his fans willing to hurt their eyes just for the star himself or something else. Bottom line: Skip it, watch the original with subtitles.
Rating **
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