Like all good things, he too has an untimely end. He plays a comrade who sings about oppression, raises a voice for the voiceless, opposes police brutality, and is completely selfless to the point of infuriating his family. Somewhere between all this war and peace, we have Tamil Cinema’s very own conscience keeper Samuthirakani in a cameo. But then, the inevitable (and something else) happens that changes everything. Pandi, who by now has quit his ruffian ways for Pechi, steps in to resolve things peacefully. Pechi’s family has a bunch of wastrels who are caught up with some ruthless money lenders lead by Sannasi and sons (Vela Ramamoorthy, RK Suresh, Aruldoss, etc). but alas! The central conceit is very simple.

Incidentally, this film could have been the first time an MCU film was named after the leading lady. On the opposite end, we have MCU regular Lakshmi Menon returning to Tamil cinema after a four-year break as Pechi. Pandi (an earnest Vikram Prabhu) is a Muthiah hero through and through - right from the shabby beard to the twirled moustache to the lungi tied above thigh level. Now, in the Muthiah Cinematic Universe (MCU), this YR could be named Kutti Puli, Kombaiah Pandian, Marudhu, Kodi Veeran or… in this case, Pulikuthi Pandi. Also, YR’s prospective in-laws would have an agenda of their own.

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