Its Vijayakanth all the way in this tale of warring stepbrothers who unite to take revenge on the people who killed their father. After Vaanathai Pola and Vallarasu, Vijayakanth is enjoying a cinematic rebirth and the director's sole intention here seems to be to make his fans happy and milk his new box-office potential for all it is worth. So Vijayakanth is cast in three roles and appears in almost all frames of the movie. But with a story that is almost as old as tamil cinema itself, that alone is not enough to save this movie.

Sakthivel(Vijayakanth) and Thangarasu(Vijayakanth) are stepbrothers and both are respected by the villagers. But Sakthivel refuses to even acknowledge Thangarasu as his brother since he believes that it was Thangarasu's mother who killed their father. Thangarasu too is under this impression until his grandfather(R.Sunderrajan) tells him the truth. Their father(Vijayakanth), whose first wife(Ambika) was a sharp-tongued woman, married Kannamma(Viji) when she earned a bad name. Thangarasu, who is now convinced that his mother was a good woman, sets out to find the truth.

Apart from the simplistic and ancient story, the direction too is amateurish. The director follows the standard formula of a song followed by a fight to move things along. To show that the older Vijayakanth is a good samaritan, he uses a sequence of events where he donates land and money to different poor families. This sequence is rather unprofessional and serves as an example for the unsophisticated feel of the whole movie. With several scenes where the brothers meet and a fight sequence too, could have atleast capitalised on the double role to spice things up. Unfortunately, even that oppurtunity is squandered. While a few scenes, like a couple of shots in the fight, are handled well, the director has not gone into much trouble to hide the fact that a double has been used in all the scenes where the camera is behind one of the Vijayakanths.

Compelled to stick to Vijayakanth's image, the director is unable to show any difference between the three Vijayakanths(except for their wigs). So all three are incredibly good-hearted, benevolent, strong and adored by the villagers. This naturally drains all interest from the movie. The only interest in the movie comes from the mystery behind the father's death. And this portion abounds in hard-to-believe 'twists'. Why would R.Sunderrajan not tell Vijayakanth, who thinks badly of his own mother, the real story much earlier? And there is no reason for Manorama to hide her 'secret', that results in someone spending a lot of time in prison, for so many years.

Vijayakanth being wooed by Manthra and Radhika Choudhary seems almost like an afterthought, added to increase the romance quotient since the other two Vijayakanths are already married. These scenes are neither cute nor interesting. Vijayakanth and Kushboo are the more interesting couple with him angry with his stepbrother and she trying to improve their relations. She also has fun in the scene where she gets drunk. That scene is definitely funnier than Vaiyapuri's lame attempts at comedy. Senthil also has a go at raising laughs but is no more successful.

Vijayakanth just has to play the same role three times over since there is no reason to differentiate between the three roles. He displays the usual robustness in the fight sequences. Like Rajnikanth, he shows signs of political ambitions through his dialogs and even songs playing in the background. None of the others have much screen time and Ambika makes the most of her role. Kushboo and Viji, back on screen after a long gap, also make an impression. S.A.Rajkumar doesn't churn out anything impressive and continues his tradition of using songs from other movies as fillers.