This little gem is written and directed by former Tamil journalist Raju Murugan; it neither has stars, nor does it stick to the formulaic patterns of Kollywood.
Let's start with the hero's 'introduction' scene: It is unglamorous. The guy is squatting in a makeshift toilet reading a popular Tamil daily while he relieves himself. The crucial interval block scene has the heroine taking a look around hero’s shanty house, as our man boasts that he has a colour TV and mixer-grinder in the kitchen. She just turns around and asks him, does he have a proper toilet? He is stumped, as she walks out on him and says she will not marry him till he has a toilet!
Mannar Mannan (Guru Somasundaram) lives in a village in Dharmapuri, a backward district in Tamil Nadu. Mannan, an angry crusader, takes up issues on behalf of the villagers and calls himself the 'people’s president' of India. In his fight against the corrupt bureaucratic system which denies justice to the poor, he is aided by Ponoonjal (Ramasamy) and Isai (Gayathri Krishna) who record his campaigns for social media (on which our hero has a huge following).
It is obvious that Mannan is mentally disturbed due to the fact that his wife Malliga (Ramya Pandian) is living in a vegetative state due to the apathy and negligence of the corrupt system. All this is told through a flashback including the romance between the two, which started as they were taken for a large political meeting after being promised booze and biryani. But soon tragedy strikes, which changes Mannan’s life as he fights for justice and files a petition in the Supreme Court for a mercy killing for Malliga.
The director has etched his story from many real life incidents happening across rural India. He has added a lot of local colour and humour into the script, which makes it entertaining.
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