A rare, good movie with a message.

The setting is a generic village in TamilNadu without even the basic amenities. Murali is a youth who is all for violence and protests to improve his village while Vijayakumar, an old ex-freedom fighter, advocates non-violence. But closure of the single source of water to the village by a neighbouring village turns Vijayakumar too around.

He, alongwith Nagesh, another ex-freedom fighter, comes up with a plan to kidnap the Chief Minister(Nasser) and make him live in the village so that he understands what they are going through. They enlist the aid of Murali and his friends for the job.

Murali and friends kidnap the CM and his family (in a fake accident so that the rest of the world thinks they are dead), change their get-up and bring them to the village.

Being their midst, the CM stands in line at the ration shop, walks miles for drinking water, and gets admitted to a hospital without even the basic amenities when he falls sick. He begins to understand their troubles and undergoes a change of heart.

But back home, another power-hungry politician is all set to become the new CM when he learns that the old one is still alive and ready to come back. He plans to kill him leading to a stunning climax at the swearing-in ceremony.

Director Cheran shows the plight of a backward village in TamilNadu forcefully enough to touch us. His sharp dialogs add strength. He deserves credit for making a movie that tries to tell something and keeping away from the usual, commercial add-ons(except for a dance by Ramba). No hummable songs by Ilaiyaraja but the background score is brilliant.