The familiar drug-mafia story returns to Chennai’s underworld. Linga, a cab
driver buried in debt and threatened by his loan shark, agrees to make quick
money by doing a job for a local thug named Johny. He thinks it’s just one
transport job, but of course, it becomes much more dangerous. Soon, he is
stuck between two rival gangsters—Moorthy (Sai Deena) and Visagam (Abishek)—who
are both trying to impress a mysterious boss named Dawood, a powerful criminal
no one has ever seen. A corrupt cop, Ratnavel, works with both sides, and
everyone is after the same shipment of illegal goods.
Director Prashanth Raman tries something a little different by showing how
passengers often treat cab drivers badly, using comedy to make the point.
Some of these scenes work well. Linga plays the confused, innocent man
nicely, rather than acting like a smart hero. The gangsters switch between
scary and silly, and the movie struggles to decide if it wants to be serious
or funny. This mixed tone makes the film feel unsure of itself.
The first half keeps some suspense about who will get the drugs and whether
Linga will make it out alive. But the second half loses energy, with too many
similar chase scenes and dull conversations. Saara Aachar’s character suddenly
disappears halfway through, with no explanation. The film repeatedly builds up
the mystery of “Who is Dawood?”
Rakesh Ambigapathy’s background music tries hard to make the scenes exciting,
even when they are not. The final twist is surprising for a moment, showing
that the film had a good idea somewhere. But by then, the predictable and
uneven story has already made you lose interest.