Shanmugarajan

Karnan, a fearless village youth must fight for the rights of the conservative people of his village.

Pariyerum Perumal, an idealistic youngster, enrolls at the law college optimistic of the future that lies ahead of him. However, a chain of events ensue that wake him up to the realities of the world he lives in.

Balaji Mohan directs this rollicking entertainer about Maari, the big gun in the hood. He`s got the style, looks & attitude and he is taking everyone in his stride.

`Kochadaiyaan` centers around a war between three kings from different generations. The three kings are played by Rajnikanth, Jackie Shroff and Nassar. Rajinikanth has a double role in the film. He plays Kochadaiyaan, a loyal commander of the emperor as well as Rana whose Kochadaiyaan`s son. Kochadaiyaan is a successful commander and the emperor`s good friend. He aims to conquer the world and put it under his King`s feet. `Kochadaiyaan` stars Shobana, Aadhi and Sarathkumar too in significant roles. The period film also marks Deepika Padukone`s debut in the Kollywood industry.

Simbhu shares his name with two other people -a villain and a cop-turned-baddie and the situations arising out of it promise enough curiosity for a while as soon as the movie opens. Simbhus grandmother Seema who the villagers worship for her noble acts from the time she returned from prison. However, trouble crops up when police officer Lals ego is hurt when challenged by the fellow policemans son that he cant find anything illicit in Simbhus village, ruled by the godmother Seema. He returns with a vengeance and in the dirty war, burns Seema alive. Enough reason for Simbhu to seek retribution for his loss. Simbhu returns to Chennai, uses the tried and tested formula to woo Lals daughter Vedhika, and after a couple of duets abducts her as a hostage on revenge of his grand moms death.

Antony falls in love with Rajeswari who belongs to an upper caste family. When her father kills her sister for marrying a man from the lower caste, she decides to elope with Antony.

The film starts with Angela Kathamuthu (Rohini) and her cameraman in Central Jail interviewing prisoners serving life imprisonment and awaiting the death sentence. She meets Kothala Thevar (Pasupathy) who is serving a life sentence. He tells his version of the story that led to his conviction. According to him the root cause of the problem is Virumaandi (Kamal Haasan) - the happy go lucky rogue. His support to Kothala Thevar in his clash against Nallama Naicker (Napoleon) brings about a bonding between the two. Annalakshmi (Abhirami), the niece of Thevar falls for Virumaandi. Thevar with an eye on the fertile land owned by Virumaandi does not object to the romance. According to Thevar, Annalakshmi was abducted by Virumaandi and raped. A clash between Virumaandi and Thevar takes places in which 24 innocent people are killed. Now it's Virumaandi's turn to tell his version of the story. He tells of how he fell in love with Annalakshmi and of her influence on him. She taught him to apologize and that forgiveness is a virtue. A clash at the Panchayata infuriates Annalakshmi and she asks Virumaandi to apologize to the elders whom he insulted. He goes to apologize but Thevar and his men, thinking he has gone to take revenge, come in groups and hack down innocents to death. Thevar uses his clout to get out of the murder charge but Virumaandi who was involved in the bloodbath is disturbed because he had to lie to save Thevar and his kin. As part of the penance he wills his land for the villagers. Annalakshmi asks him to marry her and leave the village. He marries her at the village temple and goes away in the night with the girl and stays with a relative. Thevar's men come and abduct Annalakshmi and forcibly get her married to Thevar's nephew. This is to ensure that Annalakshmi's property does not go to Virumaandi. Annalakshmi commits suicide. Virumaandi takes revenge by hacking to death Thevar's family. Thevar escapes. Nallama Naicker gives refuge to Virumaandi and sends him off to Chennai. Thevar and his men ask Nallama Naicker to hand over Virumaandi. A battle ensues in which Nallama Naicker is killed. The case goes to court. Virumaandi turns up in court. He finds all evidence is against him. He is convicted of having raped Annalakshmi and killing her and later on killing 26 men of Thevar who inquired into the rape. Angela Kathamuthu's cameraman discreetly shoots the deputy jailor conspiring with wardens and convicts to bump off the chief jailor (Nassar). A revolt among the jail staff leads to a jail break, the jailor being stabbed and Virumaandi saving the vital evidence and Angela from the deputy jailor and his henchmen. The film ends with a note that the death sentence should be abolished [Source: Wikipedia]