Ramachandran(Satyaraj), an honest inspector, has been moved around from town to town because of his refusal to accede to the demands of those in power. His latest posting is in an area dominated by two rowdies Sokkalingam(Ashish Vidyarthi) and Naaga(Rajkapoor). Sokkalingam, ousted from the ruling party after engineering a murder, is determined to contest the elections as an independent and seeks Naaga's help. But Ramachandran is determined to put him behind bars with the help of the lone witness(Sriman) to the murder. But turns out that Sriman's sister is in love with Sokkalingam's brother.

The movie does set things up well. Satyaraj's wife and daughter provide the emotional hooks while 'Delhi' Ganesh, as his father, provides comic relief with his worries about the dangers of the police job. Ashish Vidyarthi and Rajkapoor, who enters a little later, are strong, even if predictable villains and there are a couple of twists and turns that keep the story moving. But the setup can take you only so far and director Rajkapoor proves incapable of building on the foundation. Things turn monotonous with the routine of Satyaraj arresting the bad guys and seeing them being released, repeated over and over again.

Even if the hero is a policeman fighting the politicians and rowdies, he needs to exhibit some cleverness and ingenuity to make us root for him. Brains, and not just brawn, are required to keep the story interesting. But Satyaraj here relies only on his muscles (and voice!) to try to set things right. He strides in and beats up and arrest the bad guys with no thoughts about the consequences. For instance, he forces Ashish's brother, who has proved himself to be a bad guy, to wed Sriman's sister and takes his daughter shopping right next to where the villain's henchmen are. So he brings upon himself the tragedies that fall on his family and earns no sympathy from us. Infact, the behaviors of most of the good guys, like Deepa Venkat, falls into the same category.

The movie gets really violent towards the end and most of it is gratuitous. The same scenarios(in this case, the danger facing a pregnant woman) that raise tension in a good movie like Dhil , seem crude and manipulative here. The acts of the villains are cliched and silly as they threaten Satyaraj's family. The happenings from then onwards are quite unbelievable as Satyaraj is helped by other cops and shows up at all kinds of places to deal with the villains. His final monologue is one of the few pieces of dialogs that makes some nice points.

Satyaraj makes a good cop though he could have toned down his shouting. Vijayalakshmi has little to do other than worry about her husband's job. Pandiyarajan has a few good lines in a role that is a mix of both comedy and character. Ashish Vidyarthi and Rajkapoor bring nothing new to their villainy. Three cheap, duppanguthu group songs add to our misery and Deva doesn't do anything to alleviate it with his songs.