Cast: Vijayakanth, Banupriya, Revathi, Thilakan, Vijayakumar
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Direction: K.Subaash
Release Year:1990
Language:Tamil
Plot:
Panneerselvam(Vijayakanth) is an ex-cop leading a peaceful, quiet life with his two kids. As the assistant commissioner, he was the man responsible for putting the all-powerful Annaachi(Thilakan) behind bars. But Annachi was powerful enough to pull a few strings even in jail and engineered a bomb blast that killed Selvam's wife Jaya(Revathi). This was enough to make Selvam quit the force. Annachi is now out of jail but Banu(Banupriya), who endears herself to Selvam's kids and falls in love with Selvam, has evidence that would put Annaachi back in jail. Annaachi also wants to see Selvam back as a policeman so he can extract revenge. For this, he is ready to go to any lengths.
Chatriyan has a set of memorable characters populating it. Vijayakanth is good as the dutiful father who resists going back to being a policeman fearing for the lives of his children. Ofcourse, the role of the honest cop fits him like a glove(probably from practice!). His bold actions as he single-handedly destroys Thilakan's regime in the flashback are nicely done. Thilakan is a worthy adversary to him. His Malayalam accent adds gloss to his role as the heartless thug and his insistence on seeing Vijayakanth back as a policeman before getting his revenge adds a new dimension to the character. He is chilling when he casually orders Vijayakanth's son to be hurt.
Panneerselvam(Vijayakanth) is an ex-cop leading a peaceful, quiet life with his two kids. As the assistant commissioner, he was the man responsible for putting the all-powerful Annaachi(Thilakan) behind bars. But Annachi was powerful enough to pull a few strings even in jail and engineered a bomb blast that killed Selvam's wife Jaya(Revathi). This was enough to make Selvam quit the force. Annachi is now out of jail but Banu(Banupriya), who endears herself to Selvam's kids and falls in love with Selvam, has evidence that would put Annaachi back in jail. Annaachi also wants to see Selvam back as a policeman so he can extract revenge. For this, he is ready to go to any lengths.
Chatriyan has a set of memorable characters populating it. Vijayakanth is good as the dutiful father who resists going back to being a policeman fearing for the lives of his children. Ofcourse, the role of the honest cop fits him like a glove(probably from practice!). His bold actions as he single-handedly destroys Thilakan's regime in the flashback are nicely done. Thilakan is a worthy adversary to him. His Malayalam accent adds gloss to his role as the heartless thug and his insistence on seeing Vijayakanth back as a policeman before getting his revenge adds a new dimension to the character. He is chilling when he casually orders Vijayakanth's son to be hurt.
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