

The Yuvan Shankar Raja- Vairamuthu combo has given some soulful songs and the formers BGM is a big plus for the film. Ganja Karuppu manages to get a laugh here and there while all the other actors have done a neat job. Radhika who won many hearts recently with her subtle acting in ‘NRD’ and ‘Theri’ is unfortunately artificial most of the times scoring only in her interactions with Vijay Sethupathi. Rajesh as the professor who inspires the hero and the heroines is his usual self. Nothing to complain about Shrusti Dange’s performance except for the fact that the role is insignificant to the story. Tamannaah gets a role of substance and has done a fairly good job.

Aishwarya Rajesh brings to life Anbuselvi an innocent lesser educated girl. At the same time in many scenes it is very obvious that even an actor of his caliber will struggle if the characterization is not well etched with a wandering screenplay to boot. One of the finest actors of this generation Vijay Sethupathi gets a role which has many shades and it is a cakewalk for him be it as the alcoholic or the earnest medical student and the man in love with a poor girl Anbuselvi (Aishwarya Rajesh). Then Dharma goes in search of Stella where there is a shock awaiting him and later he finds Subhashini and narrates the other flash back which explains why there is so much of hatred between the brothers and what happens next is what it is all about. The first flash back ends with the college studies getting over even as the brothers are nearing him. He goes straight to the medical college he studied and in the first of two flashbacks we get to know the friendship he had with Stella (Shrusti Dange) and Subashini (Tamannaah) with the former loving him openly and the latter hiding it. Radhika manages to sneak in a blade with which he escapes but unknowingly carries the chit money with him in the bag.

Ramadoss a retired constable for the job. When Dharman goes about telling the villagers that his brothers are going to cheat them of their hard earned money they decide to finish him off and call on their uncle E. He is often beaten up and locked in the motor room. The film opens with Dharma Durai an alcoholic who is a constant pain in the necks of his brothers played by Arul Dass, Soundarraja and another actor with only his mother (Radhika Sarathkumar) showering love on him.

The duo has tried to spin the tale of the love and life of a rural doctor with below par results. ‘Dharma Durai’ created a huge buzz because Vijay Sethupathi is teaming up with his mentor Seenu Ramaswamy for the third time.
