Friday, August 3, 2007
The film begins with a person being cast into the Central Jail, Chennai. When asked what he did wrong, he says that he tried to do good for the people. We see that this is the protagonist Sivaji (Rajinikanth). A flashback is shown to when he returned from the US as a Software Systems Architect to Chennai. He has brought Rs. 200 crores that he has earned in the US. He intends to start a charity organization called Sivaji Foundation and build hospitals and educational institutions which will service the poor free of charge. However, he faces roadblocks to his plans in the form of bureaucracy and corrupt officials. Setting aside his principles, he bribes his way through the system, mortgaging his house and personal property in the process. Adiseshan (Suman), a politically influential businessman sees Sivaji Foundation as competition to his business empire. Using his political clout, he repeals the permits issued to the foundation by the government. Sivaji approaches a lawyer, using his car to pay the lawyer's fee. However, in court, Sivaji admits to having bribed officials along the way. This undermines his case and the Judge reiterates the staying order on construction by Sivaji foundations.
Meanwhile, he falls in love with Tamizhselvi (Shriya). Tamizhselvi's family are scared out of their wits by the overbearing nature of Sivaji's family. Sivaji's family wins over Tamizhselvi. However, the jaadagam (horoscope) of the two do not match and the astrologer predicts impending doom if the two are united. Unable to bear the thought of being responsible for Sivaji's death, Tamizhselvi refuses Sivaji. Sivaji convinces her to marry him, saying that each person's fate is in his own hands.
By now, Sivaji Foundations has lost all the money. Using a one rupee coin that Adiseshan gives to him in mockery, Sivaji sets about to turn his fortune around. He calculates that there is about Rs. 20,00,000 crores of illegal untaxed money within the state. He discovers details about the persons who possess substantial quantities of illegal money. He then threatens each of these persons and obtains half of each person's illegal wealth. After transferring the money to Bank accounts across the world, Sivaji informs the Income Tax vigilance department of the details of the illegal money held by them. Sivaji's friends now deposit the money sent across the world as donations to the Sivaji Foundations. This makes the money legitimate and usable by Sivaji Foundations. Sivaji begins to realise his dream of providing free, top-quality education, services and jobs for people in every district of Tamil Nadu. Sivaji's enemies wish to find out how he converted their illegal money to a usable form. They approach his wife, Tamizhselvi, and threaten her with danger to Sivaji's life. Fearing for his life, she turns over his Notebook PC with all the information regarding the various money transfers to the Income Tax vigilance department. Sivaji is arrested and the scene from the start of the movie plays through.
Adiseshan plots Sivaji's death; he plans to murder Sivaji and make it look like his enemies bombed the police van he was travelling in. However, Dr. Chezhian (Raghuvaran) and Tamilselvi cart away Sivaji's dead body and plant a dummy in the police van. Everyone believes that Sivaji is dead. However, Dr. Chezhian revives him by using a defibrilator. After a while, he returns to take over the work of Sivaji Foundations once again disguised as Sivaji's friend, M.G. Ravichandran. He takes revenge on Adiseshan by killing him in a final, climactic battle.Click on the image to watch the movie now!!
