India's entry for the best foreign language film at the Oscars in 1987.
Rated as one of the best 100 films of all time by the Time Magazine in 2005
This film is inspired by the true story of Mumbai based Tamil gangster of the 80s, Varadarajan Mudaliar.
Ilayaraja's 400th film as composer.
Won National Award for Best Actor (Kamal), Best Cinematography (P.C.Sriram) and Best Art Direction (Thotta - Tharani)