''Metro'' is a 2016 Indian
Tamil
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* Tamil language, nati ...
-language
action crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Anandakrishnan
Ananda Krishnan is an Indian film director working in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2014 thriller '' Aal'' and went on to direct the 2016 action crime film ''Metro'', before which he worked as an assistant director with Su ...
, in his second venture. The film features
Shirish,
Bobby Simha and
Sendrayan in the lead roles. The film is based on the theme of chain snatching in the city of
Chennai
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. Shirish makes his Tamil debut with this film. The film was released on 24 June 2016. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu under the same title in 2017.
Plot
Arivazhagan aka Arivu and his friend Kumar lock up and torture an unknown man in front of a camera filming the whole incident.
Flashback: Arivu is a writer for a press and the eldest son of a retired police
head constable and his wife. He has a brother named Mathiyazhagan aka Mathi, who is a first-year
engineering student
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. Arivu's middle-class family life is however happy with his friend Kumar mingling as one of the family. The problem begins when Mathi, who is pressured by his girlfriend to get a bike, persuades his family to get him a bike.
Though hesitant at first, they agree to get him a bike of his choice. However, a delay in getting his bike and seeing his classmate Ganesh spending casually makes him curious to know what he does for money. Ganesh introduces Mathi to the heinous crime of
chain snatching and also introduces Guna, who is heading a gang of young college-going chain snatchers. Mathi joins the gang and starts to earn through chain snatching and get all the things he wants.
Mathi decides to do these crimes alone without having to give Guna any commission. Though hesitant at first, the others join him when 2 of the boys get caught by police and Guna does not come to their aid. Mathi goes back to his house to get a chain recently snatched by him, only to find his mother with the chain and all the other gadgets he owns without his parents's knowledge.
An argument begins, and Mathi pushes his mother to death. When Arivu and his father come home to realize their mother's death, Kumar vows to avenge the loss even when Arivu joins in. During a police investigation, Arivu and Kumar track down a house breaker and nab him to an unknown location
Present: Arivu calls the police to hand over the house breaker and runs away with the bag. He takes the bag with 23
kgs of stolen
gold chains
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Early life
LaFata grew up ...
to a
black market
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buyer. At that place, he finds his mother's chain, which leads him to the chain snatchers. Arivu leaves the place, not before killing all the men in there.
Meanwhile, Mathi injects Guna with a drug that makes him insane and loses his senses. Arivu goes to Guna's place and finds out the next plan of the snatchers. He leaves with Kumar to the place, and a fight ensues where Arivu and Kumar manage to kill 3-4 men. Unknown that the 2 men are his brother and friend, Mathi removes his
helmet and reveals his face.
Shocked in despair, Arivu and Kumar removes their helmet too, which surprises Mathi. When Mathi pleads with Arivu to spare him, Arivu ignores and kills him. The next day, Arivu and Kumar reveal the truth to Arivu's father and surrenders to the police.
Cast
*
Shirish as Arivazhagan
*
Bobby Simha as Guna
*
Sendrayan as Kumar
* Sathya as Mathiyazhagan
*
Maya as Ramya
* A. L. Raja as Arivu and Mathi's father
* Thulasi as Arivu and Mathi's mother
* Sai Priyanka Ruth as Mathi's lover
* Nishanth as Ganesh
* Sakthivel as ACP
* Rajkumar as Minnal Sekar
* Durai as SI
*
Namo Narayana
Namo Narayana is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil films. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in ''Naadodigal'' (2009) and ''Komban'' (2015).
Career
Narayana was a software engineer before he chose to star in a suppor ...
as Agent Chokkalingam
*
E. Ramdoss
E. Ramdoss (died 23 January 2023) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor who worked on Tamil films.
Life and career
Ramdoss was born in Villupuram to freedom fighter Ethirajalu Pillai and Poongavanam. As a youngster, he regularl ...
as Office Manager
*
Yogi Babu
Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. A three time Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award winner, he performed in '' Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), ''Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018) and ''Pariyerum Perumal'' (20 ...
as a man in the subway
Production
Bobby Simha agreed to work on the film as the antagonist in early 2015, despite having begun to work on bigger budget films and as the lead actor in other projects. In September 2015, the film's music composer Johan Shevanesh, travelled the Germany to work on the film's sound mixing. Director Anandakrishnan said that the film is based on chain snatching people.
Soundtrack
In January 2016, actor
Karthi
Karthik Sivakumar (born 25 May 1977), better known by his stage name Karthi, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, a SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. ...
launched a single track for the film at the request of the producers.
Release
The film was given an "A" certificate by the
Indian Censor Board due to its violent content, the sequences were demanded to be cut short, but the director Anandakrishnan did not agree to, he believed that the content of the story is very strong so therefore he wants to showcase the true Incidents. The
Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) of Tamil Nadu banned the movie, therefore the director sent the movie for the Revising committee. Due to the conflict, the film's release got further delayed. After arriving at an agreement —the film was not cut and retained its "A" Certificate— the release date was fixed as 24 June 2016.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 5833302
2016 films
2010s Tamil-language films
2016 crime action films
Indian crime action films
Tamil films remade in other languages