Women are the reason for rise and demise) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language crime film directed by Senthilnathan.
In a flashback, Prabhakaran fell in love with and married Chandra's daughter Lakshmi.
[2] Tharamani of Kalki praised the film for mocking contemporary politics and also praising the performances of Jayabharathi and Mansoor Ali Khan but panned cinematic flashback, duet, unrealistic climax which could have been avoided.
[3] The Hindu wrote, "Ibrahim Rowther's story has events that resemble the happenings in Tamil Nadu and the viewer can easily identify the female personality who has a strong hold over the ruling leader.
K. C. Thangam's caustic dialogue, punched out in a couple of places, adds to the performances of Jayabharathi, the lady with lethal connections, and Mansur Ali Khan, her son-in-law who falling a victim to her power hungry schemes takes up cudgels against her".