The film stars Dushyanth and Shubha Poonja, with Pasupathy, Bhanu Chander, Sulakshana, S. R. Prakash, Sathish, Ranjan and V. Sankar playing supporting roles.

[1][2] Karthik is a rich spoiled brat from Mumbai who likes to spend time drinking alcohol in pubs and going night-clubbing.

His father Mohanram, tired of seeing his son drunk every night, forces him to enroll in a medical college in Coimbatore.

Enraged to see his son in this condition, Narayanan sends his henchmen to kill the five friends, but Karthik beats them up with ease.

[3][4][5] Newcomer Shubha Poonja was signed to play the female lead, making her acting debut in Tamil cinema.

The entire cast was provided formal training for 45 days rehearsing nearly all the scenes with full dialogue and costumes.

[12] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "Racy, thrilling and suspenseful for the most part, Machi, despite certain snags, comes as a surprise".

[10] IndiaGlitz labelled the film as "fast paced action entertainer" and praised the cinematographer R. Madhi's camera work.

[13] Visual Dasan of Kalki praised Vasanthakumar for making a film with fast-paced screenplay and realistic scenes but criticised dragged second half, Pasupathy's acting and Reihana's music.