The story shifts to a flashback, where Madurey is the district collector of Madurai, with Susheela and Pandu as his assistants.

So one such clean up operation takes him to KTR, a don who is running a parallel law enforcement system with his own court.

[4] The set resembling vegetable market designed by Rajeevan was erected on a five-acre land opposite Ponniyamman Kovil, at Saligramam, Chennai.

The set which cost around ₹16 crore consisting of a garden, marketplace, fish-market, flower shop, lorry stand, cinema theatre, temple, church, railway line, housing colony and slum, most of the film's shooting was done on that set.

[6] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote that "It isn't just a question of pace — cohesiveness is what is missing in "Madhura".

After that racy entertainer, Ghillli, everyone anticipated Vijay?s next release to be a cracker of a movie, Alas, it turns out to be another assembly-line product, particularly post-interval.

Still Vijay makes the film happening with his macho heroism, savvy one-liners and knockout performance.