I am a Red Man) is a 2014 Tamil-language action thriller film[1] directed by Thiru and produced by UTV Motion Pictures.
[2] In the middle of the night, Indhiran, accompanied by his friends Sathish and Karuna, purchase a gun illegally from a local gangster.
Past: Since childhood, Indhiran has narcolepsy, a rare disorder which makes him fall asleep whenever his emotions reach an extreme level and keeps him from living an ordinary life.
Their car is hit by another, and the shock makes Indhiran doze off while Meera is attacked and raped by unknown thugs.
Indhiran also reaches out to a meditation teacher who teaches him about staying calm and being immune to shock by anticipating the event before hand.
After obtaining control, Indhiran gets information from a sympathetic police officer regarding attack cases to find a lead.
He remembers one of the thugs' name Sekhar and his ringtone, while the police finds out that the criminals drove a red car.
Citing Indhiran's confrontation, Kavitha lied to Aravind that if Karuna learns of their affair, he would kill them both.
Since he assumed that Indhiran was responsible for Kavitha's death, Karuna had planned to take vengeance by making him suffer the same way and requested the thugs to attack Meera.
Present: The remaining thugs insist Karuna to bring Indhiran to the same place where Sekhar was killed.
[3] However, in October 2013, Jai announced that his schedules were busy and thus Vishal himself opted to play the lead role in the film.
[4] The film began production on 29 November 2013, and it was announced that Ineya was added to the cast to play another leading female role.
It has been integrated into the very fibre of the film...The first half is strong..the director, Thiru, displays a lot of control in scenes that could have erupted into melodrama....And then we enter the second half, and the film goes haywire...Still, given the general state of hero-oriented Tamil cinema, where a hollow kind of masculinity is endlessly celebrated, it’s nice to root for a hero who isn’t a slacker but a brilliant student, and who sits down with his pals for a cup of tea, rather than booze, and who gets rejected by a girl his mother sets him up with".
[9] Sify stated, "Thiru is able to make an engrossing actor driven entertainer without any super hero gimmicks.
"[11] The Times of India gave it 3/5 and wrote, "There is intelligence in this script...but Thiru slips quite a bit in the second half as he goes for one twist too many in explaining why Meera is attacked.
[12] Rediff gave 3/5 and stated, "Naan Sigappu Manithan is a riveting revenge drama with an honest narrative, excellent performances and many entertaining twists and turns".
[14] Anupama Subramanian of the Deccan Chronicle gave 3/5 and wrote, "Overall, a gripping entertainer with an unusual theme.".
[16] Behindwoods gave it 2.75/5 stars and stated, "Despite minor moments where the script deviates from its USP, Naan Sigappu Manithan pulls through as a pretty tense drama that ticks the commercial requirements".
[17] IANS gave 2.5/5 and wrote, "NSM stands testimonial to the fact that a simple story that has been milked dry over the years can still be narrated in myriad engaging ways.