Renigunta (film)

The film stars Johnny and Sanusha, while Nishanth, Theepetti Ganesan, Thamizh, and Sandeep play supporting roles.

The movie begins in Madurai where a young boy, Sakthi (Johnny), leads a happy life with his parents.

[2] Through Bunker, the boys get the acquaintance of Sardar, an influential don who takes them seriously after a successful murder in the town.

Taking pity on Sakthi and the girl, his friends decide to help them elope, but only after they complete a final murder for Sardar.

The film marked the directorial debut of Panneerselvam who earlier worked as assistant director to N. Lingusamy.

[5][6] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com wrote "It's clear that Panneerselvam has been heavily influenced by new-age gangster flicks and rural movies [..] If only he'd actually made way for a cast iron plot, this one would have fared better.

"[7] Sify wrote "On the whole the film drags big time post interval and is too long at 2 hours, 35 minutes.

"[8] Reviewing the Telugu version, Nandhu Sundaram wrote for The Times of India, "Technical departments, as always in Tamil cinema do better than their so-called creative counterparts.