Cheetah) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Siva, who is also one of its co-writers.

It stars Karthi playing dual roles, alongside Tamannaah Bhatia and comedian Santhanam.

When he learns the truth about his lookalike Rathnavel Pandian, who's an honest cop, he decides to turn a new leaf and help get rid of a crime gang.

Raja then resumes his mission, kills the baddies and takes on the responsibility of caring for Divya with Swetha's help.

[citation needed] V. V. Kathir who directed Jiiva starrer Thenavattu was also announced as director but Sivakumar advised Karthi to do strong characters before making a mark as action hero thus the project was dropped.

[citation needed] The project was revived in 2010 and Siva, who directed films like Souryam and Sankham, was selected as director making his debut in Tamil.

[citation needed] The soundtrack album to the film was composed by Vidyasagar and features five songs.

It is an unpretentious commercial pot boiler with ample doses of romance, comedy, action and emotion".

[11] Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu noted: "Generally, well-told cop stories don't bite the dust.