Arjuna, who studies aeronautical engineering in Australia, returns to Chennai after a two-year absence and reminisces about the events that had led him to leave the country.
The Chief Minister gives free rein to the police to end rowdyism and orders to encounter all the rowdies, including the reformed don Dharma.
Vijay R. Anand, a former associate of actor Arun Pandian, made his directorial debut with Thambi Arjuna.
Speaking about the film, the director Vijay R. Anand said, "Women always occupied a prominent place in history.
[3][4][5] During the shooting of the climax, a freak fire accident caused severe injuries and burns to the heroine Ashima Bhalla.
There are some ably choreographed chase scenes [..] In the latter part, the situations loose out on conviction, the logic lop-sides and the motivation and behaviour of the characters are confusing".
[10] S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote, "the director has gone wrong with the measure of essential cinematic ingredients".
[11] Behindwoods.com rated the film 1.5 out 5 and stated, "The movie has a decent script but if only it hadn’t trailed away to other banalities, it would have sustained the grip and been a better one".