It stars Kamal Haasan, Prabhu, pairing with Sasikala and Khushbu as lead heroine along with Amala in guest appearance.

Cinematography was handled by Ashok Kumar, the editing was by B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan, and the art direction was by B. Salim.

He washes up on the shores of Goa unconscious and is rescued by Shirley (Sasikala), who brings him to her doctor aunt (Sowcar Janaki).

The man manages to thwart their next attack easily, which makes him believe that he might be trained in martial arts.

His bank locker contents along with his martial arts skills make him believe that he might have been involved in gangs before and decides to surrender to police but is talked out of it by his wife.

He contacts the number and barely escapes another attempt on his life, but manages to meet the person who the singer referred to, which happens to be Nithyanandam, the Deputy Inspector General of Police.

His name is Vetrivel, and he was happily married to Lalitha (Amala Akkineni), and was an undercover IPS officer who teamed up with the DIG to bring down a notorious hit man Zinda (Salim Ghouse).

Vetri puts the pieces back together and uncovers a plot by Zinda to assassinate a very popular priest, Baba Appaji (Janagaraj) when he goes to meet up with the singer.

But Vetri and Vijay soon find the location with the background signboard in the photo, rescue their wives, and arrest Zinda.

This makes them think that the DIG may be the spy who swapped Zinda out and rushes to his house to confront him, but finds him murdered in the arms of his crying wife.

It was basically Kalidasa's Shakuntala with lot more action.The film is Prathap K. Pothen's fifth directorial and third in Tamil after Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai and Jeeva and was loosely inspired by the novel The Bourne Identity, written by Robert Ludlum in 1980.

[2] Prabhu Deva working as dance assistant to his father Sundaram Master choreographed a song "Thathom Thalangu" independently for Vettri Vizhaa.

[12] P. S. S. of Kalki praised Haasan's performance, Pratap Pothan's direction as jet speed, and Ashok Kumar's cinematography.