manikanda

With Arjun and Jyothika in the lead, the film is about a tried theme of caste clashes and rivalry between two families over their beliefs.
Arjun's family lives in Bombay. Jyothika arrives in Bombay from a village in Tamilnadu to seek a religious lady, whom Jyothika believes would be able to bring peace to her violent village. After some clashes between the lead pair, love begins to show itself.
Chandrashekhar is Arjun's father. When he sights Pasupathy in Bombay city, he is intrigued and tries to find out why he is there, but they are only able to meet at Pasupathy's deathbed. Pasupathy insists on killing Jyothika before he breathes his last.
Jyothika returns to her village. Her father Aashish Vidyarthi urges her to invite Arjun to their village after seeing his photo in her bag. But when he arrives, there are thugs trying to kill him left right and centre. After tackling them, Arjun meets his father, also in the village. Now the story goes to flashback.
Arjun's real father, Manikanda was a good man, against caste differences, while Aashish's father, P.Vasu was an extremist. There was a constant tug of war between them. In the final battle, Vasu kills Manikanda and Manikanda manages to kill him in his injured state. Chandrashekhar had been protecting Arjun against those people and now Arjun decides to take matters in his own hands. He fights off the bad guys and all ends happily.
An OK story, although the Uma and Arjun pair was very good, and the older Arjun looked very good in his get-up. Although we frequently see other action heroes, I think Arjun is the only one who is truly an action king, with agility and the do-gooder looks. Worth a watch.