
And finally, we get the reason for Dharma’s need to seek solace in alcohol. Then, there is their saintly professor Dr Kamaraj (Rajesh), who keeps urging them to treat the profession as a service and work in the villages. We see his gang of friends, which includes Stella (Srushti Dange) and Subhashini (Tamannaah, who does a commendable job dubbing for herself), and the two pine for him, the former openly, and the latter in silence. His mother, Pandiyammal (Radikaa), is the only one who stands up for him, and we get the sense that there is some reason behind Dharmadurai’s alcoholism.īut the director holds on to that for quite a while, instead choosing to narrate the college days of Dharma. The first time we see Dharmadurai (Vijay Sethupathi, solid), he is at a local bar, and the director shows us how his oafish behaviour is a constant source of embarrassment to his brothers (each one named after the Pandavas of the Mahabharata), who even plot to harm him grievously to stop him from maligning them further. Like the hero of that film, the protagonist of this one, too, is an alcoholic. Review: The opening minutes of Dharmadurai bring to mind Seenuramasamy’s previous released film Neerparavai (the film that he shot after that, Idam Porul Yeval, is still lying in the cans and even gets referenced here). What caused this descent, and can he redeem himself? He was last seen in the Tamil crime web series Kuruthi Kalam and also played a big role in Dhanush's Jagame Thandhiram under Karthik Subbaraj's direction.Synopsis: A doctor turns into an alcoholic, and becomes an embarrassment for his brothers. Soundararaja has also made heads turn in roles in blockbusters like Sivakarthikeyan's Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam, Karthik Subbaraj's Jigarthanda, Karthi's Kadaikutty Singam, including Vijay Sethupathi's Dharma Durai and 'Thalapathy' Vijay's Theri and Bigil, which turned out to be money-spinners at the box office.


Among the major films he has starred in include his debut Vettai alongside Madhavan and Arya in 2012, which he followed up with a pivotal role in the Sasikumar and Vijay Sethupathi-starrer Sundarapandiyan. Tamanna is an entrepreneur and the CEO of Green Apple Entertainments, while Soundararaja has made appearances in a number of big Tamil films over the years.

Soundararaja and Tamanna married in May 2018 in a grand wedding ceremony in Usilampatti, near Madurai in the presence of family members, close friends and several notable Tamil cinema stars.
