​15 years of Kamal Haasan's 'Unnaipol Oruvan'! A common man's powerful revenge​

The Tamil film 'Unnaipol Oruvan' was released in theatres on September 18, 2009. Starring Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal in the lead role, the film now completes 15 years. It is the official remake of the Hindi film 'Wednesday' which was released in 2008 which was directed by Neeraj Pandey. The Tamil film was directed by Chakri Toleti and the movie became one of the milestones in Kamal Haasan's career in the last decade.

The film revolves around a common man who threatens the police with a bomb scare. The intense situation gives him opportunitu to seek justice against a set of handful terrorist in an unconventional way.

The film stars Kamal Haasan who constantly puts him in the shoes of a "common man" and identifies as such of an ordinary citizen who has been pushed to the edge. The role of Mohanlala as police commissioner is an added layer of gravitas which adds to the brisk pacing tensemoments.

The film was a blockbuster hit and it was praised for its gripping narrative and timely relevance. As the movie had very less deviation from the main plot, and focussed only on terrorism and how a common man's frustration with the goernment system has bought it to a point of taking the judgement in his own hand, was very well praised.

The movie's theme focuses on anger, rage and sufferings of a common man who lost his daughter to a terror attack. And the screenplay of the film with a mysterious phone call from a common man with demands to release terrorists, though sounds very common, the ending of why he decided to kill them in a mysterious way kept it interesting.