Enemy (2021 film)

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Enemy
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Anand Shankar
Written byAnand Shankar
S. Ramakrishnan
Shan Karuppuswamy
Produced byS. Vinod Kumar
Starring
Cinematography R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited byRaymond Derrick Crasta
Music bySongs:
S. Thaman
Sam C. S.
Score:
Sam C. S.
Production
company
Mini Studios
Distributed by Ayngaran International
Release date
  • 4 November 2021 (2021-11-04)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Box office₹20.02 crore [1]

Enemy [2] is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Anand Shankar [3] and produced by Vinod Kumar under the banner of Mini Studios. The film features Vishal and Arya in the lead roles, [4] while Mirnalini Ravi, Mamta Mohandas, [5] Prakash Raj, Thambi Ramaiah and Karunakaran play supporting roles. The film marks Vishal and Arya's second collaboration after Avan Ivan (2011). [6] [7]

Contents

Enemy was released on 4 November 2021 to mixed reviews from critics, but became an average venture at the box office.

Plot

1996: In Ooty, 13-year-old Chozhan Ramalingam and Rajiv Parirajan are childhood friends whom Parirajan, Rajiv's father, trains to enable them to join the police force. Although given equal training, Chozhan bests Rajiv, much to the latter's jealousy. One day, Chozhan and Rajiv are playing chess, and Rajiv wins. While Rajiv leaves Chozhan pondering over the outcome, he sees Parirajan dead on the floor. The police escort the boys to the police station, and Chozhan tells the inspector and Ramalingam, Chozhan's risk-averse father, that he can catch the killer using his skills. Ramalingam takes Chozhan away, leaving Rajiv alone, and makes his son promise to stop taking risks.

2021: Chozhan works at a departmental store run by Ramalingam in Singapore. Unbeknownst to his father, he is a part-time vigilante who thwarts minor crimes and corruption to help the Tamil community. One day, a gas company near his store suddenly bursts, which kills 11 people and severely injures five more. Chozhan catches Joseph, the painter behind the mess, and hands him over to the police. The next day, Arundathi Mohan, the Indian External Affairs minister, comes to Singapore to address the Tamil people but struggles to speak at the gathering. Chozhan senses that her pacemaker has been tampered with and shoots her in the chest to disable it. The police arrest Chozhan, but release him after they realize his intentions.

Chozhan tips off the police to the culprit at a hotel, who turns out to be Rajiv, now a hardened assassin whom a corrupt Beijing businessman hired to kill the minister. However, Rajiv escapes after threatening to kill the police officers' families. Chozhan meets up with Rajiv, who reveals what happened on the day they separated: Parirajan confronted and scolded Rajiv for misusing his skills to loot some money, which made Rajiv kill his father. He also overheard his father saying that Chozhan would eventually overshadow Rajiv in anything, thus inciting in him a deep hatred towards Chozhan.

Rajiv claims that he has evolved in multiple ways and is way too advanced for Chozhan to intercept while challenging him to rescue one of his kidnapped loved ones. Chozhan calls everyone for a surprise engagement party with his love interest, Ashvitha, to protect them. However, Chozhan soon realised that his cousin's daughter, Pinky, had gone missing from her school trip. Rajiv contacts him and informs him that he kidnapped Pinky from her school to kill her. Chozhan responds by abducting Rajiv's pregnant wife and partner, Anisha, whom Rajiv rescued from her unsavory uncle not long after killing his father. Chozhan threatens to kill Anisha if anything happens to Pinky.

At a meeting to exchange their kin, Rajiv releases Pinky but Chozhan knows he won't let his enmity go so easily. He makes a deal with Rajiv: Chozhan will safely send Anisha back to India if Rajiv surrenders to the police for the deaths of the 11 people from the gas explosion earlier. Rajiv reluctantly agrees. As Chozhan takes Anisha to the airport, the hitman sent by the Beijing businessman to kill Rajiv after he failed his assignment learns about her connection to him. The hitman follows Anisha and slits her throat in the washroom. In prison, Rajiv finds out about Anisha's death on TV and is anguished, thinking Chozhan broke their deal. He escapes by swallowing prawns, triggering an allergic reaction.

Rajiv plots against Chozhan by kidnapping the children of his area and tells the community that to save their children, Ramalingam must die. He attempts to brainwash someone into shooting Ramalingam to no avail. Rajiv then extorts Ramalingam alone to commit suicide by drinking rat poison after revealing that he killed his father, and Ramalingam taking his son away was why Parirajan's case remained unsolved. In the meantime, Chozhan saves the children and returns with them. Ramalingam dies in his son's arms after encouraging Chozhan to finish Rajiv.

Chozhan confronts Rajiv inside a skyscraper, and after an intense fight, he kicks Rajiv off the building and grabs him by his leg. Chozhan divulges the Beijing corporates' involvement in Anisha's death. Rajiv is shocked upon realizing he misjudged the situation and begs Chozhan to pull him up, but Chozhan drops him off the building to his death.

Several years later, Chozhan goes with his son to lay flowers on Ramalingam's and Rajiv's graves. When his son asks why Chozhan lays flowers on Rajiv's grave even though he was a bad man, Chozhan says it's to remind himself of how he became who he is today.

Cast

Production

After appearing together in Avan Ivan , Arya and Vishal worked together again for this movie.The principal photography of the film began in November 2020 [8] and the shoot wrapped up on 12 July 2021. [9]

Music

Enemy
Soundtrack album by
S. Thaman and Sam C. S.
Released25 October 2021
Recorded2021
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length16:47
Language Tamil
Label Divo
Producer S. Thaman
Sam C. S.
S. Thaman chronology
Varudu Kaavalenu
(2021)		Enemy
(2021)		 Akhanda
(2021)
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Pathala" Arivu S. Thaman Deepak Blue4:16
2."Tum Tum" Vivek S. ThamanSri Vardhini, Aditi, Satya Yamini, Roshini and Tejaswini3:48
3."Little India"ArivuS. ThamanSarath Santosh and Arivu 4:19
4."Orey Naan Orey Nee"Arivu Sam C. S Govind Prasad2:36
5."Run & Die"Lavita LoboSam C. S.Lavita Lobo1:46
Total length:16:47

Release

The film was initially scheduled to be theatrically released on 14 October 2021, [11] but then pushed to 4 November 2021 coinciding with Diwali festival clashing with Annaatthe . The streaming rights were sold to SonyLIV and the film began streaming there from 18 February 2022. [12]

Reception

Critical reception

Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Enemy could have been better if some of the cliched sequences had been avoided." [13] Pinkvilla gave 3/5 stars and wrote "The plot is very much thrilling and has some nice action sequences that makes the story worth watching. This festive season, it gives all the entertainment that's needed for the adrenaline rush of the audiences who have been waiting for a good film in the theatres." [14]

123Telugu gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Enemy is an action drama with passable thrills and stunts. All those who love action-packed films with big heroes can surely give this film a shot this Diwali" [15] Behindwoods gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Vishal and Arya's performances and action scenes keeps Enemy engaging." [16]

Thinkal Menon of OTTplay gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Despite an intriguing premise and a few impressive action scenes, Enemy couldn't cash in on the myriad of opportunities it had." [17] Ashameera Aiyappan of Firstpost gave 2/5 stars and wrote "For a film that is mounted on a rivalry, the equation between Chozhan and Rajiv is pretty shallow and one-dimensional." [18]

Praveen Sudevan of The Hindu wrote "Anand Shankar’s film, after an elaborate and promising start, fizzles out after its leading men are introduced." [19] Ranjani Krishnakumar of Film Companion wrote "Enemy is like Vishal’s dance — full-bodied, hard-working, energetic, confident, but entirely devoid of knack. That doesn’t make it unwatchable though." [20]

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