Vellaichamy is a retired army professional who lives individually in Chennai and takes care of the children from the impoverished families of the neighbourhood. With his brave act he saves a public bus taken hostage by the accomplices of a don who has been arrested for smuggling redstanders. Vellaichamy gives refuge to Vijay, a reporter in a prominent Tamil news channel and his colleague, as they have eloped as a couple. Meanwhile, Vellaichamy crosses swords with the local don Baby Anaconda by wreaking havoc to some of his criminal activities and a corrupt police officer Satyamurthy who is loyal to the don. The rest is how Vellaichamy with the help of Vijay takes on Anaconda and uses Satyamurthy for that.
The project materialised in late 2015 with Kalaipuli S. Thanu offering young director, Vijaya Kiran, the opportunity to make his first film. Pa. Vijay, Chandini Tamilarasan and S. A. Chandrasekhar signed on to play the lead roles.[2] Chandrasekhar revealed he would portray a 70-year-old character in the film and would be a disciplinarian who works with Vijay, who appears as a journalist.[3] The film was launched in December 2015 at Prasad Labs and filming started thereafter, with the team releasing promotional stills in early 2016.[4] Prior to the release of the film, Thanu sold his rights to Cosmo Village, while 6Face Studios were announced as the sole producer.[citation needed]
Samayam said there was not much authenticity in the story, screenplay, and dialogue, and Jeevan's cinematography was the film's only major positive.[5] M. Suganth of The Times of India wrote, "Nayyappudai makes it clear that it wants to be a masala movie, with an old man doing things that are usually done by a mass hero. But the problem is that the execution is so clumsy, with no sense of the filmmaking basics".[6] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle wrote, "SA Chandrashekaran should be lauded for taking up an action avatar at this age and he has given a realistic portrayal [...] Though the structure of the story is a tried and tested formula in Tamil cinema, had the director incorporated some fresh scenes and interesting elements, it would have turned out to be a better product".[7]
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