Narasimha (2001 film)
The film has an ensemble supporting cast including Isha Koppikar, Raghuvaran, Nassar, Anandaraj, Ranjith, Rahul Dev, and Vadivelu.He first murders the renowned music director D'Souza (Adithyan) in Mumbai despite being under the protection of the local don Shinde (Sharat Saxena).In Calcutta, Narasimha saves the wealthy businessman Kulkarni (Kolla Ashok Kumar) from the Director general of police C. P. Sharma (Ranjith) and kills him.It is then revealed that Narasimha is an honest army officer appointed by Raana, working undercover to save the three Indian colonels kidnapped by Rasool Akthar.The film was initially supposed to be directed by N. Maharajan of Vallarasu fame but due to a lack of dates, Vijayakanth had to opt for another director with Thirupathisamy, being selected.In regard to performances, the critic claims that Isha is "beautiful", Rahul Dev "impresses" and that Vijayakanth "has used his histrionic ability to do justice to the character".