On the way, Attila's brother is caught and thrown into Peter's private prison, which is used to hold refugees and illegal immigrants, but Attila and Dheeran safely make it to London. At a refugee camp, they are convinced by Sivadoss's aide to join Sivadoss's gang, who would help them move to London under the guise of husband, wife and child and are offered fake passports. It is also revealed that Dheeran is not Attila's son, but her brother's son. When confronted, Attila reveals why she wants to kill him.Īttila, Dheeran and Attila's brother are the only survivors of an aerial attack on their village in Sri Lanka during the Sri Lankan Civil War. But one day, he notices her injecting a mysterious drug into his drip bag with the intention to kill him. However, he soon manages to recover under Attila's care. Deepan shoots Suruli, leaving him critically wounded. While on a date at a park, they are attacked by Sivadoss's remaining henchmen Deepan and Dharani, who have sworn to take revenge on Suruli for betraying Sivadoss. However, she soon reciprocates Suruli's feelings. When he initially approaches Attila, she reveals that she is a widow with a seven-year-old son named Dheeran. Meanwhile, Suruli falls in love with Attila, a Sri Lankan Tamil singer. As a reward for Sivadoss's death, Peter offers Suruli a designated area in London to start his business and allow Tamils to live there, and christens the area "Little Madurai". But during the "peace talk", Suruli betrays Sivadoss and hands over an aruval to Peter, who uses it to hack Sivadoss to death. Suruli and Sivadoss negotiate to kill Peter under the ruse of inviting him for a "peace talk" to end their feud, in exchange for £600,000 as well as a parotta restaurant in London. Sivadoss and his gang realise that Suruli is responsible for killing Rajan and kidnap him. During the raid, Suruli kills Rajan as well. Peter's gang, led by Suruli and John, raid Sivadoss's boat yard where the smuggling is in process under Sivadoss's right-hand man Rajan. In London, Suruli learns more about Sivadoss and his gang as well as their activities which involve smuggling weapons from conflict-ridden countries in exchange for money. Suruli accepts the offer with the intention to use the money to eventually settle down and give up his criminal activities, and leaves for London. John offers £200,000 per week to Suruli if he works for Peter against a rival don Sivadoss, who is Peter's arch-nemesis and has considerable influence among London's Tamil-speaking population. His notoriety comes to the attention of an Englishman named John, who is a right-hand man of a London-based white supremacist don named Peter Sprott. Due to his thug-like behaviour, he is unable to find a bride and even when his marriage is fixed, the bride runs away when she finds out about his criminal background. Suruli is a gangster from Madurai who runs a parotta restaurant.
The film received mixed reviews from critics, who criticised the screenplay, narration and editing, while praising the performances, the story, the characterisations, soundtrack, and the social message. It was dubbed and released in 17 languages, across 190 countries. While the makers initially planned on releasing the film only in theatres, this decision was dropped in February 2021 in favour of a worldwide digital release through Netflix on 18 June 2021. Jagame Thandhiram was scheduled for a theatrical release on, but was delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The songs and background score was composed by Santhosh Narayanan, while cinematography handled by Shreyas Krishna and editing done by Vivek Harshan. After an official launch in July 2019, the film began production in September 2019, with shooting taking place across London, Madurai, Rameshwaram and Jaipur and wrapped within December 2019. It was revived once again in February 2018, with YNOT Studios acquiring the rights for film production. The project was initially announced in April 2016 with Thenandal Studio Limited bagging the project, but eventually got shelved due to the financial problems surrounding over the production house. It follows Suruli, a carefree gangster in Madurai, who is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, but later caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow. It marks the Indian film debut of Cosmo and the Tamil debut of George. The film stars Dhanush, James Cosmo, Joju George, Aishwarya Lekshmi and Kalaiyarasan. Sashikanth and Chakravarthy Ramachandra of YNOT Studios, along with Reliance Entertainment. The Universe is a ruse) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by S.