But, Maruthu's appatha has her own reasons for not letting this happen. To do this, he must first eliminate Bakkiyam (Sri Divya), the daughter of Silambam Maariamma, a woman whom he had hacked to death. Rolex Pandian, meanwhile, is a ruffian who is hoping to move to the next level - politics, with help from the local bigwig Bayilvan (Radha Ravi). His world revolves around his appatha (Kulappulli Leela) and sidekick Kokkarako (Soori, funny to an extent). Maruthu is a sort-of coolie at the local market. And he makes his introduction when the villain, Rolex Pandian (RK Suresh, who gets another menacing villain role after Thaarai Thappattai), "Aniyayam panna saami avatharam eduppara?" In Maruthu, people refer to the hero, Maruthu (Vishal) as "inathula singam, gunathula puli" (as if this wasn't enough, the guy sports tattoos of lions on his arms and tigers on his chest). And his heroes are daring men, who possess inhuman strength and ferocity. His plots, which are recycled tropes of many masala films, have been the weak links in his films and he compensates this with his unabashed use of violence and melodrama, thus ensuring that his films have something to satisfy youngsters and the family crowd. Going by his three films so far (Kutti Puli, Komban and Maruthu), it is evident that Muthaiah has a skill for capturing rural areas with a rawness and staging action scenes that make us feel every bone-crunching punch and slice of a sickle.