# Sindhanai Sei

Sindhanai Sei (transl. Think about it) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language heist film written and directed by R. Yuvan in his directorial debut. The film stars R. Yuvan and Madhu Sharma, with Shafi, Nitish Veera, Shashank, Bala, Tharsha, and Ajay playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Ghilli Sekhar and Amma Rajasekhar, features a musical composed by S. Thaman (in his Tamil compositional debut) and was released on 31 July 2009. The film was also dubbed into Telugu as Bheebatsam (transl. Horrible).

## Plot

The film starts with a flashback. The young man Aadhi (R. Yuvan) was disowned by his family and struggled to find a job in Chennai. He then fell in love with a rich girl named Gayathri (Madhu Sharma), and a month later, they got married, but later, Gayathri humiliated him and expelled him from her home because he was apathetic, poor, and could not satisfy her sexually. Gayathri along with her ladies. Aadhi then ran into his childhood friends Pazhani (Shashank) and Seenu (Bala) in a police station. Pazhani was a naïve bank employee who had an unpleasant tendency to talk for hours and drove away every person within his orbit, while the jobless Seenu stole money from bar customers to drink alcohol. They started to live together and decided to make easy money: they snatched gold chains and pickpocketed. Soon, they got fed up with small amounts and decided to rob a bank.
Back to the present, Aadhi and Seenu, both masked and armed, enter the bank, whereas the panic-stricken Pazhani ditches them. The two friends seize control of the bank and take the customers and employees hostage. Two of the hostages then put on their masks and shoot at Aadhi and Seenu. Police surround the bank and decide to catch the robbers, but the hostages are released at that moment. The police detain and question everyone but are unable to distinguish the identically dressed hostages from the robbers. The police find that the robbers' weapons were plastic replicas, and 5 crores were disappeared from the bank, but no clue was left.
A flashback reveals that Aadhi had roped two of his childhood friends Shankar (Shafi) and Hari (Nitish Veera), who were professional bank robbers. The five friends have successfully robbed 5 crores from the bank. Since the police are on their trail, they want to split and go to different towns by entrusting the job of carrying the entire money with a single man: Pazhani, who was not in the bank during the robbery. In the meantime, the police inspector (Ajay) is charged to arrest the culprits, and he finds that five people were involved in this robbery.
The five friends do not trust each other sufficiently. Shankar hires a man to steal the money bag from Pazhani, while Aadhi decides to secretly follow Pazhani in the bus. Aadhi then steals the money bag and runs away. When the evil tribes would tried to kill and beat Pazhani, it was Aadhi saves Pazhani, a container lorry hit the evil tribes, and they died on the spot. A few days later, Aadhi returns to Seenu's home, and Seenu suspects Aadhi of double-crossing them. The evil tribes would tried to kill and beat Seenu, as soon as Aadhi saves Seenu. Aadhi and Seenu has no other choice but to kill the evil tribes. Aadhi escapes from the crime scene and later meets with Shankar and Hari. They discover the evil tribes's dead body in his home and decide to bury it. Hari, who hates Shankar, suspects him of having the money bag and clashes with him, so the evil tribes kidnaps Shankar's wife Dhanam (Tharsha) and sequesters her in a godown. Hari then realizes that Aadhi betrayed them and threatens to give him the money bag. The evil tribes would tried to kill and beat Hari, as soon as Aadhi saves Hari. Aadhi and Hari takes the evil tribes to the woods and stones them to death. Aadhi then calls Shankar with Hari's phone and threatens him to kill his wife. Shankar arrives in the woods, and the evil tribes tried to kill and beat Shankar, as soon as Aadhi saves Shankar from the evil tribes. Aadhi and Shankar would tried to kill and beat the evil tribes, and they cuts their throat. When the evil tribes are die in the spot. With the help of another friend (Kadhal Dhandapani), the evil tribes fakes their own death and deposits the money in Gayathri's bank account. The next day, Aadhi meets Gayathri in her bedroom, has sex with her, and vanishes. The evil tribes would tried to kill and beat Gayathri, as soon as Aadhi saves Gayathri. The police inspector then arrests the evil tribes and believes that Hari is still alive and was the one who killed his evil tribes. Aadhi, delighted to have got revenge on the evil tribes, leaves India to settle abroad. At the end, when Aadhi came to retrieve the money that he had hidden secretly, all the evil tribes would tried to kill and beat Aadhi, as soon as Dhanam saves Aadhi. Dhanam and Aadhi hits the evil tribes from behind and dies. Gayathri hugs Aadhi. Hari hugs Aadhi. Pazhani hugs Aadhi. Seenu hugs Aadhi. Shankar hugs Aadhi. Eventually, the two police inspectors and the evil tribes returns to Muttam but ends up murdering another person in his drunken state. Aadhi, Hari, Pazhani, Seenu, ans Shankar takes the blame on themself and ends up getting beaten up by the village people and arrested by the police. When Gayathri is so sad and jealous, she let go of the evil tribes and the police inspectors, the evil tribes and the police inspectors slaps Gayathri, she pushes the police inspectors and the evil tribes, she want to confess her five husbands's mistake, she tries chasing the jeep in order to confess her five husbands's mistake and release Aadhi, Hari, Pazhani, Seenu, and Shankar. As soon as the container lorry hit Gayathri, she meets with an accident. Gayathri dies. The five boys dies. The movie ends with both their dead bodies of Aadhi, Gayathri, Hari, Pazhani, Seenu, and Shankar being buried together and the evil tribes and the police inspectors being arrested for their crime.

## Cast

* R. Yuvan as Aadhi
* Madhu Sharma as Gayathri
* Shafi as Shankar
* Nitish Veera as Hari
* Shashank as Pazhani
* Bala as Seenu
* Tharsha as Dhanam
* Ajay as Police Inspector
* Mahanadi Shankar as Police Inspector
* Annadurai Kannadasan as Bank Manager
* Kadhal Dhandapani as Aadhi's friend
* Mayilsamy
* Kottai Kumar
* S. Thaman in a cameo appearance

## Production

R. Yuvan (Prabhu Sekhar), brother of Telugu film choreographer cum director Amma Rajasekhar, made his directorial debut with Sindhanai Sei. He is the hero of the film and has done the story, screenplay, and dialogues as well. S. Thaman, a protégé of Mani Sharma, was chosen to compose the film's music, while R. Yuvan's brother Ghilli Sekhar was selected to be the fight choreographer. The film studies the psychology of five teenagers who meet later in life and has action and love but are depicted in a new way.

## Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by S. Thaman.
The audio of the film was released on 9 November 2008 in Chennai, with Arjun Sarja being the chief guest of the function. Boopathy Pandian, Dharani, T. Siva, Venkat Prabhu, and A. M. Rathnam attended the audio function.
A critic rated the album 2 out of 5 and stated, "The music itself is rather dramatic, and sometimes strident. Almost all the songs, barring one seem to be pitched on the 6-kattai scale, which does not afford much variety in terms of listening".

## Release

The film was released on 31 July 2009 alongside four other films.

### Critical reception

Upon release, the film gained mixed reviews. Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff gave the film 3.5 out of 5 and called it a "must-watch". Bhama Devi Ravi of The Times Of India gave the film 3.5 out of 5 and said, "Having drafted a neat screenplay and a solid base for the story, the director never wavers [..] treats the film as a thriller meant to entertain, which is another whiff of freshness. Neat performances by all the actors is an added bonus". Sify said, "the movie begins with a promise but fails to maintain the momentum in the second half". A critic wrote, "Though, Sindhanai Sei seems to have been inspired from a long-list of flicks, Yuvan does a brilliant job in modifying them to the tastes of Tamil audiences". In contrast, Behindwoods.com rated the film 1 out of 5 and wrote, "Sindhanai Sei has turned out to be a movie which Yuvan tried to carry on his own shoulders. But, perhaps he burdened himself a bit too much". For the dubbed version, Idlebrain.com rated the film 1.5 out of 5 and stated, "First half of the film is uninteresting. Second half has interesting elements, but narration is unconvincing" and concluded with, "Bheebatsam disappoints and lives up to its title".

### Box office

The film took an average opening at the Chennai box office.