Let us begin with a "Confucius say" joke. Confucius say, "Watching Homam if you've already seen The Departed is like TV during honeymoon. Unnecessary." J D Chakravarthy pulls off a fairly faithful adaptation of Martin Scorsese's Oscar winner, and does reasonably well at making it his own. Presumably the fact that the credits say "Story: J D Chakravarthy" is some sort of inside joke.
Malli (Jagapathi Babu) and Chandu (JDC) are both sons of criminal fathers. Life takes them down paths that are mirror images of each other. Malli who wants desperately to be a cop ends up getting thrown ....