Though I've watched a few of Vishal's movies, I liked just one, Villain (a neo-noir Malayalam action thriller, also starring Mohanlal and Hansika), as it was a departure from his regular masala fare. So I didn't have any high hopes from Rathnam. Director Harikrishnan, who has a knack for delivering masala entertainers, helmed this one. It is his third film with Vishal after Thaamirabharani (2007) and Poojai (2014), which were passable masala entertainers. This is also a Tamil movie dubbed into Telugu.
Rathnam (Vishal), an angry young henchman under MLA Panner Selvam (Sam....