Yaman (2017): Cast, Box Office & Plot

Set against the turbulent political backdrop of the 1980s, the story unfolds as a cautionary tale about how ambition, loyalty, and vengeance spiral through a family and into the broader arena of power. Karunakaran [Thyagarajan] is chosen for the MLA seat by Thangapandi’s father, not by Thangapandi himself, setting a tone of fractured trust from the start. At the same time, Agaliya gives birth to Tamizharasan, the son who will later become a central figure in a new decades-spanning drama. Thangapandi [Charle] grows desperate to assert control, colluding with Agaliya’s brother Kathir to eliminate Arivudai Nambi, hoping to seize the MLA post for himself. One fateful night, Thangapandi and Nambi’s brother-in-law brutally murder Arivudai Nambi, and Kathir is killed by Pandi [Arul D.