Even the mandatory romantic portion (with Catherine Tresa) is done away with in short time. During the middle section of the film, Amudhavel is trapped inside a bus with no way out of his predicament. Pandiraj keeps us guessing as to who the murderer might be, even as he increases the tension by putting Amudhavel into situations from where getting away seems tricky. What is refreshing about Kathakali is that it is less an action film and more a mystery. But there are various others who have a motive to commit the murder - Amudhavel's brother (Mime Gopi) his friend Sammandham (Pavan) and his ex-MLA father who were defeated in the elections by Thamba a textile shop owner (Jayaprakash) whose daughter Thamba had gotten married to her lover much against her father's wishes the Chennai fishermen Thamba's son or maybe, it was his own men! The cop in charge of the case, Saravanavadivel (Srijith), is after him because his friend (Kiran), who works for Thamba, had gone to the cops alleging that Amudhavel had murdered his boss. His family has had a skirmish with Thamba, which had left his father confined to the wheelchair. The prime suspect is Amudhavel (Vishal), who has returned to the town from the US after four years for his marriage. The plot revolves around the murder of Thamba (Madhusudhan), the fishermen's association head in Cuddalore, who is also a gangster. We think this might be the focus of the film, but then as the story unfolds, we realize it is one of the many red herrings that director Pandiraj provides us to narrate a whodunit tale that holds its suspense till the climax.
Review: Kathakali begins with a news report about a skirmish between fishermen in Chennai and Cuddalore. With a number of potential suspects who had a motive to commit the murder, who actually did it and why? Synopsis: Amudhavel, who returns to India from the US, is blamed for the murder of Thamba, a local big shot, with whom he has previous history.
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