Movie Review : Diesel

Vasu, aka Diesel ( Harish Kalyan ), the adopted son of an activist Manohar, is a powerful figure who like his father, fights for fisherman's right in an ongoing struggle against corporates and the government, which involves an oil pipeline which for decades has been creating havoc in their quality of life. Things get further heated up when arch rival Balamurugan ( Vivek Prasanna) and violent cop Mayavel ( Vinay Rai ) team up with corporate honcho and are out to destroy him and the cause he is fighting for. Who are the powerful men behind it all ? Is Diesel able to win this struggle? The director, through his characters and the film has put forth a detailed overview of the crude oil issue which affected the lives of the people few decades ago. The making is grand, with a solid supporting cast of actors like Karunas, Sachin Khedekar, Vivek Prasanna and others, adding to the film. Vinay Rai as the menacing, biased cop delivers a notewo...