 The movie was remade in Bengali as "Deva" (2002) and in Kannada as "Dhumm" (2002).The film starts with the police arresting Aadhikesavan's (Suresh Gopi) men as suspects for burning MLA Malarvannan's (Bala Singh) liquor shop.Aadhi sends Dheenadhayalan aka Dheena (Ajith), his adopted brother, to attack the false witnesses in this case and bail them out.