

It was also remade in Bangladeshi as Hitman in 2014. Tarang Cine Productions remade the movie in Odia in 2018 as Happy Lucky. It is remade in Telugu as Tadakha in 2013 directed by Kishore Kumar Pardasani and in Hindi as Baaghi 3 in 2020 directed by Ahmed Khan. The film was released on 14 January 2012, coinciding with Pongal festival. Filming was initially planned to begin by mid-2010, but was delayed until March 2011. During a lengthy pre-production phase, the film underwent major changes in its main cast and Cloud Nine Movies stepped out of the project, with Linguswamy's own banner, Thirupathi Brothers, taking up the film. The film was announced shortly after the release of Lingusamy's Paiyaa, with Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies agreeing to produce the film, following a successful collaboration during the director's previous film. How the brothers get back at two gangs and protect their families form the rest of the story.

After getting severely beaten by them, the elder brother loses his fear and becomes physically stronger through training from his younger brother. This angers two of the town's biggest mob bosses, who seek revenge on the elder brother. The older brother rises to fame in his job by having his younger brother secretly punish suspects and save victims for him. After the death of their father, a police officer, the elder brother takes on the same job by request of the younger.


The film revolves around two brothers, the elder being sensitive to violence and the younger being a jobless rogue, and is set in Thoothukudi. The film score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while cinematography is by Nirav Shah and editing handled by Anthony. The film stars Madhavan, Arya, Sameera Reddy, and Amala Paul in the lead roles while Ashutosh Rana, Thambi Ramaiah and Nassar played supporting roles. The Hunt) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action film co produced, written and directed by N.
