India, July 23 -- Jana Nayagan's road to release has been a long one. H Vinoth's action drama took over 7 months to be cleared by the CBFC. Given that it's Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay's final film as he immerses himself into politics, expectations were high on this being a proper send-off. However, the film carries all the shortcomings of Anil Ravipudi's Bhagavanth Kesari and more in its Tamil adaptation. Where is the 'Thalapathy Kacheri' that we were promised?

Thalapathy Vetri Kondan (Vijay) (TVK - geddit?) is a prisoner who is serving a sentence for a crime we don't know yet. He grows close to the prison warden, Srikanth (Gautham Vasudev Menon), and finds himself looking after his young daughter, Viji (Mamitha Baiju), due to unfore...