'' Dharma Durai '' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Seenu Ramasamy . The film stars Vijay Sethupathi and Tamannaah , with Aishwarya Rajesh , Srushti Dange , Raadhika , Ganja Karuppu and Rajesh in supporting roles . Produced by R. K. Suresh and featuring music by Yuvan Shankar Raja , the film began production in December 2015 and was released on 19 August 2016 . Amongst other accolades , the film won a prize for Vairamuthu for Best Lyrics at the 64th National Film Awards . . It completed its 100 days of theatrical run and ended up with a highest blockbuster of 2016 . The satellite rights of the movie was acquired by Sun tv Dharmadurai ( Vijay Sethupathi ) is the village drunkard . His antics are a constant source of embarrassment for his brothers and brother-in-law , who run a chit-fund business . The brothers lock him up partially clothed in an empty outhouse most of the time and thrash him whenever he tries to stand up to them . The only people who sympathise with Dharmadurai are his mother Pandiyamma ( Raadhika ) and his close friend Gopalaswamy ( Ganja Karuppu ) . One day , fed up of his antics , the brothers plot to kill him , however , Pandiyamma overhears her sons and helps Dharmadurai to escape from the outhouse in the middle of the night , advising him to leave the house for good and lead a good life far away from his brothers . With this in mind , Dharmadurai takes his old clothes and bag and leaves for Madurai . However , unknown to him , the bag contains the chit-fund money . When Dharmadurai 's brothers find out that he and the money are missing the following morning , they begin a search for him , but give up eventually
64th National Film Awards
64th National Film Awards
Dharma Durai (2016 film)