In the films of AR Murugadoss, justice doesn’t always isn’t done by upholding the law of the land. Be it in Ramana or Thuppakki or Kaithi, his protagonists have to break law to ensure justice is served. And that is what happens in Darbar, where an angry cop goes on a murderous rampage to take down a most-wanted criminal. Right in the opening scenes, the director establishes that his protagonist Aaditya Arunasalam (Rajinikanth, in fine form), a top cop who has been deputed to Mumbai to tackle the drug menace in the city, isn’t someone who goes by the rule book. In fact, we see him threatening and roughing up the members of the human rights commission who question him about his rule-breaking.

In the course of one of his operations, Aaditya nabs Ajay Malhotra (Prateik Babbar), the son of a top businessman, who happens to be the chief drug supplier in the city. But when Ajay is eliminated, Hari Chopra (Suniel Shetty), a dreaded gangster who turned the police force into a laughing stock 27 years earlier, returns to the country to get his revenge by targeting Aaditya and his daughter Valli (Nivetha Thomas).

Darbar Audience Review

Source: Padam Eppadi Irukku