Karan has made a striking comeback through Kathavarayan

After the remarkable Kokki, Karan has made a striking comeback through Kathavarayan. The film that features him in a novel role has offered him immense opportunity to show his acting talent. Kathavarayan aka Rayan is a rough man in the village. An illiterate orphan, he has no relatives in the village. He brews and sells arrack in a makeshift shack set in the village outskirts.


Though he does it for his livelihood, he is principled to an extent. Unlike others in his profession, he does not sell it to old people or to young men who have family responsibilities to shoulder. His occupation, his violent and roguish approach, makes him a terror in the village. Even the local police, who are aware of Rayan's dealings, lack the guts to lay down the law on him. So Rayan happily gads about in the village, happily going about his chosen routine.

Easwaran (Kadhal Dhandapani) is businessman who runs a licensed wine shop in the village. Easwaran always views Rayan as his chief business rival. Other than the public fights they get into, at times Easwaran also engages in some foul play to create trouble and hindrance for the village ruffian Rayan.

Malathy (Vidisha) comes to the village as a member in the college NSS league. Her first tryst happens to be Rayan's still. With the care and concern of an educated individual, she informs Rayan of the harmful effects of the arrack and advises him to stop destroying the lives of his fellow villagers by stopping his supply of illicit arrack. Irritated and enraged at the intrusion, Rayan warns her to stay outside from his business. If not, he threatens to burn her alive. Taking the cue, Easwaran deploys his men and tries to get her killed.