Vijay Sethupathy, playing the role of Perumal Vathiyar, has resurrected Pulavar Kaliyaperumal of Pennadam, the Naxalite leader-turned-Tamil nationalist, who was sentenced to death with his son Valluvan in a case of murder. Five other members of his family were awarded life sentence. Pulavar’s death sentence was commuted by President V.V. Giri