

Vallavaraayan then convinces the priest of the village temple to mix poison in the holy water that Vaitheeswari drinks. Their enmity is further sharpened when Vaanavaraayan wins the hand of Vaitheeswari (Meena), whom Vallavaraayan had also wished to wed.

Vallavaraayan (Napoleon) is his arch enemy. Following his advice, they abstain from voting in the elections and instead, pool the money given by the candidates to get themselves some basic amenities. It took him five full years to regain it fully back with two movies Chandramukhi and Sivaji and give fans back what they really look for in a superstar film.Vaanavaraayan (Rajinikanth) is a feudal chieftain, adored and respected by the people of his village. You'l feel very much depressed not because the movie was bad, it'l be because of the superstar's image going down. Well, i never thought that this movie would join that league. Rehman is known to have composed good music for some worst movies like Tajmahal, Kadal Virus, Alli Arjuna, Paarthale Paravasam, Star, En Swasa Katre, Vandicholai Chinnarasu etc. The only positive aspect about this movie was the songs by A.R.Rehman. The movie's collection did not meet the expected level. As usual, the hype from the media and the expectation from the fans were way beyond limit. But this clearly did not work out in this movie. The movie makers thought that the fans will take whatever they show with Superstar in it. So, the Tamil cinema industry decided to come with Baba. His fans all over the world, especially in South India were ready to see movie of any kind with their superstar in action.

But after Padayappa (1999), he went into a state of Hibernation. He was having a image that many thought could not be easily brought down. Since Nattukku Oru Nallavan (1991), the number of movies he acted in Tamil as a mass Hero in 11 years were only 11 exactly at the rate of 1 per year. Being a well established star of the south Indian cinema, the feedbacks he was receiving before Baba was great. The main aspect about the Superstar's movies at his later stages were the frequency, the lacuna between one movie and the next.
