Lee (2007 film)

Lee and his friends enjoy playing football and doing odd jobs. Chellama, who works at a facility for people with mental challenges, also hangs out with them. However, things take a serious turn when Chellama witnesses Lee and his friends trying to assassinate a politician. This shocks her and leaves us wondering why they would do such a thing.

The answer lies in their college days, where they were a successful football and cricket team under the guidance of their mentor Butthiran. However, the college principal Rangabashyam wanted his son to be part of the team, but the coach insisted on selecting players based on merit. This led to the team being expelled from the college, but they continued playing in another college and won a big tournament.

However, Rangabashyam sabotaged their success, leading to one team member committing suicide and the team falling apart. Rangabashyam, on the other hand, rose to become a minister in politics. The rest of the story follows the conflicts between Lee and his friends and Rangabashyam.

• Sibiraj as Leeladharan (Lee)
• Nila as Chellam
• Prakash Raj as Buthiran
• Sashikumar as Sashi
• Zakir Hussain as Rangabashyam
• Vidharth as Goon
• Pandi
• Sabitha Anand
• Vijay Sethupathi as Football Player

Veteran actor Satyaraj is producing Lee, which stars his son Sibiraj in the lead role. Prabhu Solomon, who had done a racy action scene in Kokki earlier, is directing the film. Sibiraj plays Leeladharan alias Lee, a professional football player. Nila plays the female lead. Prakash Raj plays the football coach in the movie.

Says Sibiraj, "I prepared myself for the role with great difficulty. I ensured that I looked different and changed my mannerism a lot. I grew long hair and beard too."[2]

Since Sibiraj plays football, he underwent football coaching at the YMCA every evening. Director Solomon shot a major portion of Lee on the busy roads of Chennai. The movie was shot on busy roads without the public even being aware of it.[3]

The soundtrack was composed by D. Imman.[4]

Sify wrote, "First and foremost the film has nothing to do with football and is another revenge drama. In the end there is a long speech by Lee about how corruption, nepotism have seeped into the game of football in India where cricket rules."[5] Rediff wrote, "Lee may revert to the standard masala elements at points, especially with regard to some stunts (such as Matrix style jumps from one building to the other and flying Maruti Omnis) but it is still different from any other Tamil movie you might have seen off late."[6]

• Lee at IMDb