Tamil film 'Enemy of the Smuggler' weighs gritty premise with masala tropes

Directed by former IRS officer T Samaya Murali, the newly released Tamil film Enemy of the Smuggler explores a customs worker drawn into an international drug syndicate.

The film features a premise involving a middle-class customs worker played by Saran Shakthi connected to a 3,000-kilo heroin consignment worth ₹25,000 crore.

A review notes that the film's potential is weighed down by conventional commercial compulsions, predictable masala templates, and ineffective emotional beats in its first half.