Movie: 
Cast: Vaibhav, Athulya Ravi, Anandaraj, Redin Kingsley, Mottai Rajendran, Sunil Reddy, John Vijay, Manikanta Rajesh
Production: Bobby Balachandran
Music: D Imman
Cinematography: Dijo Tommy
Direction: Vikram Rajeswar, Arun Kesav
PRO: Riyas K Ahmed, Paras Riyas
Plot Summary: Two young boys save Livingston, who sells cannabis, from the police. Livingston takes them in and raises them. His partner, rowdy Usain, asks Livingston to send men to rob the money in his house for insurance money. For this purpose, Livingston sends two people including Vaibhav. They lose the money they robbed. This angers Usain, who tries to kill Livingston's family. The film tries to tell the story of how Vaibhav saves them in a comedic way.
Review: They announce from the beginning that it's a comedy film. You have to search hard to find the laughs. To force comedy, they've turned villain actors Anandaraj and John Vijay into comedy actors. Along with them, Mottai Rajendran, Redin Kingsley, Sunil Reddy, and if we're being honest, even Vaibhav have been added to the comedy actors list.
The cinematic portrayal of Vaibhav and Anandaraj's gang digging a tunnel to rob a bank to compensate for the lost money is over-the-top. The slapstick comedy of Anandaraj, Vaibhav, Mottai Rajendran, and Redin Kingsley inside the tunnel brings some laughs to an extent. They give Sunil Reddy a liquor tin and don't use him for anything other than drinking. Livingston is the one who gets beaten up and trampled on, struggling hard to make people laugh. They say John Vijay is deaf, but he can't carry that character consistently till the end - speaking as if he can hear in some places becomes absurd.
Athulya Ravi appears like a textile shop mannequin. She struggles, not knowing how to perform her character. This is the last film of the late karate champion Usain. He has done what the directors asked him to do.
Bobby Balachandran has produced it. D Imman's confusing music makes everything scattered. Dijo Tommy's cinematography is okay.
Directors Vikram Rajeswar and Arun Kesav's direction lacks both dialogue comedy and action comedy, making it theatrical.
Final Verdict: Chennai City Gangsters - You'll get more laughs if you sit someone next to you and tickle their waist.
