The beginning of Dharmadurai evokes comparisons to Seenuramasamy's earlier movie Neerparavai; a film he made after another project, Idam Porul Yeval, remains unreleased and is even mentioned within this one. Similar to the hero in that previous work, the central character here, Dharmadurai (played convincingly by Vijay Sethupathi), struggles with alcoholism. We first encounter him at a local bar, where his clumsy beh…