Draft:Assault Sethu

Assault Sethu is the main antagonist of the 2014 Indian Tamil-language film Jigarthanda, created by Karthik Subbaraj and portrayed primarily by Bobby Simha.

Development
The character of Assault Sethu was named after Vijay Sethupathi, who Karthik Subburaj initially wanted to cast. The "Assault" prefix comes from Madurai slang which means "to do things with ease".

Reception
Simha won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Sethu.

Legacy
Sethu became one of Simha's most identifiable roles, and people would often remember him by that name. The character was portrayed by P. Ravi Shankar in Jigarthanda 's Kannada remake of the same name (2016), by Varun Tej in the Telugu remake Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019) and by Akshay Kumar in the Hindi remake Bachchhan Paandey (2022).