The story of a jobless youth, who uses his skills at winning bets, forms the story of 'Balam', directed by Muralikrishna.
Introducing Arvind Vinodh (a known face on Tamil television) and Mumbai model Deepa Chari, the film takes a turn wherein one such 'challenge' affects the protagonist in a big way.
Director Muralikrishna who had earlier directed movies like 'Paarvai Onre Pothume', 'Pesatha Kannum Pesum' and 'Thirudiya Idhayathai' is confident and hopeful of 'Balam' run at the box office.
Malaysia Vasudevan's son Yugendran debuts as music director with this film. Interestingly Malaysia Vasudevan too debuts with this film as lyricist. The other lyricists in the film include Vivega, Ugendran and Muralikrishna.
Filming is going on in Chennai right now.