Sy. Gowtham Raj's directorial debut, Raatchasi, featured Jyothika playing the lead role while Poonima Bhagyaraj, Sathyan and others play supporting roles. The film dealt with the journey of a strict, disciplined teacher who wants to improve the conditions of her Government-run school.
It was recently reported that the film had received praises from the Education Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Maszlee bin Malik. He had taken to his social media and had expressed his admiration for the themes dealt by the film.
Post that, the team along with the producer, SR Prabhu were honoured after a screening at RGV theatre at Setiawalk in Puchong, Malaysia and the minister further said that such changes should be brought in Malaysian education too.
An elated producer took to his social media and wrote, “It was an honour for #Raatchasi team to have met with the #Malaysia #education minister Shri. Maszlee Malik @maszlee. Thank you so much for inviting and appreciating personally. Meant a lot to all of us who have worked in the film.”