India, May 1 -- Director Karthik Subbaraj has been someone who makes films that are a blend of genres, stylish and use music as a narrative tool. His latest film, Retro, starring Suriya, follows this same pattern and presents the Kollywood star in an action avatar with a streak of romanticism and sentiments.

Paarivel Kannan aka Paari (Suriya), who was raised like a son by gangster Thilakan (Joju George), is his father's right-hand man till he decides to decamp with the entire lot of stolen 'goldfish' one day. In the midst of this, Paari is all set to tie the knot with his lady love, veterinarian Rukmini (Pooja Hegde) whom he has promised that he will give up his gangster life and lead a straight one with her. But this peace is short live...