Die No Sirs is refreshingly different on so many counts. Firstly, this story does not revolve around the hero. It revolves around the villain Saalaiyar (Maneksha).
In a gangster flick, you only expect mindless violence to dominate the proceedings. But in Die No Sirs, there is more intellectual action than there is physical violence.
Die No Sirs might be a gangster film, but it points out that those who head gangs never get their children to do the dirty work that they expect their gangsters to do.
It also subtly shows how such vicious characters lure vulnerable young men from the poorer sections of society to do their dirty work through those whom they trust.
More importantly, it has the hero rejecting the idea of turning a henchman from the start. Each time an invite is sent to him to join the gang, he turns it down.