Kootathil Oruthan

Kootathil Oruthan
Directed by	T. J.Gnanavel
Produced by	S. R. Prakashbabu S. R. Prabhu
Written by	T. J. Gnanavel
Starring	Ashok Selvan Priya Anand Samuthirakani Anupama Kumar
Music by	Nivas K. Prasanna
Cinematography	P. K. Varma
Edited by	Leo John Paul
Production company	Dream Warrior Pictures Ramaniyam Talkies
Release date	April 2017 (2017-04)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kootathil Oruthan (English: One Amongst The Crowd) is an upcoming Indian Tamil comedy film, written and directed by T.J.Gnanavel. The film features Ashok Selvan and Priya Anand in the lead roles. Featuring music composed by Nivas Prasanna, This movie is produced by Dream Warrior Pictures and Ramaniyam Talkies and will have theatrical release in 2017. It talks about the love story of a middlebencher.

Debut director Gnanavel signed Ashok Selvan and Priya Anand in early 2015 to play the lead roles in this college love story. Prior to this, director has written dialogues for Praksah Raj, Nagarjuna starring Payanam and Suriya's Raktha Charithiram. Pramodh is handling cinematography for this movie. The film began production during April 2015, most of the scenes were filmed at VIT University in Vellore. Award winning actress Anupama Kumar joined the cast in a prominent role. Telugu actress Anisha Singh was signed for a role and this would be her debut movie for Tamil film industry, while Bala Saravanan and Sanjay Bharathi were also roped in to portray friends/classmates of the lead pair. Nasser is also doing a role in this film. In the audio release event, Director Gnanavel said the film will be the story of ‘Middle-benchers’. "Many people who have made huge achievements in the world have been middle-benchers in the past. But we never care about middle-benchers. This film will deal with this irony." After the critically acclaimed super hit Joker and the mega budget horror flick Kaashmora, the next venture of the ambitious Dream Warrior Pictures production banner is Kootathil Oruthan.