Kuruthipunal (film)

Kuruthipunal
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Directed by	P. C. Sreeram
Produced by	S. Chandrahasan Kamal Haasan
Screenplay by	Kamal Haasan
Story by	Govind Nihalani
Starring	Kamal Haasan Arjun Nassar Gouthami Geetha
Music by	Mahesh Mahadevan
Cinematography	P. C. Sreeram
Edited by	N. P. Satish
Production company	Raaj Kamal Films International
Distributed by	Raaj Kamal Films International
Release date	23 October 1995 (1995-10-23)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹4 crore (equivalent to ₹17 crore or US$2.5 million in 2016)
Box office	₹22 crore (equivalent to ₹92 crore or US$14 million in 2016)

Kuruthipunal (River of Blood) is a 1995 Tamil neo-noir action thriller film cinematograph and directed by veteran cinematographer P. C. Sreeram. The film stars Kamal Haasan in the lead role, with Arjun and Nassar in supporting roles. The film featured songs and the background score was composed by Mahesh Mahadevan. Produced by Kamal Hassan, the story is a remake of Govind Nihalani's Hindi film Drohkaal, The film met with critical acclaim upon release and became a trendsetter for action films during that period of time. The film was India's official entry for the 68th Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film category, but was not nominated. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Drohi.

Kuruthipunal is a stylish cop thriller revolves around a police officer with familial obligations and a strong desire to curb terrorism in the country.

Two honest and bold police officers Adhi Narayanan, (Kamal Hassan) and Abbas (Arjun Sarja) devise a masterful plan to bring a terrorist group in control, and send two secret vigilance officers, named Anand and Shiva on an operation called Operation "Dhanush". The objective is to infiltrate a terror group headed by a man named Badri (Nassar), and relay information back to Abbas. A leak from inside the police camp leads the terrorist to oust Anand as a spy but before they are able to torture him and get information on the second spy, he commits suicide.