Kuttram 23

Kuttram 23
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Tamil	குற்றம் 23
Directed by	Arivazhagan
Produced by	Inder Kumar
Screenplay by	Arivazhagan
Based on	Kuttram 23 by Rajesh Kumar
Starring	Arun Vijay Mahima Nambiar
Music by	Vishal Chandrasekhar
Cinematography	Bhaskaran K. M.
Edited by	Bhuvan Srinivasan
Production company	Redhan The Cinema People
Distributed by	Across Films
Release date	March 3, 2017 (2017-03-03)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kuttram 23 (English: Crime 23) is a 2017 Indian Tamil crime thriller film written and directed by Arivazhagan. The film stars Arun Vijay and Mahima Nambiar in the lead roles, with Vamsi Krishna, Aravind Akash and Thambi Ramaiah amongst others in supporting roles. Produced by Inder Kumar along with Arun Vijay, the soundtrack album and background score for the film is composed by Vishal Chandrasekhar. The film was released worldwide on 3 March 2017 and was a profitable venture at the box office.

The story starts with Jessica (Misha Ghoshal) confessing her sins to a priest at the St. Thomas Church in the outskirts of Chennai. The priest is then murdered while Jessica is abducted.

In the city, Assistant Commissioner Vetrimaaran (Arun Vijay) is celebrating his elder brother, Aravind (Amit Bharghav) and sister-in-law, Abhinaya's (Abhinaya) wedding anniversary. Everyone in the family is happy, except for Vetri's mother who berates Abhinaya for not giving her grandchildren despite having been married for so many years. However, after successfully undergoing treatment by a famous fertility specialist, Dr. Tulsi (Kalyani Natarajan), Abhinaya finally becomes pregnant. While the rest of his family are in a celebratory mode, Vetri notices Abhinaya being moody most of the time, as if she does not want the baby.

Meanwhile, Vetri is put in charge to find Jessica by the Police Commissioner Kumarasamy (Vijayakumar). Initially, the police does not realize that the priest's murder and Jessica's disappearance are connected. Vetrimaaran is the first person to make the connection. He then visits the church to investigate the case and is assisted by Thirupathi (Thambi Ramaiah), the local inspector. They then visit Thendral (Mahima Nambiar), a teacher at the local preschool, who found the priest's body. She and her family do not wish to talk to the police any further, leading Vetri to believe she might be hiding something. Thendral's family then move out of the city's outskirts and unknowingly into the apartment right opposite Vetri's home. Only then does Vetri realize that her family is finding a groom for her and people will start questioning her morals if the police keeps on visiting her. Eventually, Thendral reveals that she saw two cars that day outside the church; one belonging to Jessica, and another black minivan driven by a group of mysterious young men.