Kuttrame Thandanai

Kutrame Thandanai
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Directed by	M. Manikandan
Produced by	S. Harihara Naganathan S. Muthu S. Kaleeswaran
Written by	M. Manikandan Anand Annamalai
Starring	Vidharth Aishwarya Rajesh Pooja Devariya Rahman
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	M. Manikandan
Edited by	Anucharan
Production company	Don Production Tribal Art Productions
Distributed by	KR Films Skylark Entertainment
Release date	2 September 2016
Running time	93 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kuttrame Thandanai (English: The Crime is the Punishment) is a 2016 Tamil language crime psychological thriller film cinematograph and directed by M. Manikandan and produced by S. Harihara Naganathan, S. Muthu, S. Kaleeswaran under Don Production co prodcued with Tribal Art Productions.

This film starring Vidharth, Aishwarya Rajesh and Pooja Devariya in the leading roles. Supporting role played by Rahman, Nassar, Guru Somasundaram, G. Marimuthu and Yogi Babu Played guest appearances.

This film is written by M. Manikandan and Anand Annamalai, music score by Ilaiyaraaja (without songs), edited by Anucharan (Kirumi fame director and editor), production designed by Balasubramanian and Vijay Aadhinathan.

The film follows the story of a man with tunnel vision, who is slowly going blind and cannot afford the surgery to fix his eyes. When he witnesses a young woman's murder, the suspects offer him large sums of money to remain quiet and he inadvertently gets stuck in between two parties. The film released on 2 September 2016 to positive reviews, following several screenings at film festivals worldwide.

Ravi, a young man suffering from tunnel vision, works as a collection boy in a credit card collection office.His Senior in office is Anu, who is also a close friend of him. Ravi lives in a housing colony, which is surrounded by many flats. He lives in the first floor and opposite to his house in the ground floor lives Swetha, a young woman who appears to be modern and carefree. Ravi always watches her from his balcony and sometimes watches her secretly. She is often visited by a few men. One of them is her boss Vijay Prakash,who brings her a gift and the other seems to be her boyfriend Arun. One day Ravi sees Arun coming out of her house angry and stares at him as he drives away.