Muthirai

Muthirai
Directed by	Srinath
Produced by	Vikram Bhatt Surendra Sharma Amita Bishnoi Bhagwanti Gabrani
Written by	Aneez Tanveer Jeeva
Starring	Daniel Balaji Nithin Sathya Lakshmi Rai Manjari Phadnis Kishore Ponvannan Rakhi Sawant
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography	Saleem
Edited by	Anthony
Production company	ASA Production & Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. Vision Jeeva Studios
Distributed by	ASA Production & Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	19 June 2009 (2009-06-19)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Muthirai (English: Stamp / Mark) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written by Aneez Tanveer Jeeva, wife of late director Jeeva, who also produces this film, and directed by actor Srinath,starring Daniel Balaji, Nithin Sathya, Lakshmi Rai and newcomer Manjari Phadnis in the lead roles, whilst Kishore of Polladhavan and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame and Ponvannan play important supporting roles and Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant makes a special appearance. The film, which has musical score by Yuvan Shankar Raja, was launched in early 2008, and was released on 19 June 2009.

Azhagar Adhiyaman's party wins in Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Azhagar Thondaiman, his brother, Aadhikesavan, senior leader of the party and Azhagar Adhiyaman discuss about the posts to be held. Discussions turn into gun-firing where all three of them get bullet shots. Azhagar Adhiyaman dies, Azhagar Thondaiman gets into coma state and Aadhikesavan is left with injury. The state is brought under temporary Governor's rule, until their party chooses the new CM.

Sathya (Nitin Satya) and his accomplice Azhagu (Daniel Balaji) are highly successful petty thieves. Azhagu marries Kavya once for money (under mass-marriage programme). Kavya's father (Cochin Hanifa) tries to make money with his daughter. Azhagu realizes his mistake and tries to convince Kavya. Sathya cheats Aarthi (Manjari Padnis) saying he is a CBI officer and makes her fall in love with him. Sathya and Azhagu stay in an apartment opposite to where Krishna (Chetan) stays.

Commissioner (Kishore) is appointed as the investigating officer for the case, and he finds Krishna knows some information about the firing where Azhagar Adhiyaman was killed. He traces where Krishna stays and chases him. At the same time in the opposite apartment, Sathya, Azhagu and Aarthi host a birthday party for Kavya for Azhagu and Kavya to get together again. Krishna enters their house to escape from the police and all 5 of them start running away from Police. While police chase them, Azhagu, Kavya, Sathya and Aarthi try to escape. Krishna also tries to get in the car, and drops his laptop in their car.