Papanasam (film)

Papanasam
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Directed by	Jeethu Joseph
Produced by	Suresh Balaje George Pius Rajkumar Sethupathi Sripriya
Written by	Jeyamohan, Suka (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Jeethu Joseph
Story by	Jeethu Joseph
Starring	Kamal Haasan Gautami Niveda Thomas Esther Anil Asha Sarath Anant Mahadevan Kalabhavan Mani
Music by	Ghibran
Cinematography	Sujith Vaassudev
Edited by	Ayoob Khan
Production company	Wide Angle Creations Raj Kumar Theatres
Distributed by	Maxlab Entertainments
Release date	3 July 2015 (2015-07-03)
Running time	181 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Papanasam (Destruction of Sins) is a 2015 Indian Tamil drama thriller film directed by Jeethu Joseph, a remake of his 2013 Malayalam film Drishyam. The film is jointly produced by Suresh Balaje and Rajkumar Sethupathi. It stars Kamal Haasan and Gautami reprising the respective roles played by Mohanlal and Meena in the original.

The film tells the story of Suyambulingam, a middle-class cable TV operator, and his family. They come under suspicion when Varun, the son of the Inspector-general of police (IG), goes missing soon after harassing Suyambu's daughter. The rest of the film reveals how Varun disappeared and what Suyambulingam does to keep his family from going to prison.

The production work of Papanasam was undertaken by Suresh Balaje and George Pious. Music for the film was composed by Ghibran. The cinematography was led by Sujith Vasudev and the editing by Ayoob Khan. Principal photography commenced on 25 August 2014 and lasted three months. Papanasam released on 3 July 2015 to positive reviews from critics.

Suyambulingam (Kamal Haasan) is an orphan who had dropped out of school after his 4th grade. Now he is a businessman running a cable TV service in Papanasam, a small town in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. He is married to Rani (Gautami Tadimalla) and they have two daughters, Selvi (Niveda Thomas) and Pulimeena aka Meena (Esther Anil). His only interest apart from his family is watching films. He spends most of his time in front of the TV in his small office.

During a nature camp, Selvi gets photographed in the bathroom by a hidden cell phone. The culprit, Varun (Roshan Basheer) is the son of Inspector General Geetha Prabhakar (Asha Sarath). Varun is accidentally killed by Rani and Selvi when he comes to blackmail them. They hide his body in a compost pit, which is witnessed by Meena. Rani tells Suyambulingam about the incident and he devises a way to save his family from the law. He removes Varun's broken cell phone, places the SIM card on another mobile phone which he throws onto a Mumbai-bound lorry and disposes of his yellow-coloured Maruti Zen, which is seen by Constable Perumal (Kalabhavan Mani), who has a grudge against Suyambulingam. Suyambulingam takes his family out on a trip to Tenkasi to pray in a temple, watch a movie, stay in a hotel and eat at a restaurant. Geetha, seeing that her son has gone missing, starts an investigation.