Puthagam

Puthagam
Film poster
Directed by	Vijay Adhiraj
Produced by	S. Manjula
Written by	Vijay Adiraj Guhan Sreenivasan (dialogues)
Story by	Vijay Adiraj
Starring	Sathya Jagapathi Babu Rakul Preet Singh Sanjay Bharathi Vignesh Vijayakumar Suresh Rachana Maurya Aishwarya Rajesh
Narrated by	RJ Balaji
Music by	James Vasanthan
Cinematography	J. Laxman Kumar
Edited by	Kevin
Production company	Ram Pictures Private Limited
Release date	14 January 2013 (2013-01-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Puthagam (English: Book) is a 2013 Tamil film directed by television personality Vijay Adhiraj and produced by S. Manjula for Ram Pictures Private Limited. Sathya, brother of actor Arya plays the lead role.Rakul Preet Singh, a former Miss India is the leading lady. Sanjay Bharathi, son of veteran actor/director Santhana Barathi along with Vignesh Vijaykumar of Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi fame play pivotal roles. Telugu actor Jagapati Babu plays a key role. The film has supporting star cast which include Suresh, Thalaivasal Vijay, Santhana Bharathi, Delhi Ganesh, Crazy Mohan, Fathima Babu, Uma Padmanabhan and others.

The film was shot in Sony F 65. J. Laxman Kumar of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu was the man behind the camera and the music was scored by James Vasanthan. The movie also has GK as its art director. The film was released on 14 January 2013.

Mohan (Sathya) lives in Chennai. His two roommates, Anthony (Vignesh Vijayakumar) and Radhakrishnan (Sanjay Bharathi) are from less fortunate backgrounds. Despite their differences, they are best friends. One day, Mohan borrows a book from the Chennai Literary Society library for his television reporter girlfriend, Divya (Rakul Preet Singh). He then finds a note in the book that leads him to a cemetery. All the graves painted blue have thousands of bank notes instead of dead bodies. Mohan shares this news with his roommates and they decide to share the cash in order to solve their families' financial problems.

At the same time, Divya is covering the high-profile case of a powerful but corrupt political leader, Imaiyappan (Suresh). He has lost all his black money that he has been hiding away from the authorities for years by giving it to a close friend for safekeeping. Now, the friend has died and Imaiyappan does not know where all his black money is. He is forced to seek the help of JB (Jagapati Babu) and Dolly (Rachana Maurya), two highly skilled former intelligence officers.