Kutramum Thandanaiyum (2016)

Original title

குற்றமே தண்டனை

Directed by

M. Manikandan

Genre

crime film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

U

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man with a deteriorating eye condition witnesses a murder. He gets trapped between the suspects who urge him to keep quiet and his own conscience.

tenseclaustrophobicbleaksuspensefulslow-burnmelancholicunsettlingcerebral

What happens

Kuttrame Thandanai (lit. 'Crime itself is a punishment') is a 2016 Tamil language neo-noir psychological thriller film cinematographed and directed by M. Manikandan and produced by S. Harihara Naganathan, S. Muthu, and S. Kaleeswaran under Don Production, co-produced with Tribal Art Productions. This film stars Vidharth, Pooja Devariya, and Aishwarya Rajesh in the leading roles, while Rahman, Nassar, and Guru Somasundaram play supporting roles. This film is written by Manikandan and Anand Annamalai with a music score by Ilaiyaraaja (without songs), edited by Anucharan Murugaiyan, produced and designed by Balasubramanian and Vijay Aadhinathan. The film is based on the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The film follows the story of a man with tunnel vision, who is slowly going blind and cannot afford 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 between two parties. The film was released on 2 September 2016 to positive reviews, following several screenings at film festivals worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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