''Kuttram Kuttrame'' () is a 2022 Indian
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
-language
crime thriller film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but al ...
written and directed by
Suseenthiran
Suseenthiran is an Indian film director and screenwriter in Tamil cinema. He rose to fame with his directorial debut ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2009).
Career
Suseenthiran, who originally hails from a small village called Amarapoondi in Palani ...
and produced by D Company and presented by Axess Film Factory.
The film stars
Jai in the lead role with a supporting cast including
Bharathiraja
Bharathiraja ( born 17 July 1941) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Making his debut in 1977 with ''16 Vayathinile'', he is known for realistic and sensitive portrayals of ...
,
Harish Uthaman
Harish Uthaman (born 5 April 1982) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. He made his acting debut portraying the lead role in '' Tha'' (2010), before playing villains in '' Gouravam'' (2013), '' Pandiya Na ...
,
Smruthi Venkat and
Dhivya Duraisamy.
The film's music is composed by
Ajesh, with cinematography handled by
R. Velraj and editing done by
Kasi Viswanathan
Kasivishwanathan (born 28 January 1968) is an Indian film editor, who has worked on Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam language films.
Career
Kasivishwanathan entered the cinema industry as an assistant to Malayalam editor K. Narayanan. He later sta ...
.
The film was released as a television premiere directly via
Kalaignar TV
Kalaignar TV is a Tamil-language general entertainment pay television channel based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The channel was launched on 15 September 2007 as Kalaignar, and is named after former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidh ...
on 14 April 2022 coinciding with the
Tamil New Year
Puthandu (), also known as Tamil New Year (), is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar that is traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamils. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the solar Hindu calendar, as the first day ...
.
Plot
A schoolgirl falls into a river and drowns on March 9, 2005. On March 5, 2021, another schoolgirl was injured in a car accident and hospitalized. A doctor says that there is no hope to save the girl, and prays.
On the morning of March 20, 2020, Kokila is found unconscious; her husband, Eeshwaran, brings her to the hospital. The doctors say that Kokila died from an overdose of sleeping pills. Her uncle,
SI Naatrayan, thinks that it was murder; Kokila's parents believe that Eeshwaran is innocent.
Naatrayan discovers that Eeshwaran and Kokila had been fighting, and he beat her. Eeshwaran is rumored to be having an affair with his niece, Priya, and they stayed overnight at a lodge. Priya is trying to hide something from Naatrayan, and burns medical reports which Naatrayan sees. Naatrayan concludes that Eeshwaran and Priya murdered Kokila, and Eeshwaran married Kokila for her money. He shows the evidence to Kokila's parents, and her mother files a complaint.
DSP Muthukaruppan learns that Eeshwaran's uncle wanted him to manage his farmlands. After seeing Eeshwaran's hard work, he wanted his daughter Kokila to marry him. Eeshwaran and Kokila married and were apparently happy, but Priya and Kokila were rivals for Eeshwaran. During Kokila's pregnancy, her parents suggested to Eeshwaran that Priya move to
Coimbatore
Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyy ...
for her studies. Eeshwaran has already suggested this to Priya, but she is unwilling; she wanted to marry Eeshwaran from an early age, and says that her only happiness is with him.
Kokila's parents try to take Kokila with them for a few days to comfort her. Eeshwaran takes Priya to a lodge, and meets with Kokila's parents. Kokila accidentally poisons her baby with apple-seed paste, and the baby dies. She is depressed and, during an argument with Eeshwaran, he injures her. Priya brings her to the hospital without Eeshwaran's knowledge, and she burns the medical records to divert suspicion from him.
Naatrayan gets drunk and kidnaps Priya, believing that she is the murderer. He later tries to hang her, thinking that he can convince the village that she killed herself out of guilt for killing Kokila. Naatrayan and Eeshwaran fight, and it is learned that Naatrayan is also at fault for Kokila's suicide. Kokila pushed her childhood friend Chitra off a bridge into a river during a minor argument, and Naatrayan covered it up. Kokila's child dies on the anniversary of Chitra's death, and she believes that it is
divine retribution
Divine retribution is supernatural punishment of a person, a group of people, or everyone by a deity in response to some action. Many cultures have a story about how a deity imposed punishment on previous inhabitants of their land, causing th ...
.
A few months later, Muthu (Chitra's brother) meets Eeshwaran and asks who suggested the apple-seed paste. Naatrayan's friend saw Chitra get pushed off the bridge, and blackmailed Naatrayan. Naatrayan later blackmails his friend, who decides to tell Muthu the truth. Muthu decides to kill Kokila, when her child dies unexpectedly. Eeshwaran says that he did not take revenge against Muthu, since his mother has already lost one child. It is learned that the girl who had the car accident is Muthu's daughter. Muthu commits suicide, and hopes that his daughter will live.
Cast
Soundtrack
The soundtrack and score is composed by
Ajesh and the album featured two songs. The audio rights were acquired by
Think Music
Think Music is an Indian music label headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that specialises in South Indian film soundtracks.
Overview
Think Music India was started in 2007 and sold its first 46 titles including ''Vel'' (2007) and ''Paiyaa'' ...
.
Reception
Avinash Ramachandran of ''
Cinema Express
''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express, The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Mal ...
'' praised the film and wrote that "With multiple stories being narrated one after the other, it is up to Jai and Harish Uthaman to hold the film together, and both of them do a commendable job of it". S Subhakeerthana, critic from ''
OTTplay
HT Media is an Indian mass media company based in Delhi. It has holdings in print, electronic and digital media. HT Media's flagship newspaper is the ''Hindustan Times'', the second most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The Times of ...
'', noted that "The biggest flaw of ''Kuttrame Kuttram'' is its pace. It's slow in several places, but I think it's forgivable." and gave it a 3 out of 5 rating.
References
External links
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2022 television films
Crime television films
Films directed by Suseenthiran
Indian crime thriller films
Indian television films
2022 films