''Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval'' () is a 2009 Indian

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directed by Bhuvanai Kannan. The film stars Kanal Kannan, fame Bharathi,

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, Livingston, and K. S. Ravikumar. The film was released on 30 January 2009.

Plot

A sequence of murder takes place in the city and a cop steps in to investigate them. Meanwhile, Shiva leaves a

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. It is concluded that a lunatic is behind all these murders. Siva (

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) manages to enter the house of a

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( Livingston). His wife is all alone. She suspects him to be the mentally-challenged man on murder trail. Meanwhile, the police zeroes in on a psychiatrist doctor (

) to be responsible for the murder. In the court, she spills the beans that a young girl who had a disturbed childhood was indeed responsible for the deaths, she is shown to have been molested by a police officer, her first adoptive father. Shiva eventually discovers that it was none other than the film director's wife. What the noble-hearted Shiva does to bring her back to normal life forms the rest.

Cast

as Siva * Bharathi as Meera *

as Radha * Livingston * K. S. Ravikumar *Sethu *Meenakshi *Shathiga *Babilona *Roshika * T. P. Gajendran * Mohan V. Raman * Naren *Nambiraj *Natesh *Siddharth

Production

The film marked the debut of Kanal Kannan as lead actor. Thakkali Srinivasan was initially chosen to be the director but was replaced midway through production by a debutant director, Bhuvanai Kannan.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by newcomer Bala. *"Sei Sei" – Karthik, Madhumitha *"Pichavaram" – Tippu *"Konjam" –

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, Chinmayi *"Rojavanam" –

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Critical reception

''The Hindu'' wrote "The script lacks cohesion and many questions remain unanswered. Every main character has a past and the director’s bid to weave them into the story results in utter confusion."

References

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