Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval

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Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval (transl. Information received a while back) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Bhuvanai Kannan. The film stars Kanal Kannan, fame Bharathi, Khushbu, 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 mental asylum. It is concluded that a lunatic is behind all these murders. Siva (Kanal Kannan) manages to enter the house of a film director (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 (Khushbu) 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

• Kanal Kannan as Siva
• Bharathi as Meera
• Khushbu 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.^[1][2]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by newcomer Bala.^[3]

• "Sei Sei" – Karthik, Madhumitha
• "Pichavaram" – Tippu
• "Konjam" – Harish Raghavendra, Chinmayi
• "Rojavanam" – Anuradha Sriram

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."^[4]

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