Puriyatha Puthir
2016 Tamil film directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi
Puriyatha Puthir (transl. Mystifying Puzzle) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi in his directorial debut and produced by Deepan Boopathy and Ratesh Velu under, Rebel Studio Productions. Vijay Sethupathi, Gayathrie and Mahima Nambiar feature in the leading roles, while the film's music was composed by Sam C. S., while the cinematography was handled by Dinesh B. Krishnan. The film began production in 2013, but went through production delays and was only released on 1 September 2017. It won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards: Second Best Film, Best Actor (Sethupathi) and Best Music Director (Sam).
Plot
A woman stands at the top of a building, calls someone from her mobile, apologizes, and then commits suicide by jumping from the building.
A few years later, Kathir, an aspiring music director, and his friends, Vinod and DJ, are in a pub. Vinod and DJ are desperate for hot videos of women, while Kathir preaches to them not to do so, which falls on deaf ears. On his way to his music shop, Kathir sees a girl writing her name "Meera" on the drenched window of a bus, and they smile at each other. A few days later, Kathir is fascinated by a tune he hears from his shop's piano. He finds that Meera played it.
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