Thirantha Puthagam

Thirantha Puthagam (transl. Open book) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language murder mystery short film directed by Vignesh Kumar who stars along with Sanchana Natarajan. The film received positive reviews upon release.[2][3][4] The film is inspired from the novel The Mystery of the Secret Room by Enid Blyton.[5]

Thirantha Puthagam
Directed byVignesh Kumar
Produced byShailender Singh
Vignesh Kumar
Starring
Music byAnton Zephrin
CinematographySaran R V
Edited byArul Mozhi Varman
Production
company
VVK Entertainments
Release date
  • 30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)
Running time
37 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

A man is murdered and his son, who was in the same house as the father during the murder, is sent to jail.[1]

Cast
  • Vignesh Kumar
  • SB Arjun as Arjun
  • NJ Sri Krishna
  • Shailender Singh as Arjun and Nithish's uncle
  • Sanchana Natarajan as Swathi
  • TG Balaji
  • Shekar Ayyar
  • Prema Rajamani

Production

The film is directed by Vignesh Kumar, who worked as an assistant to S. Shankar for 2.0.[6] Kumar had previously directed the short film Facebook Neenga Nallavara Illa Kettavara (transl. Facebook: Are you a good or bad person?).[6][7] Initially, this film was not accepted at film festivals due to its runtime of around forty minutes; however, the short later received several awards.[6] The film received two-hundred-and-fifty thousand views upon release and has 1.2 million views as of September 2020.[6][5] After the success of this short, Vignesh Kumar went on to direct several other shorts.[8]

Awards and nominations
Date Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2017Behindwoods Gold MedalsBest Short FilmThirantha PuthagamRunner up[7]
2018 SIIMA Short Film Awards Best Short Film Won [9][10]
Best Actor Vignesh Kumar Won
Best Supporting Actor - Female Sanchana Natarajan Nominated [11]
Best Supporting Actor - Male TG Balaji Nominated

References
  1. Keramalu, Karthik (24 September 2017). "From China Visiri to The Affair, ten Tamil short films that deserve your time and attention - Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost.
  2. "ரஜினிகாந்த் பாராட்டிய இளம் இயக்குனர்". Kudumba Malar (in Tamil). 2 July 2017. p. 6. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. "குறும்படத்தால் கிடைத்த பெரிய வாய்ப்பு". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 1 July 2017. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. "Praise to be Shankar's disciple". Sakshi (in Telugu). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. VVK Entertainments (30 June 2017). "Thirantha Puthagam - Tamil Short Film - SIIMA AWARDS Best Short Film - Vignesh Kumar - Sanchana Natrajan". YouTube.
  6. Naagarajan, S. (15 July 2017). "Direction Dreams: 'I have a script ready for Ajith'". The New Indian Express.
  7. Rajendran, Sowmya (3 August 2017). "From chasing cows to finding 'lorry driver' costumes: What life's like as an assistant director". The News Minute.
  8. "ஜிகிரி தோஸ்து". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 2 April 2020.
  9. "Honouring the best of south Indian cinema - Times of India". The Times of India. 29 August 2018.
  10. "SIIMA AWARDS 2018 | Short Films Nomination 2019". South Indian International Movie Awards. 2018.
  11. sathishmsk [@sathishmsk] (21 August 2018). "Happy to inform that our #CommonManMedia Promotional Short Film #ThiranthaPuthagam , Directed by Vignesh Kumar has been nominated for 4 categories at #SIIMA Awards. Plz do vote @ siima.in/sf.php for the short film, if u feel it deserves it" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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