Katrathu Tamizh (2007)-Eng Subs

Director/Writer: Ram

Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja

Starring: Jeeva (Prabhakar), Anjali (Anandhi), Karunas (Yuvaan-Suang), Azhagam Perumal (Poobaal Raavar)

Language: Tamil

Katrathu Tamizh (I Learned Tamil) is a film about an ordinary young Tamil-postgraduate, who, frustrated with the circumstances and the futility of his job, slowly loses his mental balance and becomes a psychopath. Prabhakar is a Tamil teacher in a private school in the west Mambalam area of Chennai, leading a lonely life in a lodge. He is frustrated and even tries to commit suicide. For no fault of his is at the receiving end & terrorized by the cops and on the run after killing a railway booking clerk in a fit of rage. He roams all around the country, joining some saadhus, high on pot and growing his hair long with a shaggy beard. Finally he wants to exorcise the devils within and at gun point kidnaps a television anchor, who records his life story, where he confesses to killing 22 people in cold blood! For a dose of hard-hitting life, Katrathu Thamizh is your cup of black tea. The ending is based on a real incident.