Thenmerku Paruvakaatru
| Thenmerku Paruvakaatru | |
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| Directed by | Seenu Ramasamy |
| Written by | Seenu Ramasamy |
| Produced by | Shibu Issac |
| Starring | Vijay Sethupathi Vasundhara Kashyap Saranya Ponvannan |
| Cinematography | Chezhiyan |
| Edited by | Mu. Kasivishwanathan |
| Music by | N. R. Raghunanthan |
Production company | Jotham Media Works |
| Distributed by | Global infotainment |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Thenmerku Paruvakatru (transl. Southwest Monsoon Breeze) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Seenu Ramasamy and produced by Shibu Issac. The film is named after a song composed by A. R. Rahman for the 1994 film, Karuthamma. It stars Vijay Sethupathi (in his lead debut), Vasundhara Kashyap and Saranya Ponvannan in her 100th film. The music was composed by debutant N. R. Raghunanthan with cinematography by Chezhiyan and editing by Mu. Kasivishwanathan.
Thenmerku Paruvakkaatru was released on 24 December 2010. The film won multiple awards at the 58th National Film Awards ceremony, including Best Tamil Feature Film while Saranya and lyricist Vairamuthu were awarded the Best Actress and Best Lyricist prizes, respectively.