Avatar) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Nassar, making his directorial debut.

Due to change in leadership of the temple committee, the festival's organisers prefer female dancers over Paandi's troupe.

Thereafter, Paandi dies during the stage performance, and the troupe splits up after argument over their inability to fend for themselves in life due to their dependency on folk drama as an occupation.

Kuppusamy is framed for rape and murder of Ponnamma and is branded as a lunatic by the judge in the court and is sent to a mental hospital, but he manages to escape.

[8] "Thendral Vanthu Theendumbothu" was later reused in the Telugu film Yevade Subramanyam (2015) as "Challa Gaali".

[3] K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times lauded the film, saying its only flaw was the cinematography: "Some scenes look blurry and dark".