Thief) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film starring G. V. Prakash Kumar.

The story revolves around two friends attempting to kill an adopted grand father in an accidental death by elephant to claim the compensation from forest department while one of them falls for a girl.

[1][2] Kemban and Soori are petty thieves in Germalam village bordering Sathyamangalam forests.

Knowing this, Kemban joins as a labourer with the help of a contractor doing painting works in the old age home.

Azhagar tells his flashback that he had run a circus for several years during his youth days and hence he has no fear of animals.

Kemban is shocked knowing this as he feels it is difficult to make Azhagar die from an animal attack.

However, Balamani tells the truth that Azhagar has been trying hard to help Kemban secure a job in the forest department.

[7] A critic from OTTplay gave the film the 2 out of 5 stars and wrote that "Despite its decent performances by its lead cast, there is an inevitable lag in its storytelling and Kalvan does not seem to sense it".

[8] Prashanth Vallavan from Cinema Express rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote that "With a loosely packed screenplay that trudges from one pointless scene to another, and weak dialogues that damage competent performances, Kalvan has enough vacuous moments that make us zone out and question the point of its existence.