[1] The supporting roles played by Rahman, Nassar, Guru Somasundaram, G. Marimuthu and Yogi Babu made guest appearances.

This film is written by M. Manikandan and Anand Annamalai with a music score by Ilaiyaraaja (without songs), edited by Anucharan (Kirumi fame director and editor), produced and designed by Balasubramanian and Vijay Aadhinathan.

The film follows the story of a man with tunnel vision, who is slowly going blind and cannot afford the surgery to fix his eyes.

When he witnesses a young woman's murder, the suspects offer him large sums of money to remain quiet and he inadvertently gets stuck between two parties.

One night, Ravi sees Vijay Prakash coming out of Swetha's house with a panicked expression and gets back inside suddenly and locks the door.

So in order to get his eye condition cured, Ravi agrees to remain quiet and takes ₹ 3,20,000 from Vijay Prakash.

Ravi visits the hospital to pay the money for his treatment, but is told that the full amount for surgery will be ₹ 4,82,000 instead of ₹3,20,000 due to some miscellaneous charges.

He initially says he doesn't know anything, but as he is angry at Vijay Prakash for not giving him money, he informs the police that he saw a man near Swetha's house on the night of the murder.

With Anu's help, he gets his number and meets him again, threatening that he will inform him to police and strikes a deal again, this time for ₹ 2,00,000 rupees.

One night he is met by Balan who was sent by Arun's advocate and he offers him a deal to remain quiet in the court, as Ravi is the only witness in this case.

Ravi agrees for a deal of ₹ 5,00,000 but Arun's side offer him only Rs.1,00,000 as advance and the remaining money after the hearing of the case.

In the court, Arun is cross-examined in front of the judge and he too says that he had a relationship with Swetha but argued and left when she brought up marriage.

Manikandan had committed to direct Kutrame Thandanai produced by the brothers of actor Vidharth, before the director had made Kaaka Muttai (2015).

The film's shoot began production in October 2014 with Vidharth and Pooja Devariya portraying the lead roles.

[9][10] A critic from The New Indian Express wrote "with its mature unconventional take on a crime scene, and its international feel and sensibility, Kuttrame Thandanai does Tamil cinema proud", adding that Manikandan displays "out-of-the-box-thinking, an intriguing screenplay and deft narration".