Herd of mad elephants) is a 2013 Indian Tamil language thriller drama film written and directed by Vikram Sugumaran, a former assistant of Balu Mahendra and the dialogue writer of Aadukalam.

[1] The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by N. R. Raghunanthan, while Ragul Dharuman and Kishore Te.

However, his first wife Sevanamma (Viji Chandrasekhar) and her elder brother Veera Thevar (Vela Ramamoorthy) control the local gangs and are feared by the villagers.

Jayakkodi prefers to live with his second wife and her children, Parthiban (Kathir) and Ammu (Vinitha).

Veera blames his brother-in-law's second wife and her children for destroying his sister's life, and he hates them, too.

After being outshone in temple donations, Ponram competes with Veera for land tender from the forest department.

Ponram's younger brother insults Jayakkodi, and later that night, he is brutally killed by Veera and his sons.

Parthi develops affection for a Malayali girl named Ritu (Oviya), whom he first meets at his sister's nursing college and later convinces her to stay at his house due to ragging issues at the college hostel.

Boologarasa invites his stepmother and half-siblings to pay their respects, but his uncle Veera threatens to have the entire village boycott the funeral if they attend.

Immediately, Veera's sons and cousins lock Parthi inside the house and attack him, with rest of the family waiting outside for one winner to come out.

Veera and his sons are arrested for murder, and Sevanamma is shown crying while cleaning Parthi's blood.

After associating Ravi K. Chandran for five years, Ragul Dharuman made his debut as an independent cinematographer in this film.

[6] Indiaglitz wrote, "Madha Yaanai Koottam is a heavy story, with intermediate dark comedy relief on a different genre of entertainment; the film, on the whole, is commendable."