The hawk is the village sparrow) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Dhanabalan Govindara.

The film stars Nishanth Russo, Vivek Prasanna, and Gayathiri Iyer in the lead roles.

Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India gave 2 stars out of 5 and wrote that "The movie tries to be different, but ultimately falls short due to its mediocre filmmaking and inappropriate characters.

"[6] Anusha Sundar from Cinema Express noted that "Parundhaaguthu Oor Kuruvi has a decent premise and a fairly exciting plot" and gave 2 rating out of 5.

[7] However, Maalai Malar critic stated that "Despite choosing a different story, the screenplay of the film did not focus" and gave 2 out of 5 rating.