Mystifying Puzzle) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi (in his directorial debut) and produced by Deepan Boopathy and Ratesh Velu under, Rebel Studio Productions.
Vijay Sethupathi, Gayathrie and Mahima Nambiar feature in the leading roles, while the film's music was composed by Sam C. S., while the cinematography was handled by Dinesh B.
On the way to his music shop, Kathir finds a girl writing her name "Meera" in the drenched window of a bus, and both of them smile at each other.
Meanwhile, Vinod is sacked from his job when illicit photos of him with his boss's wife go viral in Facebook.
Kathir manages to get the sender's address via a customer care of the service provider from a female staff member.
Kathir finds out that an anonymous video was shared to the Narcotics Bureau of drug supply activities in a pub.
Kathir gets a message from the sender, who blackmails him to remove his clothes, wear a raincoat, and stand in a busy moving bridge for 10 minutes.
As it starts raining, the raincoat becomes transparent, causing Kathir to stand naked at the bridge.
He checks the entire room for a camera but instead finds many photos of Meera with Mithula and a diary in the wardrobe and he reads it.
Meera and Mithula alias Mithu were thick friends during their college days some years ago.
It is revealed that she shot the photos and videos of Vinod and DJ and is the reason for their death and arrest, respectively.
Kathir begs her not to make a hasty decision and explains that he has nothing to do with that action, but Meera tells him that he reacted only when his loved ones faced a problem but remained quiet when a third person got affected.
Meera tells him that she loves him a lot, but both of them have become a reason for Mithu's death and she cannot live with the guilt.
[4] Gayathrie was swiftly signed on to play a violin teacher in the film, and to practice for her character she began to learn the instrument part-time.
[9] In October 2014, Telugu actress Sonia Deepti also stated that she had a short role in the film.
Shreya Ghoshal won the Vikatan Award of the Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Mazhaikulle".
[14][15] A reviewer from Behindwoods.com wrote the film "falls short of an engaging puzzle", adding "Ranjit Jeyakodi’s intention to present an intriguing thriller is nice, but the way of conceiving the idea and delivering it on screen could have been more confined and focussed".
[16] Likewise, the critic from The Times of India wrote "given that Lens (2017) told us the same thing fairly recently (even though this film was shot a while ago), this ‘message’ doesn't impact us as much as it should".
[17] In contrast, The New Indian Express wrote "Vijay Sethupathi shines in this decent thriller" but adds "Puriyatha Puthir could have been so much more and that is disappointing".