Laabam

<p>Pakkiri returns to his native place after an exile and straight away takes on the village head Vanagamudi. With the support of the locals, he becomes the president of the village and decides to give agriculture a new touch with his techniques. The rest of the story is about how Pakkiri manages the local goons with the help of Clara and comes out victorious. The film is directed by , who made a brief comeback into direction since working for , which released in 2015. Principal photography for commenced on 22 April 2019. was cast as in a male lead role to play a social activist. was initially considered for the role of Clara, before was confirmed to play the role. Jananathan died on 14 March 2021 during the post-production stage, thus making his final film as a director. The music was composed by , collaborating with Vijay Sethupathi for the fourth time (after , and ) and Jananathan for the first and only time. The audio rights were acquired by and . All lyrics are written by . wrote, “The film’s narrative is quite fractured. Rather than moving from one incident to the other, here, it moves from one issue to the other at a rapid pace giving us a false sense of momentum.” called it “more a visual representation of a protagonist in a television programme [..] than a film”. The film is available on online streaming platform Netflix.</p>