Thulli Thirintha Kaalam is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age drama film directed by Balasekaran and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Arun Vijay  and Khushbu, while Roshini, Raghuvaran, and Karan play supporting roles. It was released on 12 March 1998.

Plot 

Four youths who are good for nothing while away their time doing nothing. Their parents too are fed up with their irresponsible behaviour. Kausalya comes to live in their neighbourhood. Seeing their lifestyle and behaviour, she decides to teach them a lesson.

Cast

Soundtrack 
Soundtrack was composed by Jayanth and lyrics by Vaasan and Dr. Kruthaya.
"Deewana" – Mano, Pop Shalini
"Mannil Enna" – Mano, Malgudi Subha
"Azhage" – K. S. Chithra
"Kowsalya" – Harini, Baby Deepika
"Tak Tak Tak" – P. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha, Nandha, Grubb
"Vaarthai Enna" – Mano

Reception 
A critic from Dinakaran noted "this film is a milestone that speaks well of the newly set-in trend in Tamil field created by the young generation directors". Ji of Kalki found Kushboo's flashback to be poignant, he found Arun Kumar's performance as poor but praised the other actors while also praising Jayanth's music and felt Kushboo was slowly becoming supporting actress. D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "Karan scales new heights in his career, while director Balasekharan, who has written the story, screenplay and dialogue, queers the pitch [...] Vijaygopal's cinematography captures the drama in good measure".

The film became a commercial success, prompting Telugu (Ammayi Kosam) and Manipuri versions (Amada Mari) of the film to be produced.

References

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1990s coming-of-age drama films
1990s Tamil-language films
1998 films
Films directed by Balasekaran
Indian coming-of-age drama films
Tamil films remade in other languages