What is Thaanaa Serndha Koottam?
{{Infobox film | name = Thaanaa Serndha Kootam | native_name = {{Infobox name module|ta|தானா சேர்ந்த கூட்டம்}} | image = | caption = Film Poster | director = [[Vignesh Shivan]] | producer = {{plainlist| * [[KE Gnanavel Raja|K. E. Gnanavel Raja]] }} | writer = [[Vignesh Shivan]] | starring = {{plainlist| * [[Suriya Sivakumar (actor)|Suriya]] * [[Keerthy Suresh]] * [[Nandha Durairaj|Nandha]] * [[Senthil]] }} | music = [[Anirudh Ravichander]] | cinematography = [[Dinesh Krishnan]] | editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]] | studio = {{plainlist| * [[Studio Green]] * [[2D Entertainment]] }} | released = 2017 | country = [[India]] | language = Tamil | budget = 25 crores | gross = 90.2crore }} '''''Thaanaa Serndha Koottam''''' ({{Translation|A crowd that gathered on its own}}) is an 2018 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Action film|action]]-[[Thriller film|thriller]] film written and directed by [[Vignesh Shivan]] and produced by [[KE Gnanavel Raja|K. E. Gnanavel Raja]]. == Plot == All the events in this movie happen in the period of 1986–1987. The film begins with Pallavaram Paranjothi Pandian attending an interview for a clerk's post and getting rejected due to lack of money for giving bribes to the officials. Now the story shifts to Nachinarkiniyan aka Iniyan attending [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] interviews and his friend attending police interviews. Both are rejected due to lack of bribe money for the post. Iniyan's father Porchelvan works as a CBI office clerk. He wants his son to be an officer, hence he pleads for the posting for his son to his higher officials. However, he earned the wrath of his senior official officer Uthaman, a corrupt official. Once during a raid, he asks for money. Porchelvan did not approve of this and complains about Uthaman in the form of an anonymous letter. Uthaman learns of this and exacts revenge by purposely