Panni Kutty

Panni Kutty (transl. Piglet) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Anucharan Murugaiyan. The film stars Yogi Babu and Karunakaran, and also features Singampuli, Ramar, Thangadurai, Dindigul I. Leoni, Lakshmipriya and T. P. Gajendran in other important roles. K composes the music for the film.^[1][2][3] The film was released in theatres on 8 July 2022.^[4]

Panni Kutty
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anucharan Murugaiyan
Screenplay by	Anucharan Murugaiyan M. Manikandan
Story by	Teejay
Produced by	A. Subaskaran
Starring	Yogi Babu Karunakaran Lakshmi Priya
Cinematography	Sathish Murugan
Edited by	Anucharan Murugaiyan
Music by	Krishna Kumar
Production companies	Lyca Productions Super Talkies
Distributed by	Lyca Productions
Release date	8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Yogi Babu as Thittani
• Karunakaran as Uthravathi
• Lakshmi Priya as Kaveri
• Singampuli as Temple Priest
• Ramar as Brunei
• Thangadurai as Pandi
• Dindigul I. Leoni as a seer
• T. P. Gajendran as Periya Karuppu
• Shathiga Banu as Nilavathi
• Ashna Sudheer as Maragatham
• Janaki
• Madhan
• Nalinikanth

Production

The film is produced by Subaskaran Allirajah under Lyca Productions.^[5][6] Shooting has been completed in May 2019 and post production is in progress.^[7]

Music

The music rights of the film is owned by Lyca Music. The music of the film is composed by Krishna Kumar. Lyrics are written by Gnanakaravel S.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Oorkuruvi Oorkuruvi"	Mukesh	2:46
2.	"Otta Pirichu"	Anthony Daasan	3:49
3.	"Adiye Adiye"	Haricharan	4:46
4.	"Arakka Parakka"	Krishna Kumar	2:25
5.	"Pannikutty Pannikutty"	Praniti	3:10

Release

After many delays the film was released in theatres on 8 July 2022.^{[8][9][10][11]}

The film digital rights acquired by Sun NXT and started streaming from 12 August 2022.

Reception

M Suganth critic of The Times of India gave 3 stars out of 5 and stated that ": A gentle rural comedy that is likeable, but not compelling enough".^[12] Avinash Ramachandran critic from The New Indian Express rote that "Panni Kutty might seem like dark territory, but Anucharan’s sophomore effort is anything but." and gave 3 rating.^[13]Baradwaj Rangan of India glitz wrote that " We have heard of a wild goose chase. Here, we have a wild piglet chase."