(dir. Nalan Kumarasamy, 2013)

Presented by Swarnavel Pillai and B. Geethe

Soodhu Kavvum (Evil Engulfs) revolves around small-time con man/kidnapper Das and his equally dysfunctional friends, Pagalavan, Keseavan, and Sekhar, who dream of a more considerable ransom when serendipitously they meet Arumai Prakasam, the crazy son of a rare honest politician, who fakes his own abduction to suck the wealth of his father, money given by the party for the election. This leads to the minister hiring a psychotic cop who wants to decimate Das’s ensemble of friends. Nonetheless, the absurd people surrounding Das, like his brother and the ethereal girlfriend, and his friends see to it that they are more than a match for the bizarre challenges, and things are resolved.