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In an era where commercial cinema relied heavily on five-song formats and romantic subplots, Kamal Haasan made the bold choice to eliminate songs entirely. The background score by Mahesh Mahadevan drove the narrative focus.

Kuruthipunal (1995), directed by P.C. Sreeram and written by Kamal Haasan, remains one of the most significant landmarks in Indian neo-noir cinema. A remake of Govind Nihalani's Drohkaal , the film stripped away the traditional "masala" tropes of the 1990s—dispensing with songs and dance sequences—to deliver a raw, psychological examination of the moral cost of policing and terrorism. kuruthipunal tamilblasters top

In a bold move for 1995, the film featured no songs , focusing entirely on the narrative and Mahesh Mahadevan’s haunting background score. In an era where commercial cinema relied heavily