Paava Kadhaigal - Thangam || Kalidas Jayaram - Sensitive || Shanthanu Bhagyaraj || Sudha Kongara

Cast: Kalidas Jayaram
Shanthanu Bhagyaraj
Bhavani Sre
Written By: Shan Karuppusamy,
Sudha Kongara
Directed By: Sudha Kongara
Music: Justin Prabhakaran
Cinematographer : Jomon T. John

Plot - Thangam
Set in the early 1980's in a small town in Kovai district, Sathar (Kalidas Jayaram), a Muslim trans woman is in love with her Hindu childhood friend Saravanan (Shanthanu Bhagyaraj), whom she affectionately calls 'thangam (gold)' and believes that once her gender reassignment surgery is done, they can get married and live together as a normal couple. But Saravanan confides in Sathar that he is in love with Sathar's younger sister Sahira (Bhavani Sre). Though heartbroken, Sathar comes to terms with the harsh truth and unites Saravanan and Sahira who start seeing each other. Word spreads to both the families about the budding love and due to the religious differences, both families oppose the relationship. Despite Sathar's efforts to protect Sahira, she gets beaten up by their abusive father. Saravanan and Sahira plan to elope and get married and Sathar gives them the money she has saved up for her sex reassignment surgery. A year later, Saravanan and Sahira's families reconcile with each other and invite the young couple and their newborn child back home. Saravanan and Sahira are excited to reunite with Sathar.

However, they are told that after Sathar had helped the couple elope, she was disowned by her family and was thrown out of the house. She was forced to live on the streets where she is stalked and harassed by the town's hooligans. On one such night, she was being chased by the hooligans and all the villagers refused to let her into their homes. Out of desperation, she goes back to her parents for help, but her mother refuses to open the door and instead begs her to die at the hands of the thugs since that would make it easier for her to marry off the rest of her sisters and restore the family's honor. Sathar is devastated upon hearing this, and walks as prey willingly into the hands of the waiting thugs who violate and kill her mercilessly. Saravanan and Sahira are inconsolable at the entire Village's heartlessness and the misfortune they caused Sathar. They leave without meeting their parents despite their constant pleas. Saravanan goes to their favourite spot on the riverside, finds Sathar's little possessions and cries for his long gone friend.

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