Trauma (2025 film)

Trauma
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Thambithurai Mariyappan
Written by	Thambithurai Mariyappan
Produced by	S Uma Maheshwari
Starring	Vivek Prasanna Prathosh Poornima Ravi Ananth Nag
Cinematography	Ajith Srinivasan
Edited by	Mugan Vel
Music by	RS Rajprathap
Production company	Turm Production
Release date	21 March 2025 (2025-03-21)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Trauma is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Thambithurai Mariyappan. The film stars Vivek Prasanna, Prathosh and Poornima Ravi in the lead roles. The film is produced by S Uma Maheshwari under the banner of Turm Production House.

Plot

Selvi is focused on settling her financial affairs before getting married, but her parents are in search of a suitable suitor for her. Jeeva loves Selvi, but she doesn't reciprocate. Selvi, who works at a petrol pump, wants to get her father, Murugesan, an auto driver, a new car. Once, when Selvi receives the daily collection money from the petrol pump manager and goes to give it to her owner, he attempts to mistreat her while intoxicated, but Jeeva jumps to save her. After having a change of heart, Selvi now returns Jeeva's affection. They soon become intimate, and Selvi becomes pregnant. Selvi tries to contact Jeeva, but Jeeva doesn't answer. Selvi soon shocks her mother, Parvathy, by telling her that she is pregnant, but Murugesan is unaware of the situation. Selvi declines Parvathy's request to abort her unborn child.

Although Sundar and his wife Geetha are pursuing various treatments, Sundar is the real cause of their childlessness. Sundar's friend Raghu counsels him to be honest because she longs to have a child of her own. Even though Sundar provides Geetha with excellent care, he conceals his incapacity to avoid upsetting her beliefs that they are unable to conceive. Sundar starts receiving natural medicine at the BCC clinic without her awareness. Sundar starts taking the medication and delivers it to Geetha without telling her. The drugs work quickly, and Geetha becomes pregnant. Soon after, Geetha gets a menacing call demanding a ransom of Rs. 50 lakhs for her private tapes that question the baby's biological father. Geetha is astonished to hear that she became pregnant only after receiving therapy for her husband's prolonged impotence. Sundar and Raghu run to the hospital, thinking that they might have revealed the truth about Sundar's treatment, but they discover the hospital in a dilapidated state.

Two dimwitted petty thieves, Ramesh and Mani, band up to steal the car for a larger profit than tiny crimes on the advice of Suresh, the car mechanic. They break into a Ford car, but Suresh only gives Rs. 50,000. So they decide to steal a more expensive vehicle. Following numerous failures, the pair finds and steals a Benz. They are apprehended by the police while hurrying, and they discover Jeeva's body in the car's trunk. Ramesh and Mani are captured by Inspector Ajaykumar, but they manage to get away. Ajaykumar is under pressure to apprehend Ramesh and Mani as quickly as possible, as the news of Jeeva's body in the car becomes public.

It is now revealed that the money-hungry doctor who owns the BCC Clinic sends his goon, Jeeva, to impregnate the wives of the male patients who are impotent. Additionally, the drugs render them unconscious, and another henchman, Natraj, records Jeeva raping the patients' spouses so that they may use it to threaten and demand ransom. Since Jeeva hadn't returned her call, Selvi pursues Jeeva when she discovers him on the road. Selvi realizes that Jeeva was responsible for the heinous act of impregnating women and demanding ransom. Jeeva argues that he committed the crimes for financial gain and that he truly loved her. When Selvi pushes him away from her, he trips, falls, hits his head, and instantly passes away. To dispose of Jeeva's body, the doctor's goons load it into the Benz car's trunk, which was later taken by Ramesh and Mani. After discovering that Jeeva had cheated on her daughter, Murugesan begs Selvi to have her child aborted, which Selvi reluctantly agrees to since she doesn't want to have a child with a sinner like Jeeva.

At present, Geetha agrees to pay the Rs. 50 lakhs ransom in return for her private videos. Inspector Ajaykumar begins an investigation at the local bar to track down Jeeva's inebriated father, Ganesan, but Ramesh and Mani, who are there, are apprehended by the police. On the road, Ramesh and Mani spot the head doctor of the BCC Clinic, who is pursuing Geetha, and the cops now pursue the doctor. The doctor and his goons take Geetha, Sundar, and Raghu hostage after Geetha gives up the money. In a surprising turn of events, it is now revealed that Raghu is the driving force behind Sundar's treatment at BCC Clinic. Raghu goes on to say that to extract money from Sundar, he took advantage of his impotence. Geetha goes home when Raghu demands another 50 lakhs from her, but Inspector Ajaykumar stops her, and she tells him what transpired. Raghu and his goons engage in combat with the police. Meanwhile, Geetha is aborted after slipping and falling while leaving the location.

At the hospital, Sundar regrets not telling Geetha about his inability and laments that her dream has been dashed and that he is unable to grant her request because of his impotence. Ajaykumar tells Sundar that a guy should be a responsible husband and father, not merely a man who gets women pregnant. Finally, Geetha and Sundar are shown adopting a child from an orphanage.

Cast

• Vivek Prasanna as Sundar
• Chandini Tamilarasan as Geetha
• Prathosh as Jeeva
• Poornima Ravi as Selvi
• Ananth Nag as Raghu
• G. Marimuthu as Murugesan, Selvi's father
• Rama as Parvathy, Selvi's mother
• Pazhanisamy
• Namo Narayana as the petrol pump owner
• Nizhalgal Ravi as the Chief Minister
• Saivam Ravi as an opposition party leader
• Sanjeev as Inspector Ajaykumar
• Vaiyapuri as a Constable
• Gayatri Rema as Raghu's wife
• Pradeep K Vijayan as the Chief doctor at BCC Clinic
• Dilipan as a drunkard
• Madhan Gopal as Ramesh, pickpocket
• Selva
• Aruvi Bala as Bala, Jeeva's friend
• Agathiyan
• Sakthivel Adhi Meena as a Sub-Inspector Sudhakar
• R. Darshan as Kumar, an auto driver (uncredited)

Production

The film is written and directed by debutant director Thambithurai Mariyappan, while the cinematography is handled by Ajith Srinivasan, editing by Mugan Vel, and RS Rajprathap serving as the music composer.

Music

Trauma
Soundtrack album by RS Rajprathap
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Label	Saregama
Producer	RS Rajprathap
Singles from Trauma
"Trauma Varalaama" Released: 11 January 2025 "Thaalilo" Released: 24 January 2025 "Oru Paarva" Released: 12 February 2025 "Yaar Yaaro" Released: 12 March 2025

The music is composed by RS Rajprathap. The first single "Trauma Varalaama" was released on 11 January 2025. The second single "Thaalilo" released on 24 January 2025. The third single "Oru Paarva" released on 12 February 2025. The fourth single "Yaar Yaaro" released on 12 March 2025.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Trauma Varalaama"	RS Rajprathap	Guru Ayyadurai, Shruthi S, RS Rajprathap	3:08
2.	"Thaalilo"	Magesh Balakrishnan	K. S. Chithra, RS Rajprathap	4:12
3.	"Oru Paarva"	Magesh Balakrishnan	Naresh Iyer, Pooja Vaidyanath	3:33
4.	"Yaar Yaaro"	Arun Bharathi	Aparna Narayanan, Sai Vignesh	2:33

Reception

Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "The central scheme, involving fertility clinics and couples taking questionable medications, prompts several questions. No explanation is offered for how victims fail to question medication that renders them repeatedly unconscious, how assault goes undetected, or how blackmailers escape immediate police involvement. [...] It's the kind of movie where you see the pieces, but the picture never quite clicks." Kirubhakar Purushothaman of News18 gave 2/5 stars and wrote "It is tempting to praise Trauma as it projects itself as a film with a noble cause — advocating child adoption. However, that seems to be just a means to an end.[...] It is easy to say that Trauma is living up to its name, which would even make for a good headline for the review."

Akshay Kumar of Cinema Express gave 1/5 stars and wrote "Ultimately, Trauma suffers from a lack of coherence, weak character arcs, and misplaced narrative devices. Thambidurai Mariyappan's attempt to bind these narratives results in a disjointed film that lacks emotional depth and fails to leave a lasting impact."

External links

• Trauma at IMDb