Paramapadham Vilayattu (Eng: The snakes and ladders game) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language political thriller film directed by Thirugnanam. The film’s release date has been postponed from its original date February 28, 2020 for unexplained reasons. A year later, the film’s theatrical release was cancelled and it was decided to release the film via Disney+ Hotstar on 14 April 2021, during the occasion of Puthandu. This is Trisha’s 60th film.
Chezhiyan (Vela Ramamoorthy), the Chief Minister of the state who enjoys a massive following, is hospitalised and his political party is on the verge of splitting into two. Amidst heated discussion among the party members on who should be the next CM, Gayatri (Trisha), the doctor who treated the CM, suspects foul play in the former’s death. She secures evidence related to the suspicious death, but gets kidnapped along with her daughter Suji (Baby Manasvi).
Directed by K. Thirugnanam
Story by K. Thirugnanam
Starring Trisha
Cinematography J. Dinesh
Edited by Pradeep E. Ragav
Music by Amresh Ganesh
Production 24HRS Productions
Distributed by Disney+ Hotstar
Release date 14 April 2021
Running time 132 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil