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Jigarthanda (transl. Cold-heart) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language crime comedy film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by S. Kathiresan. The film stars Siddharth, Lakshmi Menon and Bobby Simha, with Karunakaran and Aadukalam Naren in pivotal roles. Set primarily in Madurai, it revolves around an aspiring filmmaker who decides to research a gangster named Assault Sethu, but must do so discreetly due to Sethu's ruthlessness.

The film was reported to be inspired by the 2006 South Korean film A Dirty Carnival. Filming took place between June and November 2013. Gavemic U. Ary was the cinematographer, and Vivek Harshan was the editor. Santhosh Narayanan composed the songs and background score.

Jigarthanda was released on 1 August 2014. The film became a commercial success and won two National Film Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Simha) and Best Editing (Vivek Harshan). Simha also won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil. It was remade in Kannada with the same title (2016), in Telugu as Gaddalakonda Ganesh (2019), and in Hindi as Bachchhan Paandey (2022). A prequel, titled Jigarthanda DoubleX, was released in 2023.

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