Kadaisi Vivasayi
Kadaisi Vivasayi () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language drama film by M. Manikandan. It stars an 85-year-old farmer named Nallandi and features Vijay Sethupathi and Yogi Babu in supporting roles. Besides writing and directing, Manikandan produced the film and helmed the cinematography as well. Kadaisi Vivasayi released on 11 February 2022  and received widespread critical acclaim but ended up as a box office failure. It won the Best Feature Film In Tamil, Special Mention for actor Nallandi at the 69th National Film Awards

Plot 
Mayandi is an eighty-year-old farmer living a frugal lifestyle in a village near Usilampatti. He talks very little and displays very little emotion. As there are no farmers in the village, the village tasks him with providing the symbolic first grain for the village temple's annual ceremony. The village's other farmers have sold their lands to financiers for future developmental projects. Mayandi plants a new batch of paddy in his field, and one day he finds a peacock and two peahens dead in his cropland. He considers them vehicles of his favourite god, Murugan and buries them in his field. A fellow villager sees him burying the birds. Soon, the police arrest Mayandi for killing a peacock, India's national bird. It reveals that some years before, someone killed peafowl in the village, and the villagers heckled the investigating police, and there were no witnesses. The police want to avenge their humiliation. They find a witness and file a case against Mayandi, who take him into judicial remand. He is then brought to court and states the facts to the magistrate. Mayandi explains that the witness only saw him bury the birds, not the act of killing them. She reprimands the police for filing a false case and orders them to submit a revised report. However, since the police filed a First Information Report(FIR) and filing a new FIR takes time, the judge orders Mayandi to spend 15 days in jail. Mayandi mentions his newly-planted crop that needs regular watering. The magistrate ordered the police constable to water the crop. The police delay filing the changed report and neglect the field's care while Mayandi's stay in prison gets extended. Mayandi's relatives in the village take pity on the police constable (who is watering the cropland) and agree to take up that task themselves. When pests attack the crop, Mayandi advises them to control them with a traditional spray; however, it is laborious. An agrochemical dealer in Mayandi's village instead recommends that Mayandi's relative buy a pesticide. Mayandi escapes while waiting for his hearing and discovers the destroyed crop. The magistrate finds him in the field and tries to hasten a speedy release while ensuring support for a new crop to be planted and raised in time for the festival. The festival itself involves Ayyanar deities (including Karuppu Sami), who are appeased by a coming together of all the caste groups in the society, including the village potter, who has nearly lost his livelihood. There are two side stories. One is that of a villager, Ramaiah. Ramaiah has gone insane following the death of his love. At several points in the movie, they hint that he is the sane one in a world gone mad. Another is that of Thadikozhanthai and the elephant he bought after selling his land to a financial institution. There are also commentaries on hybrid seeds, industrial animal feed, and other high-input practices destroying sustenance farmers. 