Witness (2022 film)

Witness is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Deepak. The film stars Shraddha Srinath and Rohini in leading roles. It was released on 9 December 2022 in Sony LIV.

Cast

 * Shraddha Srinath as Parvathy
 * Rohini as Indrani
 * Subatra Robert
 * Azhagam Perumal
 * Shanmugarajan as Sivaprakasam
 * G. Selva as Petharaj
 * Rajeev Anand
 * Thamizharasan as Parthiban
 * Sumathi G. as Indrani's colleague

Production
The shoot of the film was completed by December 2021, with the title revealed in May 2022.

Reception
The film was released on SonyLIV on 9 December 2022. A critic from The Hindu gave the film a positive review noting it was "a powerful anti-caste film that doesn’t pull any punches" and that "through powerful storytelling, debutant director Deepak and writer Muthuvel’s film raises important questions and shows the sheer savagery that we, the collective society, are ‘witness’ to". A reviewer from The Hindustan Times called it "a hard-hitting social drama on the horrors of manual scavenging". A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "Witness will be long remembered for the kind of conversations the women have in the film".