For years, the film was trapped on grainy VHS tapes and low-bitrate television broadcasts. Then came the DVD era.
You cannot talk about Kuruthi Punal without talking about sound. The film won the National Film Award for Best Audiography (for Akkineni Sanjay).
Breaking the 1990s commercial template, the film contains no songs , focusing entirely on its taut, psychological narrative and razor-sharp dialogues.