Wait, I'm not sure if Mani Ratnam directed this movie. Let me verify. Actually, "Shanthi Appuram Nithya" is a 2000 Telugu movie directed by Suresh Krissna, not Mani Ratnam. I confused it with another film. The user might have made a mistake in the title details. The Tamil version of "Shanthi Appuram" is "Pudhu Vizhigal" from 2001. Need to correct this to avoid misinformation.