Jithan is a 2005 Tamil-language Drama Thriller film written by Ram Gopal Varma and Vincent Selva. The movie is directed by Vincent Selva and produced by Radhika Sarathkumar and R. Raadhika Sarathkumar under the banner of Radaan Mediaworks. Jithan stars Jithan Ramesh in the lead role along with Sarath Kumar, Livingston, Kalabhavan Mani, Nalini Kanth, Pooja Umashankar, R Sarathkumar and Jasper in supporting roles. The motion picture is based on Gayab by Prawaal Raman and Kona Venkat. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva. Cinematography was done by R. Ramesh Babu and editing by Sadagopan Ramesh, and V. T. Vijayan. The movie has a running time of 132 minutes. It was released on 6th May 2005. The Film was successful at box office. Jithan was made on a budget of ₹1 crore and it was a super hit at box office gross of ₹4 crore. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Super Good Films. Surya , an introvert by nature, loves his classmate Priya from childhood but has never expressed his feelings towards her. Meanwhile, Surya's classmate Ajay also tries to woo Priya, in which he succeeds but to an extent. Priya does not like Surya as she views him as a nerd. One day, Surya gets frustrated as he is not being liked by anyone and cries loudly in a beach, where he finds a small idol of a God. He holds the idol, saying that it is better to be invisible in this world rather than being disliked by everyone.