A fringe entry, but beloved in online forums. A scientist in Coimbatore invents a "Star Screwdriver" that can unscrew the fabric of space-time. He discovers a parallel universe where the 1995 Tamil film Muthu was never made. The story gets meta: He uses the screwdriver to unscrew a scene from Baasha to insert into Muthu .
This story, often narrated by popular YouTube channel Story Tamizhan , follows a meek IT employee named Suresh who lives in a PG in Velachery. His roommate, a bully named Karthik, constantly steals his food and money. One night, after a fight over a missing idly , Suresh sees the roommate’s tool kit. He picks up a rusty screwdriver. tamil screwdriver stories top
The genius of this story is the internal monologue. For 70% of the narrative, Suresh simply holds the screwdriver, tightening and loosening the screws on a broken chair. The suspense isn't about the action; it’s about . Does he unscrew the chair or something else? The climax, where he uses the screwdriver to "fix" the refrigerator door, trapping the bully inside, is hailed as one of the top revenge twists in Tamil micro-fiction. A fringe entry, but beloved in online forums
It utilizes Tamil grama vazhakku (rural folklore) and transforms an inanimate object into a ghostly anchor. 3. “Screwdriver – The Silent Witness” Genre: Crime / Noir The story gets meta: He uses the screwdriver
Have a top screwdriver story we missed? Unscrew your thoughts in the comments below. All listed stories are works of fiction. No actual screws or electricians were harmed in the writing of this article.