Complex sentence: Though largely ignored during its release, it has since attained cult status in Tamil cinema, and in addition to becoming a trendsetter for Tamil films without songs, it set the benchmark in Tamil cinema for its noir-style lighting in some of its dramatic sequences.
Split into simpler sentences: Though largely ignored at the time of its original release, it has since attained cult status in Tamil cinema. In addition to becoming a trendsetter for Tamil films without songs, it set a benchmark in Tamil cinema for noir-style lighting with some of its dramatic sequences.