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Summary
In 1986 Madras, a timid eight-year-old boy accidentally traps a feared gangster inside a deserted school toilet. As the gangster is forced to confront hunger, loneliness and his own vulnerability, an unlikely bond begins to grow between the two.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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- You want fast pacing
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 88GoodWatch 86
Audience score92%
IMDb8.7
Letterboxd · 39 K ratings4.2/5
Running time
2 h 39 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +50 min on the typical 109
typical 109159Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2026
October 1, 2026
This year
Genres
DramaComedyActionLanguage
Tamil
Original language
Made in
India
15 of 15
Vijay SethupathiBathvachalam 'Baththa'
Sai PrithvirajSabari
Lijomol JoseKannima
Sahasra SreeThenmozhi 'Thenu'
Santhy BalachandranSelvi
Arjun ChidambaramJyoti
Hari KrishnanThirunavukarasu
Ajay GhoshKonda
Deepa VenkatKonda's wife
Ramya PandianJayanthi
Vishnu GovindanDelhi
Ismath BanuJyoti's Wife- VVarunSabari's Classmate
Rekha KumananKannima's Friend
Kavin Jay BabuInspector Malar Maran
Directing · 1
- Balaji Tharaneetharan Director, Writer
Writing · 3
- Karthik Netha Lyricist
- Tamizh Aadhavan Lyricist, Playback Singer
- KK Nagar Gana Jeeva Lyricist
Production · 9
- Mohan Ganesan Executive Producer
- Priya Atlee Producer
- Atlee Producer
- Murad Khetani Producer
- Ajit Andhare Producer
- Alok Jain Producer
Camera · 2
- Selvakumar SK Director of Photography
- D Maneksha Still Photographer
Editing · 2
- R. Kalaivanan Editor
- Franklin V Colorist
Sound · 6
- Sai Abhyankkar Original Music Composer, Playback Singer
- Kunal Rajan Sound Designer
- Sid Sriram Playback Singer
- Sinoy Joseph Production Sound Mixer
- Harini Playback Singer
- Vangal Pulla Vicky Playback Singer
Art · 2
- T. Muthuraj Production Design
- S Kannan Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Vinoth Sugumaran Makeup Artist
- Shruthi Manjari Costume Designer
Visual Effects · 1
- H. Monesh VFX Supervisor
Other crew · 7
- Stun Siva Stunt Coordinator
- Kevin Kumar Stunt Coordinator
- U. Pruthvi Stunt Coordinator
- Raju Sundaram Choreographer
- Yuvraaj Public Relations
- V. Lakshmanan Production Controller
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