Summary
An atrocious British general is in charge of a secluded fictional village in pre-Independence Madras. Spanning in three days, from 14 August to 16 August 1947 and follows the illiterate and oppressed villagers’ lives as they fail to receive the news of India’s Independence due to isolation. A local lout, Param, leads a revolt to free them all.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+53)
Critics 14Audiences 67GoodWatch 36
Tomatometer14%
IMDb6.7
Running time
2 h 24 min
Longer than most action movies, +36 min on the typical 108
typical 108144Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2023
April 7, 2023
3 years ago
Genres
ActionDramaLanguage
Tamil
Original language
Made in
India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- NS. Ponkumar Director, Writer
Production · 5
- A. R. Murugadoss Producer
- Narsiram Choudhary Producer
- Om Prakash Bhatt Producer
- Aditya Joshi Co-Producer
- Shynu Mash Publicist
Camera · 2
- Selvakumar SK Director of Photography
- D. Narendran Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- R. Sudharsan Editor
Sound · 1
- Sean Roldan Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- T Santanam Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Perumal Selvam Costume Designer
- A R Abdul Makeup Designer
Other crew · 3
- Suresh Chandra Public Relations
- Dinesh Choreographer
- Ruff Rajashekar Fight Choreographer
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