August 16 1947
2023, Film, 144 min, Action, Drama, Tamil, India, MoviePedia score 60
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.
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Directed by N.S. Ponkumar
Cast
- Gautham Ram Karthik as Paraman
- Revathy as Deepali (Jameen's Daughter)
- Pugazh as Paraman's Friend
- Madhusudhan Rao as Zamindar
- Neelima Rani as Paraman's Mother
- Jason Shah as Justin
- Richard Ashton as Robert
- Suresh Ekambaram
- Prabhakaran
- Agran
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