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Ravana Desam

2013

A somber, harrowing plunge into wartime displacement, leaving a heavy ache of loss and injustice.

Directed by
Ajay Nuthakki
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ajay Nuthakki, Nanditha Jennifer, Ramesh Babu
Overview
Ravana Desam is an tamil dramtic movie written, directed and acted in by Ajay Nuthakki. The others in the cast are Jennifer (heroine), Allu Ramesh, Santhosh, Koutalya, Bharathi Rao, Serisha and Prabhakar. The camera has been handled by V.K. Ramraj, R. Sivan has scored the music, Karthika Srinivas has edited the film and P.S. Varman has taken care of art direction.

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Directed by
Ajay Nuthakki
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ajay Nuthakki, Nanditha Jennifer, Ramesh Babu
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • grief
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • sea
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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