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Kurangu Bommai

2017 · 106 min

A slow-burning, grim crime tale that tightens like a noose, mixing dread with heartbreak and a quietly savage sense of payback.

Directed by
Nithilan Saminathan
Genres
Action, Crime, Family
Starring
Vidharth, Bharathiraja, Delna Davis
Overview
An honest driver tries to find the owner of a bag, supposedly containing money to fund the marriage of the man’s daughter, not realising that it was used by his own father to move a stolen idol.

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Directed by
Nithilan Saminathan
Genres
Action, Crime, Family
Starring
Vidharth, Bharathiraja, Delna Davis
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • betrayal
  • greed
  • justice
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Cinematography
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106 min
Country
India
Languages
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