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Dr. Nawariyan

2017 · 133 min

A broad, good-natured comedy that mixes gangster swagger with hospital heart, offering easy laughs and a sentimental streak.

Overview: Nirwan Senanayake, nicknamed as Nawariyan, is a thug: a crime don in Colombo. Given that his father had wished him to be a medical doctor, he creates the faux Senanayake Hospital and pretends to live in accordance with this wish whenever his father and mother visit him in Colombo.
How it feels: Light, absurd, warm and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Family, identity, love, redemption
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
love
redemption
class
Places: big city
hospital
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild