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Udanpaal

2022 · 113 min

A bittersweet, wryly funny look at a grieving family whose sudden greed turns tragedy into something absurd and quietly sad.

Directed by
Karthik Seenivasan
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Linga, Gayathrie Shankar, Vivek Prasanna
Overview
Paraman and his sister Kanmani, who are in dire financial straits, angrily refuse to advise their father Vinayakam to sell their house. When the news comes that Vinayakam has died in an unexpected tragedy, even in that grief-stricken state, the family gets greedy for the compensation that the government is going to provide. But fate twists again as the situation becomes funny yet tragic all at once.

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Directed by
Karthik Seenivasan
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Linga, Gayathrie Shankar, Vivek Prasanna
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 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
  • greed
  • family
  • class
  • fate
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Karthik Seenivasan
Written by
Karthik Seenivasan
Starring
Linga, Gayathrie Shankar, Vivek Prasanna, Abarnathi, Charle, KPY Dheena, Nakkalites Dhanam, Mayilsamy
Music
Sakthi Balaji
Cinematography
Madhan Christopher
Runtime
113 min
Country
India
Languages
Tamil

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