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Nanban

2012 · 181 min

A warm, funny, and heartfelt journey that balances campus comedy with emotional lessons about friendship and following your dreams.

Directed by: Shankar
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth

Overview: Two friends and their rival set out to find a third friend from engineering college, who taught them how to be more than just victims of circumstances. During the journey, they recall their college memories.

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Directed by: Shankar
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
education
ambition
family
identity
Places: school
small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Shankar
Written by: Shankar
Starring: Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana D'Cruz, Sathyaraj, S. J. Suryah, Sathyan, Anuya Bhagvath
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography: Manoj Paramahamsa
Runtime: 181 min
Country: India
Languages: English, Tamil

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