Director: Suhasini Maniratnam; Producer: G. Venkateswaran; Cinematographer: Santosh Sivan; Editor: B. Lenin, V.T. Vijayan; Cast: Aravind Swamy, Anu Hasan, Nazar, Radharavi, Janakaraj, P.L. Narayana, S. Chandra Hasan, Crazy Venkatesh, Ashwini, Baby Monika, Master Vishnu, Lalita, Sheela, Viji, Lakshmi Amma, Satya, Srija, Praveen, Jagan, Ravi Shankar, Gowtham, Dinesh, Joshua, Giri
Duration: 02:16:50; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 7.397; Saturation: 0.126; Lightness: 0.393; Volume: 0.120; Cuts per Minute: 14.249
Summary: Tamil star Suhasini’s directorial debut, scripted
by her husband Mani Rathnam. Set in still
feudal Southern Tamil Nadu, the film tells of
the feud between the evil landlord
Kotamarayar (Ravi) and the villagers of
Maranur, whom he drives to a less fertile area
across a river. The villagers are led by
Sethupathy (Nasser), married to the villain’s
sister and excommunicated for that reason.
When Setupathy is killed by the landlord, his
daughter Indira (Hasan) takes over the
leadership of the village, with the
encouragement of her urban lover (Swamy). In
the film’s climax, when a flood threatens the
portion of the village occupied by the uppercaste
sections, Indira succeeds in establishing a
humanitarian relationship transcending caste
differences and set to the chant Inni achcham
achcham illai, inni adimai ennam illai (There
is no more fear, there is no thought of slavery).
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