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Kollywood · Tamil cinema

August 16, 1947

2023 · Tamil · 2h 24m

Action / Drama / Historical / Thriller

Released
7 April 2023
Runtime
2h 24m

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Overview

An atrocious British general is in charge of a secluded fictional village in pre-Independence Madras. Spanning in three days, from 14 August to 16 August 1947 and follows the illiterate and oppressed villagers’ lives as they fail to receive the news of India’s Independence due to isolation. A local lout, Param, leads a revolt to free them all.

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Streaming data from JustWatch, via TMDB · checked 2 Oct 2026

Why you may like this

Fast-paced Tamil action with high tension and real emotional weight.

  • action heavy
  • emotional
  • social drama
  • thriller

Vibe

Dark57
Funny18
Emotional82
Fast71
Tense83

FrameSouth's reading, from genre, story and runtime · confidence 94/100

Cast & crew

Directed by NS. Ponkumar

  1. Gautham Ram KarthikParaman
  2. Revathy SharmaThenmalli
  3. PugazhThavudu
  4. TSR
  5. Richard Ashton
  6. Jason Shah
  7. Madhusudhan RaoSengadu Zamindar
  8. Bose VenkatIndian Officer
  9. Madhan Bob
  10. Neelima RaniParamans Mother

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