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Arun Vaidyanathan (story)
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As a young Indian family in America struggles with life between traditional and modern values they are unknowingly marked as a child predator's next target. | add synopsis
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Andrea Harrison | ... | Reporter Emily Barker |
 | John Shea | ... | Theodore Robertson |
 | Sneha | ... | Malini Kumar |
 | E. Austin Valentine | ... | Mexican Boy |
 | Tatiana Suarez-Pico | ... | Mexican Mom |
 | Olivia Aupperlee | ... | Young Girl |
 | Mark Stolzenberg | ... | Clown |
| Prasanna | ... | Senthil Kumar |
| Tim Linden | ... | Police Officer 7 |
 | Phillip Langer | ... | Conference Team |
| Rick Pisarro | ... | Police Officer |
 | Vasanth Santosham | ... | Ron |
 | John Stagnari | ... | Security Guard |
| Dion Matthews | ... | Police Officer 6 |
| Anju Purushot | ... | Malini's Friend |
| Ian Knoblock | ... | Police Officer 5 |
| Akshaya Dinesh | ... | Rithika Kumar |
| Mohan Raman | ... | Parent at Party |
| Jonathan Wu | ... | Person at Carnival |
| R. Nagavarma | ... | Cricket Team |
| Arnold Sidney Jr. | ... | Police Officer 3 |
 | Darius Holiday | ... | Couple |
| Kim Carter | ... | Karate Student |
| Srinivas Perumal | ... | Cricket Team |
| John Proko | ... | Stranger |
| Peenal Patel | ... | Cashier |
 | Veera Budhi | ... | Parent at Party |
| Kevin Shah | ... | Karate Student |
| Aruna Guruprasad | ... | Geetha Harish |
| Deena Kontalipos | ... | Paramedic |
| Lucas Near-Verbrugghe | ... | Couple |
| Kalyan Satyavan | ... | Cricket Team |
| Kimberly M. Thomas | ... | Conference Team |
| Nabeela Lakhani | ... | Person at Carnival |
| Senthil K. Haldorai | ... | Cricket Team |
| Joseph Hendricks | ... | Child at Carnival |
| Revathi Budhi | ... | Parent at Party |
| Siva Kollipara | ... | Cricket Team |
| Abhinaya Dinesh | ... | Child at Party |
| Louis Ortiz | ... | Police Officer 2 |
| Avani Kumari | ... | Rithika's Friend |
| Shobha Natarajan | ... | Doctor |
| Bobby Jeevaraj | ... | Parent at Party |
| Magathi Balamurali | ... | Child at Party |
| Gabriella Alberto | ... | Karate Student |
| Subhatra Chandrasekaran | ... | Parent at Party |
| Nawin Seetharaman | ... | Senthil's Friend |
| Latha Sridhar | ... | Parent at Party |
| Abhinandan Mukundan | ... | Cricket Team |
| John Giglia | ... | Bob |
| Haritha Ramesh | ... | Child at Party |
| Mohanraj Jayaraman | ... | Cricket Team |
| Balaji Umashanker | ... | Child at Party |
| Carol Ann Foley | ... | Mother of the Boy |
| Dinesh Sundaram | ... | Senthil's Friend |
| Chaithanya Runmaii | ... | Classmate |
| Raghav Sridhar | ... | Child at Party |
| Dheepa Ramanujam | ... | Malini's Friend |
| Jasmine Gooden | ... | Child at Carnival |
| W. Latha | ... | Classmate |
| Kyle Ruggieri | ... | Young Boy |
| Tara Shanker | ... | Meena |
| Robert Konzzck | ... | Conference Team |
| Mohammed Qasim | ... | Cashier |
| Kevin Vigneri | ... | Karate Instructor |
| Peter Cascone | ... | Rudy |
| Celine Khaleel | ... | Rithika's Friend |
| Swaminathan Natrajan | ... | Raghavan |
| Simon Paul | ... | Cricket Team |
| Balamurali Kothandaraman | ... | Harish |
| Naveen Nathan | ... | Siva |
| Nandita Shanker | ... | Child at Party |
| Hemamalini Jayaraman | ... | Classmate |
| Srividya Muralidharan | ... | Parent at Party |
| Avr Sridharan | ... | Parent at Party |
 | Jelovus Steve Jeevaraj | ... | Vineeth Harish |
| Girish Sridhar | ... | Child at Party |
| Joan Antonoff | ... | Old Lady |
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Also Known As:
I'm Scared! I'm Scared! (USA) (informal English title)
There Is Fear! There Is Fear! (USA) (literal English title)
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The first Tamil language feature to be shot on the Red One Camera. Also the first Tamil film during which the director maintained an online diary during production. Also unique to Tamil cinema is the absence of any on-screen singing or dancing by any of character during the movie. more
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There is a difference in screenplay structure and narrative flow between a typical Tamil film and an international film like 'Acchamundu Acchamundu'. The film is a rarity in Tamil screens - no high sentimental drama, no fussy over the top acting and staging. Just a simple, neatly made film that you will love to watch.
This is a slice-of-life film that looks at the life of a cosy little family made up of Prasanna, Sneha and their kid. The movie is brilliant when it shows the chemistry between the lead pair, and their interaction with their kid is very natural. The director scores with his nuanced handling of actors, and the dialogs are very witty and crisp. The first half of the film is a breeze, as it is filled with such nuanced tit bits of life of a Tamil family in the US. Very enjoyable! I am glad to see Arun Vaidyanathan bring back the smacking wit and brevity of Sujatha to Tamil cinema. 'A Touch of class' which is much needed in today's times of blood thirsty heros, and gory killings in the name of 'realistic' cinema.
Prasanna and Sneha have acted very well, living heir characters and doling out a controlled, under-played performance. John Shea plays a pivotal character, and I will let you see what he does, as I do not want to reveal too much.
Over all, a commendable effort at taking Tamil cinema to the global arena. Camera and sound design are top notch. Production design is neat. Music is sufficient.
I heard the film has won "Best film" at the New jersey film festival and was invited to the shanghai Film Festival in June 2009. I can see why. :)