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Director:

Arun Vaidyanathan

Writer:

Arun Vaidyanathan (story)

Contact:

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Genre:

Drama | Thriller more

Plot:

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

Awards:

1 win more

User Comments:

Makes Tamil Cinema International more (1 total)


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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Additional Details

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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Country:

USA

Language:

Tamil

Color:

Color


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Makes Tamil Cinema International, 19 July 2009
Author: rsprasanna-1 from India

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. :)

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