Papanasam (2015)

Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.

Director:

Jeethu Joseph

Writers:

Jayamohan, Jeethu Joseph (story)

Stars:

Kamal Haasan, Gautami, Nivetha Thomas

Top Rated Indian Movies #50 | 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kamal Haasan	...	Suyambu Lingam
Gautami	...	Rani
Nivetha Thomas	...	Selvi
Esther Anil	...	Meena (as Esther)
Asha Sharath	...	IG Geetha Prabhakar
Kalabhavan Mani	...	Constable Perumal
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan	...	IG's Husband (as Anant Mahadevan)
Roshan Basheer	...	Varun Prabhakar
M.S. Bhaskar	...	Hotel Owner
Aruldoss	...	Police Officer (as Aruldass)
Charlie	...	Bus Conductor
Delhi Ganesh	...	Gautami's Father
Sri Ram	...	Cheramadurai
Ilavarasu	...	Shanmugam
Vaiyapuri	...	Hotel Owner

Storyline

Suyambulingam, an uneducated but hard working and self-made cable operator leads a peaceful life in the town of Papanasam with his wife and 2 daughters. When some unexpected turn of events leads to an accidental murder, he throws himself into the quagmire to save his daughter and his family from the impending nightmare. How he fares in his ingenious attempts to extract his family out of the soup is what forms the crux of this thriller.

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Plot Keywords:

accident | 

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Taglines:

Nothing is over yet. They will come back!

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Suyambulingam (Kamal Haasan), is shown watching a musical number from the movie Tamil movie Siraichalai, featuring Mohan Lal and Tabu. Mohan Lal did the lead role (Georgekutty) in the original Malayalam movie (Drishyam), while Tabu would go on to play the role of the female Poilce officer (Meera Deshmukh) in the Hindi remake (also titled Drishyam)

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Goofs

The movie Anjaan was actually released in August 15, 2014 in India. But Kamal and his family see the movie at 3rd August.

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Alternate Versions

The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove a scene of violence (in which a character's fingers are broken) in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.

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Connections

Remake of Drishyam (2013)

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Soundtracks

Vinaa Vinaa
Produced by Ghibran
Written by Na. Muthukumar
Performed by Hariharan

User Reviews

Papanasam (2015)

The film was so thrilling and interesting. The film is full of twists and suspense. Kamal Hassan was awesome in the film with his outstanding performance. Songs and BGM were awesome in the film. Overall the film was awesome.

Details

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Country:

India

Language:

Tamil

Release Date:

3 July 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Papanasam

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$586,973

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rajkumar Theaters Private Limited, Wide Angle Creations

Technical Specs

Runtime:

179 min

Color:

Color