Kunguma Pottu Gounder

2001 2h 34m TA

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5.2

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★5.2TMDB · 3

Family

Synopsis

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Kandasamy is desperate to enrol his son in a good school. Trouble ensues when his wife spots him with an educated woman who is posing as their child's mother in order to help him get admission.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sathyaraj
Kandasamy / Kunguma Pottu Gounder
Rambha
Alamelu
Kausalya
Saraswati
Goundamani
Chinnasamy
Karan
Shiva
Ramesh Khanna
Paramasivam
Mouli
School principal
Vinu Chakravarthy
Alamelu's father

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Suraj
Writers: T. K. Maheswar, Suraj
Languages: Tamil
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 154 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Suraj, shot by D. Shankar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sirpy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor S. Suresh Rajan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Sathyaraj and Rambha and Kausalya carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2325803 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Suraj directs. D. Shankar behind the camera. Sirpy scores. S. Suresh Rajan cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Tamil.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 154 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Suraj, shot by D. Shankar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Sirpy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor S. Suresh Rajan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sathyaraj and Rambha and Kausalya carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt2325803 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.