Panchatanthiram

2002 2h 33m TA

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 37

ComedyRomanceFamily

Synopsis

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Ram's friends hire Maggie, a call girl, to help him get over his wife, who mistakenly believes him to be a philanderer. However, they get in trouble when Maggie ends up dead.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kamal Haasan
'Ram' Ramachandramurthy
Jayaram
Ayyappan Nair
Ramesh Aravind
Ganesh Hegde
Sriman
Hanumanth Reddy
Yugi Sethu
'Vedham' Vedhantham Iyer
Simran
Mythili Ramachandramurthy
Ramya Krishnan
'Maggie' Maragathavalli
Urvashi
Ammini Ayyappan Nair

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: K. S. Ravikumar
Writers: K. S. Ravikumar, Kamal Haasan
Languages: Tamil
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by K. S. Ravikumar, shot by Arthur Wilson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Kamal Haasan and Jayaram and Ramesh Aravind carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0385928 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

K. S. Ravikumar directs. Arthur Wilson behind the camera. Deva scores. Thanigachalam cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Tamil.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 24 years ago.
3Directed by K. S. Ravikumar, shot by Arthur Wilson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Deva. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Thanigachalam shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kamal Haasan and Jayaram and Ramesh Aravind carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0385928 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 37 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.