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Maanaadu (2021)

Maanaadu poster
Original title
மாநாடு
Directed by
Venkat Prabhu
Country
India
Rated
15A
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A man and a police officer are stuck repeating the same day during a political conference. They must figure out how to break the loop and stop a deadly plot.

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What happens

Maanaadu (transl. Public Conference) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language science fiction political action thriller film directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Suresh Kamatchi. The film stars Silambarasan, leading an ensemble cast which includes S. J. Suryah, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Manoj Bharathiraja, S. A. Chandrasekhar, Y. G. Mahendran, Karunakaran, Premgi Amaren, Aravind Akash and Anjena Kirti. It follows an NRI and a police officer who are trapped in a time loop, on the day of a public conference, and forced to live the same day over and over again. The film was officially announced in July 2018. However, due to Silambarasan's unprofessional behaviour, which caused an extensive pre-production work, the producer ousted the actor in August 2019. The issues were resolved in November 2019, with principal photography commencing in February 2020. It was shot in Chennai, Pondicherry, Yercaud, and Hosur. Despite being affected twice due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, filming wrapped by July 2021. Maanaadu was released on 25 November 2021 in theatres and received positive reviews from critics. The film was well received by critics and became a major commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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