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Iravum Pagalum (1965)

Iravum Pagalum poster
Directed by
Joseph Thaliath Jr.
Genre
crime thriller film
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A college student's home is robbed, but his mother stops him from telling the police. He becomes suspicious and investigates why she keeps quiet.

mysterioussuspensefulintriguingtensedarkgrippingnoir-ishfamily-centered

What happens

Iravum Pagalum (transl. Night and Day) is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Joseph Thaliath Jr. The film stars then newcomers Jaishankar and C. Vasantha, while S. A. Ashokan, Nagesh, Gandhimathi and Pandari Bai play supporting roles. In the film, a college student's house is robbed, and his mother prevents him from reporting it to the police. Suspicious, he sets out to unravel the mystery behind his mother's silence. The film was released on 14 January 1965 and became a commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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