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Gnana Oli (1972)

Gnana Oli poster
Original title
ஞான ஒளி
Directed by
P. Madhavan
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 38m
Rated
U
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to rebuild his life after a troubled past, facing moral struggles and seeking redemption. The story follows his journey and the people he encounters along the way.

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What happens

Gnana Oli (transl. Light of Wisdom) is a 1972 Indian Tamil language film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, starring Sivaji Ganesan. It is a loose adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Miserables. This film was remade in Hindi as Devata (1978) and in Telugu as Chakravarthy (1987). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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