Kabadadaari (2021)

Original title

கபடதாரி

Directed by

Pradeep Krishnamoorthy

Genre

crime, thriller

Country

India

Runtime

2h 26m

Rated

UA

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police officer investigates a decades-old case that leads him into a tangled web of secrets and lies. He must piece together clues while facing pressure from those who want the truth buried.

tensemysteriousgrittysuspensefuldarknoir-ishslow-burnintricate

What happens

Kabadadaari (transl. The One who disguises himself) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Pradeep Krishnamoorthy and produced by G. Dhananjayan. A remake of the 2019 Kannada film Kavaludaari, the film stars Sibi Sathyaraj along with Nandita Swetha, Nassar, Jayaprakash, Suman Ranganathan, and Pradeep Krishnamoorthy in supporting roles. The music and background score for the film is composed by Simon K. King, with cinematography handled by Rasamathi and editing done by Praveen K. L. It was simultaneously made in Telugu as Kapatadhaari with Sumanth in the lead role. The film released on 28 January 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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