Panchathantiram (2002)
- Original title
- பஞ்சதந்திரம்
- Directed by
- K. S. Ravikumar
- Genre
- black comedy film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 33m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 35 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of friends causes a series of escalating mishaps during a bachelor party. Their attempts to cover up the trouble lead to more chaos and misunderstandings.
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What happens
Panchatanthiram (transl. Five Ruses) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film co-written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The story is written by Kamal Haasan with the dialogues by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Haasan, Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Sriman, Yugi Sethu, Simran and Ramya Krishnan, with Urvashi, Aishwarya, Sanghavi, Vidhya Venkatesh, Devayani and Nagesh in supporting roles. It loosely adapts from the 1998 film Very Bad Things with new elements added to it. Panchatanthiram released on 28 June 2002 and became a commercial success. Jayaram won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil at the 50th South Filmfare Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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