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Gharshana (2004)

Gharshana poster
Original title
ఘర్షణ
Directed by
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genre
action film, action thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 39m
Rated
18
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer takes on a dangerous criminal gang. A romance develops between him and a woman he meets.

tensegrittyseriousbroodingaction-packedmelancholicintensedramatic

What happens

Gharshana (transl. 'Friction' or 'Clash') is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film produced by G. Sivaraju, C. Venkatraju, and Kalaipuli S. Thanu. It is directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, in his Telugu debut. It is the remake of the Menon's own 2003 Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha. Venkatesh and Asin played the lead roles in the film, while the music was composed by Harris Jayaraj, who also composed for the original. Despite receiving mostly mixed reviews from critics, the film completed a run of 50 days in 70 centers and became an moderate success at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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