Pudhupettai (2006)

Original title

புதுப்பேட்டை

Directed by

K. Selvaraghavan

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 59m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A student living in a Chennai slum turns to gangster life to survive. The story follows his rise through violence and crime in the city's underworld.

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What happens

Pudhupettai (transl. New Hood) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language crime action film written and directed by Selvaraghavan starring his brother Dhanush in the lead role, while Sonia Agarwal and Sneha play supporting roles. It follows the story of a slum-dwelling student from Pudhupettai who becomes a dreaded gangster in North Chennai as a means of survival. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with cinematography by Arvind Krishna and editing by Kola Bhaskar. The film was released on 26 May 2006. It had an average opening at the box office. However, it attained cult status in subsequent years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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