Kattradhu Thamizh (2007)
- Original title
- கற்றது தமிழ்
- Directed by
- Ram
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- Rated
- UA
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young Tamil postgraduate in Chennai loses his mental balance as he struggles against the city's gentrification and booming IT industry. He becomes a psychopath.
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What happens
Kattradhu Thamizh (transl. Learnt Tamil) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film written and directed by Ram, in his directorial debut. Produced by Salmara Mohammad Sharief, it stars Jiiva, Anjali and Karunas. The film is about an ordinary young Tamil-postgraduate, who becomes a tortured victim of Chennai's gentrification, fuelled by the booming IT industry, slowly losing his mental balance and becoming a psychopath The film was released on 5 October 2007, to unanimous critical acclaim. Although the film was not commercially successful at the time of release, it has since become a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Yogi (2007)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.