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

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)

Trailer

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