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Sankham (2009)

Sankham poster
Original title
శంఖం
Directed by
Siva
Genre
action film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 35m
Rated
A
Rating
4.3 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man living in Australia returns to India to rescue his girlfriend from her controlling family. He gets drawn into a long-standing conflict between rival villages and uncovers secrets about his own past.

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What happens

Shankham (transl. Conch) is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film produced by J Bhagavan, J Pulla Rao under Sri Balaji Cine Media banner and written and directed by Siva. Starring Gopichand, Trisha and Sathyaraj, the music was composed by S. Thaman. The film follows a Chandu, an NRI living in Australia with his uncle and friend. When Chandu's girlfriend Mahalakshmi is forcefully taken to India by her violent family members, he arrives in India to marry her but is assigned a task that would eventually pull him into an ages-old feud with the rival village and lead him to the discovery of his true identity. The film was released theatrically on 11 September 2009. The film was also dubbed and released in Hindi as Phir Ek Most Wanted, in Bhojpuri as Baghi Balma and in Tamil as Sivappu Saamy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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