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Mouna Guru (2011)

Mouna Guru poster
Original title
மௌன குரு
Directed by
Santhakumar
Genre
action, thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 29m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A college student's life goes wrong after he accidentally gets caught up in a criminal plot. He must fight to protect himself and clear his name.

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What happens

Mouna Guru (transl. The Silent Teacher) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Santhakumar and produced by M. K. Thamizharasu. The film stars Arulnidhi and Ineya, while John Vijay, Madhusudhan Rao, Uma Riyaz Khan, Krishnamoorthy, and Balakrishnan play supporting roles. Mouna Guru illustrates a misunderstood college youth whose life spirals downward when he unwittingly becomes involved in a crime plot. The film's soundtrack has been composed by S. Thaman. It was released on 16 December 2011 and became a sleeper hit. The film was remade in Kannada as Guru, in Telugu as Shankara and in Hindi as Akira. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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