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Jango (2021)

Jango poster
Original title
ஜாங்கோ
Directed by
Mano Karthikeyan
Genre
science fiction, thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 24m
Rated
U
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets stuck in a repeating time loop and must figure out how to break free. The film follows his attempts to understand and escape the cycle.

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What happens

Jango (transl. Awaken) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language science fiction film directed by debutant Mano Karthikeyan and produced by Thirukumaran Entertainment and Zen Studios. The film stars debutant Satheesh Kumar and Mirnalini Ravi. The music is composed by Ghibran with cinematography by Karthik K. Thillai and editing by San Lokesh. The film, credited as the first in Indian cinema to use the concept of time loops, was released theatrically on 19 November 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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