Miruthan (2016)

Original title

மிருதன்

Directed by

Shakti Soundar Rajan

Genre

action film, zombie film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A zombie outbreak begins in Tamil Nadu after a chemical spill. A traffic police officer teams up with doctors to escape the infected area and search for a cure.

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What happens

Miruthan (transl. Zombie) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action horror film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan and produced by S. Michael Rayappan The film stars Ravi Mohan (credited as Jayam Ravi), Lakshmi Menon, and Anikha Surendran, while Kaali Venkat, Sriman, R. N. R. Manohar, and Amit Bhargav play supporting roles. D. Imman composed the music, while Venkatesh S. handled the cinematography and K. J. Venkatramanan handled the editing. Shot in Ooty and Coimbatore within 54 days, the film derives its title from a hybrid of two words, Mirugam (transl. Animal) and Manithan (transl. Man). The film depicts a zombie apocalypse in the state of Tamil Nadu that starts after a poisonous liquid spills from a container outside a chemical laboratory in Ooty. Karthik is a traffic police officer who learns of the outbreak when his sister goes missing, and he finds himself attacked by some zombies. He teams up with some doctors to escape from Ooty to Coimbatore and find a cure for the outbreak, while zombies keep spreading from city to city. Prior to its release, the film faced issues when the Central Board of Film Certification granted it an A (adults only) rating. The makers approached the revising committee that passed the film with a U/A (parental guidance) rating. Along with a Telugu dubbed version titled Yamapasham, the film was released theatrically on 19 February 2016 before the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. Miruthan has also been screened at multiple film festivals such as the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, the Fantasia International Film Festival (the second Tamil film after Billa to get selected for this festival), the MOTELx - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, Mórbido Fest, the Sitges Film Festival, the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival and the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. Later, Jayam Ravi introduced plans to make the sequel Miruthan 2 as a superhero film so as to cater to younger audiences as well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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