Manithan (2016)

Original title

மனிதன்

Directed by

I. Mueenuddin Ahmed

Genre

thriller film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 26m

Rated

U

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A junior lawyer struggles to build his career while facing mockery from his peers. He takes on a powerful supreme court lawyer in a major case.

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What happens

Manithan (transl. Human) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film written and directed by I. Ahmed. The film features an ensemble cast, including Udhayanidhi Stalin, Radha Ravi, Prakash Raj, Vivek, Hansika Motwani and Aishwarya Rajesh. A remake of the Hindi film Jolly LLB (2013), it revolves around a junior lawyer who, after a period of struggle and ridicule among colleagues, fights a case against a powerful supreme court lawyer, hoping to further his career. The film began production in August 2015 and ended by March 2016. It was released on 29 April 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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