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Devara Nadalli (2016)

Devara Nadalli poster
Directed by
B. Suresha
Genre
political thriller film
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

In a small coastal town in Karnataka, a political conspiracy unfolds after a real-life incident reported in 1998. A group of local men become entangled in corruption and power struggles. The film follows their actions and the consequences that ripple through the community.

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What happens

Devara Naadalli (transl. In God's Own Country) is a 2016 Indian Kannada language political thriller film written and directed by B. Suresha, inspired by an article that appeared on The Times of India in 1998, of an incident that occurred in a town in coastal Karnataka. It features an ensemble cast of Prakash Raj, Achyuth Kumar, Mandya Ramesh and Sihi Kahi Chandru. The film has received critical reviews from Japanese audience and lot of accolades as the film had Japanese subtitles which was the joint work of Sirish Chandrashekar and Ryozo Araki. This was nominated for South Indian film festival in Tokyo for the year 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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