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Thupparivaalan (2017)

Thupparivaalan poster
Original title
துப்பறிவாளன்
Directed by
Mysskin
Genre
action film, mystery film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 39m
Rated
UA
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective in India takes on a case about a child's dead pet dog. He and his associate dig deeper and find a larger criminal plot.

mysteriousintriguinggrittyinvestigativesuspensefulpacedtensenoir-ish

What happens

Thupparivaalan (transl. Detective) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Mysskin, and produced by Vishal, who also enacts the lead role with Prasanna. The film features Vinay Rai, Anu Emmanuel (in her Tamil debut), Andrea Jeremiah and K. Bhagyaraj in supporting roles. Loosely inspired by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, the film follows a private detective and his associate who investigate the death of a child's pet dog, which leads to them uncovering a bigger conspiracy. The film began production in 2016, and was released on 14 September 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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