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Aa Karaala Ratri (2018)

Aa Karaala Ratri poster
Original title
ಆ ಕರಾಳ ರಾತ್ರಿ
Directed by
Dayal Padmanabhan
Genre
thriller film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film is a thriller about a fateful encounter that takes place during a single intense night. It follows characters drawn into a tense and dangerous situation with tragic consequences. The story is based on a play about a dark event.

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What happens

Aa Karaala Ratri (transl. 'That Intense Dark Night') is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language thriller film directed and produced by Dayal Padmanabhan. The film is based on a Kannada play by Mohan Habbu which was translated from the tragic English play Lithuania by Rupert Brooke. In September 2020, director Dayal announced that he will be directing the Telugu remake of the movie which would be produced by Allu Aravind. The Telugu remake titled Anaganaga O Athidhi was directly released on the Aha. He had also revealed that he would be directing the Tamil remake. The Tamil version, titled Kondraal Paavam, was released in 2023. The film was remade in Malayalam in 2023 as Pakalum Paathiravum, making it the fifth Kannada film to be remade in three other South Indian languages after School Master, Sampathige Savaal, Devara Kannu and U Turn. Both the Tamil and Malayalam versions were released in March 2023 within one week of each other. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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