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Captain Miller (2024)

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Original title
கேப்டன் மில்லர்
Directed by
Arun Matheswaran
Genre
action, war
Country
India
Runtime
2h 37m
Rated
15
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 78 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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Set in 1930s British India, a former soldier in the British Indian Army returns to his village. He must fight to protect his home and people from oppressive British authorities.

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What happens

Captain Miller is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language historical action adventure film directed and co-written by Arun Matheswaran and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. The film is the first part of a planned trilogy, and stars Dhanush in the title role, with Shiva Rajkumar, Sundeep Kishan, Priyanka Mohan, Aditi Balan, Edward Sonnenblick and John Kokken in supporting roles. Set in the 1930s, during the British Raj, it follows a British Indian Army veteran trying to save his home village from destruction by the British authorities. Arun wrote the script in 2018 and Sathya Jyothi Films was to produce it. However, nothing was finalised then until 2019 when it started to come into shape. It was tentatively titled D47 (Dhanush's 47th film in a lead role). The film was announced in July 2022. Principal photography commenced that September and wrapped by late 2023, taking place in Chennai, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, with cinematography handled by Siddhartha Nuni and editing by Nagooran Ramachandran. Captain Miller was released worldwide on 12 January 2024, the week of Pongal, in standard and IMAX formats. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed about ₹73 crore (US$7.6 million). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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