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01/05/2015 Action, Crime, Drama 2h 39m
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Overview

A revolutionary is sentenced to death for his anti-national activities. And so begins a battle of wits between the prison officer and his comrades, who try to rescues him with the help of the reluctant hangman who has been selected to deliver the punishment.

  1. S. P. Jananathan

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Arya

    Balusamy

  2. Vijay Sethupathi

    Yemalingam

  3. Shaam

    Macaulay

  4. Karthika Nair

    Kuyili

  5. Rama

    Yemalingam's Mother

  6. Krishnamoorthy

    Chellakunjan

  7. Yaar Kannan

  8. Rahul Thatha

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Reviews

A review by timesofindia
Written by timesofindia on 2015-07-04
Many a director would have chosen to make Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai as a prison break movie that along its way touches upon debatable issues like communism, capitalism and death penalty. But SP Jhananathan has other ideas as he turns Purampokku into a call for discussion on these topics without making the film overtly preachy. That the director has managed to achieve this without making comprises for the sake of censors is quite a feat.

His protagonist is Balusamy (Arya), a young man with communist ideology, who, at the start of the film receives the death penalty for what the governme...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Tamil

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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