Virumaandi

Virumaandi

An ode to humanity

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Release Date

1/14/2004

Runtime

175 mins

Overview

Angela, a civil advocate interviewing inmates at the Madras Central Prison for a documentary on the death penalty meets Virumaandi and Kothaala, who are sentenced to death and life respectively for their roles in perpetrating the massacre of 24 people during a brutal clash between feuding villages. As tensions mount within the prison walls, she listens to their conflicting accounts of the same story.

Status

Released

Original Language

Tamil

Budget

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Revenue

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A meditation on truth and justice told through clashing testimonies from death row inmates, unfolding across a long, intimate exploration of how perspective shapes guilt and innocence.

Mood

ContemplativeTenseBleakMournful

Themes

JusticeMortalityRedemptionMemoryCrime

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Documentary-likeNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Graphic violence

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