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Kannathil Muthamittal
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Kannathil Muthamittal

2002 · 137 min Drama War
7.7 / 10 · TMDB

A girl discovers she was adopted, and this revelation ignites an unquenchable desire to find her birth mother. Her family, wrestling with their own doubts, agrees to journey to Sri Lanka—a land they know only through vague impressions. Their search leads them not to a longed-for reunion, but into the heart of a civil war, where they come face-to-face with the harsh reality of the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. A personal quest becomes inextricably woven into a collective tragedy.

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The film constructs a delicate bridge between an intimate family drama and a vast historical conflict. The director resists easy answers, revealing how a search for roots can lead to the most unexpected and dangerous places.

What lingers after the credits is a profound sense of the fragility of individual lives against the grinding machinery of war. The contrast between a child's perspective and adult brutality is handled with unsettling clarity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Mani Ratnam

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The tense silence of the tropics, broken by distant blasts. Dusty roads leading into the unknown.

🎭 Cast

P. S. Keerthana

P. S. Keerthana

Amudha

R. Madhavan

R. Madhavan

Thiruchelvan

Simran

Simran

Indira

Nandita Das

Nandita Das

M.D. Shyama

Delhi Kumar

Delhi Kumar

Ganesan

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Suraj

Vinayan

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Kethan

Akhilan

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj

Harold Wickramsinghe

Pasupathy

Pasupathy

Pasupathy

J. D. Chakravarthi

J. D. Chakravarthi

Dileepan

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