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City of God is a film of genre Thriller directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery with Indrajith Sukumaran

City of God (2011)

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Length 2h25
Genres Thriller,    Crime
Rating69% 3.4908753.4908753.4908753.4908753.490875

City of God (Malayalam: സിറ്റി ഓഫ് ഗോഡ്) is a 2011 Indian crime thriller film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and written by Babu Janardhanan. It tells the story of Tamil migrant workers and a team of land mafia criminals in the city of Kochi. It stars Indrajith, Prithviraj, Rajeev Pillai, Rohini, Parvathi, Rima Kallingal and Swetha Menon.

The film uses the hyperlink cinema format as its narrative structure, a technique first used by Satyajit Ray in his Kanchenjungha (1962). City of God is not a remake and shares no resemblance to the 2002 Brazilian film of the same name, although both use non-linear narrative structure. The film received favourable critical reviews, but it ended up being a disaster at the Kerala box office as it was pulled from the theatres within one week of its release. The film was subsequently dubbed and released in Hindi under the same name.

City of God was one of the first among the "New Generation" Malayalam movies, although the trend was just becoming recognised during 2011. Had it been released a little later, moviegoers and analysts feel the film would have better received at the box office.

Synopsis

City of God starts with a road accident and the story traces the life of the four families who are associated with the accident. Each family has a different perspective on the city of Cochin.

Actors

Indrajith Sukumaran

(Swarnavel)
Prithviraj Sukumaran

(Jyothi)
Rajeev Govinda Pillai

(Sony Vadayaatil, a wealthy business-man who has involvement in illegal activities.)
Rohini

(Lakshmi)
Parvathy

(Marathakam)
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