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Kaaka Muttai (2015)
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Add to a movie listKaaka Muttai (English: The Crow's Egg) is a 2014 Indian Tamil comedy-drama film written, directed and filmed by M Manikandan. Jointly produced by Dhanush and Vetrimaaran and distributed by Fox Star Studios, it features newcomers, Vignesh and Ramesh, in the lead roles alongside Iyshwarya Rajesh. And has music composed by G V Prakash Kumar.
Kaaka Muttai's story revolves around two slum children of Chennai, Tamil Nadu whose desire is to taste a pizza. The film had its world premiere on 5 September 2014 at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival, and was released worldwide on 5 June 2015, and received widespread acclaim for its story and cast performances. It went on to win two National Film Awards at the 2015 ceremony - Best Children's Film and Best Child Artist (Ramesh and Vignesh).
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In a tiny concrete-and-tin Chennai home in the slums live two young brothers with their mother and grandmother. With the boys' father in prison for unknown reasons and with an ageing mother-in-law, the mother does her best to keep the kitchen fires burning. The brothers spend their time playing games and stealing and devouring eggs from crows' nests. Their love for these eggs leads them to start calling themselves Crow's Egg the Elder and Crow's Egg the Younger.Actors
Babu Antony
(Shiva Chidambaram)
Silambarasan
(Self)
Aishwarya Rajesh
(Mother)
Ramesh Thilak.
(Naina)
Nivas Adithan
(father)
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