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Nimirndhu Nil is a film of genre Thriller directed by Samuthirakani with Jayam Ravi

Nimirndhu Nil (2013)

Nimirndhu Nil
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Length 2h24
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Genres Thriller,    Action
Rating59% 2.9578252.9578252.9578252.9578252.957825

Nimirndhu Nil (English: Stand upright) is a 2014 Tamil action film written and directed by Samuthirakani featuring Jayam Ravi and Amala Paul in the lead roles. It was produced by KS Sreenivasan's Vaasan Visual Ventures. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. Ravi played a revolutionist for a social cause. The film, which was simultaneously made in Telugu as Janda Pai Kapiraju with Nani in place of Jayam Ravi, released on 8 March 2014 and received mostly positive reviews.

Synopsis

Aravindan Sivasamy (Jayam Ravi) is a 26-year-old youth who was brought up in an ashram run by a Harichandra (Nassar). The atmosphere that he grew, taught him high moral values, disciplines, dignity, devotion etc. But when he comes out of the place, his belief and learning will be questioned by the cancerous system. It unsettles him and make him fight against the immoral cultures of the society. He decides to taken on corrupt bureaucrats and his friend (Soori), a lawyer (Subbu Panchu) and journalist (C. Gopinath) along with his girlfriend (Amala Paul) join him in his mission to fight against the corruption.

Actors

Jayam Ravi

(Aravindan Sivasamy/Narasimha Reddy)
Amala Paul

(Poomari Mariappan)
R. Sarathkumar

(CBI officer Michael)
Meghana Raj
Soori

(Ramachandran)
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