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Papanasam is a film of genre Drama directed by Jeethu Joseph with Kamal Haasan
Papanasam (2015)
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Add to a movie listPapanasam is a 2015 Indian Tamil thriller film directed by Jeethu Joseph and jointly produced by Suresh Balaje and Rajkumar Sethupathi. It is a remake of director's 2013 Malayalam film Drishyam, featuring Kamal Haasan and Gautami Tadimalla reprising the respective roles played by Mohanlal, Meena in the original.
The film tells the story of Suyambulingam, a middle-class cable TV operator, and his family. They come under suspicion when Varun, the son of the Inspector-general of police (IG), goes missing soon after harassing Suyambu's daughter. The rest of the film reveals how Varun disappeared and what Suyambulingam does to keep his family from going to prison.
The production work of Papanasam was undertaken by Suresh Balaje and George Pious. Music for the film was composed by Ghibran. The cinematography was led by Sujith Vasudev and the editing by Ayoob Khan. Principal photography commenced on 25 August 2014 and lasted three months. It was shot primarily in Kerala, similar to the original, and also filmed at Nanguneri and Tenkasi. Papanasam released on 3 July 2015 to positive reviews from critics.
Synopsis
Suyambulingam is a honest and hard working cable operator who along with his assistant Sermadurai (Sree Raam) watches movies through the TV every night and returns home in the morning. He is living happily with his wife Rani (Gautami Tadimalla) and two daughters Selvi (Niveda Thomas) and Pullimeena alias Meena (Esther Anil) in a small town named Papanasam in Tirunelveli District, Southern Tamil Nadu. He is a guy who dropped out in 4th grade but gets knowledge from "cinema" as he is a cinema fanatic. His elder daughter Selvi goes for a nature club where they take them to a camp where Varun, the spoiled son of IG Geetha Prabhakar records a video of Selvi changing her clothes. When he threatens her with the video, she ends up killing him.Actors
Kamal Haasan
(Suyambulingam)
Gautami
(Rani Suyambulingam)
Asha Sarath
(IG Geetha Prabhakar)
Kalabhavan Mani
(Constable Perumal)
Niveda Thomas
(Selvi Suyambulingam)
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