Virumaandi (2004)
Virumandi
An ode to humanity
175 min
Angela, a civil advocate interviewing inmates at the Madras Central Prison for a documentary on the death penalty meets Virumaandi and Kothaala, who are sentenced to death and life respectively for their roles in perpetrating the massacre of 24 people during a brutal clash between feuding villages. As tensions mount within the prison walls, she listens to their conflicting accounts of the same story.
- Release date
- January 14, 2004
- Country of origin
- India
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Cast
- Kamal Haasan as Virumandi
- Pasupathy as Kothaala Thevan
- Napolean as Nallama Naicker
- Abhirami as Annalachmi
- Nassar as Chief Jailor Jayanth
- Shanmugarajan as Inspector Peikkaaman
- S.N. Lakshmi as Supputhai
- Gandhimathi
- Bala Singh as Thevar
- O.A.K. Sunder as Kothaala Thevan's Brother
- Rajesh as Chennai Police Commissioner
- Sujatha Sivakumar as Pechi Thevar
- Periya Karuppu Thevar as Temple Priest
- Pyramid Natarajan as Vaidhyanadhan
- Thennavan as Kondarasu Nayakkar
- Gnanasambandan Gurunathan as Jallikattu commentator
- Karate Raja as Virumandi's Friend
- Sukumar as Virumandi's Friend
- Kottachi as Virumandi's Friend
- Vikram Dharma as Gopal (Jail Warden)
- Rohini as Angela James
Crew
- Kamal Haasan · Director
- H. Banerjee · Writer
- Kamal Haasan · Writer
- Chandra Haasan · Producer
- Kamal Haasan · Producer
- Ilaiyaraaja · Composer
- Keshav Prakash · Cinematographer
- Ramsudharsan · Editor