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Mafia: Chapter 1

Original title: Mafia
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.8K
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Prasanna, Arun Vijay, and Priya Bhavani Shankar in Mafia: Chapter 1 (2020)
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A narcotics officer engages in a cat-and-mouse chase to capture a powerful criminal kingpin not knowing that it could have a connection to the truth in his past.A narcotics officer engages in a cat-and-mouse chase to capture a powerful criminal kingpin not knowing that it could have a connection to the truth in his past.A narcotics officer engages in a cat-and-mouse chase to capture a powerful criminal kingpin not knowing that it could have a connection to the truth in his past.

  • Director
    • Karthick Naren
  • Writer
    • Karthick Naren
  • Stars
    • Arun Vijay
    • Prasanna
    • Priya Bhavani Shankar
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Karthick Naren
    • Writer
      • Karthick Naren
    • Stars
      • Arun Vijay
      • Prasanna
      • Priya Bhavani Shankar
    • 52User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Arun Vijay
    Arun Vijay
    • Aryan…
    Prasanna
    Prasanna
    • Diwakar Kumaran (Viper)
    Priya Bhavani Shankar
    Priya Bhavani Shankar
    • Sathya
    Praveen
    • Student
    Thalaivasal Vijay
    Thalaivasal Vijay
    • Mugilan
    Bala Hasan
    Bala Hasan
    • Varun
    Arul D. Shankar
    • Selvam
    Mathew Varghese
    • Aryan's Father
    Bharath Reddy
    Bharath Reddy
    • Inspector Naveen
    Dipishi Blessy
    • Sowmya
    Kasra Abbaszadeh
    • Rojas Nalon
    Mahadev V. Adith
    Akram
    Anand
    R. Anantharaj
    David
    Melvin Dennis
    • Drug addict
    Melvin Dinesh
    • Director
      • Karthick Naren
    • Writer
      • Karthick Naren
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    3sathishgreen

    Time waste, totally

    I think this film total footage duration is 1 hour they stretched upto 2.30 hours with slow motions. No noticable plot twists at all. Easy guessings. Background Music is the only thing which make us can't sleep in this movie. Second part gonna come 😂😂😂 all the best for next film naren.
    6ddhanushram

    Not upto the mark..

    As Director Karthick Karen made us all sit in the edge of the seat with his previous thriller movie D16, Expectations for this movie was high and the classy look of Arun Vijay and Prassana made it further more fascinating..Fans were looking for something like Narcos but to be frank the movie had actually just 3 scenes which was dragged because of the slow motion shots which was just irritating after a point and the bgms were misplaced in many places..Apart from that,The movie is quiet good..All the actors have done well especially Prassana but he hasn't given much space to show his full potential..The best part of the movie is the climax which sets up for the sequel.. Overall if you are a fan of action movies,you can watch it but don't set your expectations high..
    4ananthragi

    Arun vijay shines, but the movie doesn't

    Boring regular story with nothing brilliance in it.not even a single scene with intelligence.better watch it in OTT platforms.
    5navendu_krishnan

    Disappointment !

    Its a disappointment if you go with the expectation of D16 from Karthik Naren. Lucky that this movie doesnt have much Love-Sentiments scenes, However this movie is filled with lots of slow motion repeated shots which is a big turn off.

    Runtime is around 2 hours, however the movie content is only about an hour. 1 hour is added due to extensive use of Slow motions in every scenes.

    Apart from the last 15 minutes, nothing goes interesting in this. Story, Dialogues, Acting is totally boring. Not a bit of Karthik Naren touch in this. Not even one casting went good. Arun vijay exists with his pale face and slow motion of him walking, holstering gun, loading and unloading gun, takes 5 minutes to say one simple dialogue. Prasanna is not upto the mark for a Mafia boss, even with suits, cigars, smokey scenes no impressions created. Priyabhavani Shankar - no comments, no idea why she is in this movie.

    Even if you go with low expectations, you wont enjoy the movie. This is just a chapter one, atleast some interesting story line only generated in this movie on the climax. Hence I really hope Chapter 2 will be better than Chapter 1

    5 out 10
    4bathrenathh

    Disappointed

    Doesn't look like narcotics mind playing movie Poor investigation scenes being a narcotic crime Good story line Good camera work Dragging screen play with unnecessary slow shots Poor logicall thinking

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      The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove scenes of strong violence in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.

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    • Release date
      • February 21, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official sites
      • Lyca Productions (India)
      • Official Teaser 1
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • Mafia Chapter -1
    • Production company
      • Lyca Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $98,941
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 53m(113 min)
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