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Kuruthipunal

  • 1995
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 23m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
4.9K
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Arjun Sarja and Kamal Haasan in Kuruthipunal (1995)
ActionDramaThriller

Suave and scintillating, this fast-paced action thriller follows the adventures and investigations of a group of honest police officers, who go undercover to bring down a terror network.Suave and scintillating, this fast-paced action thriller follows the adventures and investigations of a group of honest police officers, who go undercover to bring down a terror network.Suave and scintillating, this fast-paced action thriller follows the adventures and investigations of a group of honest police officers, who go undercover to bring down a terror network.

  • Director
    • P.C. Sreeram
  • Writers
    • Kamal Haasan
    • Govind Nihalani
  • Stars
    • Kamal Haasan
    • Arjun Sarja
    • Nassar
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    4.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • P.C. Sreeram
    • Writers
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Govind Nihalani
    • Stars
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Arjun Sarja
      • Nassar
    • 25User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Kamal Haasan
    Kamal Haasan
    • S. Adinarayanan
    • (as Padmasree Kamal Haasan)
    Arjun Sarja
    Arjun Sarja
    • Abbas
    • (as Arjun)
    Nassar
    Nassar
    • Badri
    Gautami
    Gautami
    • Sumithra
    • (as Gouthami)
    Geetha
    Geetha
    • Zeenath
    Nizhalgal Ravi
    Nizhalgal Ravi
    Subhalekha Sudhakar
    Subhalekha Sudhakar
    K. Viswanath
    K. Viswanath
    • Sreenivasan
    Anusha
    Anusha
    Srinivas Bhashyam
    • Pavan
    John Edathattil
    • Narasimham
    • (as John E)
    Arvind Krishna
    • Dhanush
    Pasupathy
    Pasupathy
    Ajay Ratnam
    • Krishnan
    • Director
      • P.C. Sreeram
    • Writers
      • Kamal Haasan
      • Govind Nihalani
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews25

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    10vigneshnedumaran

    Great movie.

    Just 2 words to describe this movie which is "Great movie". Acting vise kamal and arjun both are awesome. Whenever i see this movie, i can feel the rawness. Almost equal to a hollywood movie.
    9vinayjyothi-16247

    A Genuine patriotic and non commercial film

    A non commercial, genuine patriotic movie. Kamal Haasan's and Arjun's acting brought beauty to the story.

    A treat watch movie for all the true film lovers.
    10somikum-579-314367

    My only regret is that I saw this movie only once in theater!

    Everyone has a breaking point. What will you do when you reach the breaking point? Will you choose country at the price of yourself and your family or will it be otherwise? How difficult will the choice be? This is the theme of the movie.

    This is a classic from Kamal Hassan and team. His performance as Adhinarayanan and Nasser's performance of Badhri character are convincing. The story, screen play and cinematography are absolutely enthralling. The dialogues between Kamal and Nassar are the most thought provoking and captivating. A Hollywood style movie strictly sticking to the script. No songs, duets and dance to be expected from this movie. Sepcial mention to the make up of Arjun and Kamal in the terrorist interrogation scenes deserve a special mention. It is a movie that has cult status, with Kuruthipunal Kamal style hair cut, coolers becoming a trend and widely known across the gent's parlours in Tamil Nadu.

    My only regret is that I saw this movie only once in theater!
    9scorpiosunil-81912

    Action Thriller

    An example of action thriller movie in indian cinema carrier is kuruthipunal. Nailed it.
    10m_madhu

    an intense thriller!!

    kuruthipunal will remain a hallmark movie in indian cinema, based on a movie by govind nihalani ("drohkaal") - kamal & p.c sreeram have taken indian cinema to new heights with this movie.

    the tight screenplay, the excellent performances, the biting dialogues, the beautiful cinematography all add up to make this one of the best movies ever from india.

    the movie did surprisingly well for a movie without songs and was well appreciated in urban circles. the non commercial approach actually added to the offbeat theme of the movie.

    this in my opinion is probably kamal's best performance.

    a perfect 10.

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    • Trivia
      Kuruthipunal is the official entry into 68th Academy Awards (Oscars) under "Best Foreign Language Film" in 1995.
    • Connections
      Remake of Droh Kaal (1994)

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    • Release date
      • October 23, 1995 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Languages
      • Tamil
      • Telugu
    • Also known as
      • River of Blood
    • Production company
      • Raajkamal Films International
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    • Gross worldwide
      • ₹220,000,000
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 23m(143 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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