The best thing about Papanasam is how convincingly it makes us forget the original Drishyam, and manages to stand on its own. The film is almost a frame-by-frame remake of the Malayalam film and still, it doesn't give that vibe of being a remake. The small town setting, where everyone knows one another, is crucial to the plot and Jeethu Joseph's convinvingly sets his slow-burning crime thriller in picturesque Papanasam. Right from the slang, the local milieu is so well realized that the film transports us to the place. Script-wise, there are no major changes save for the fact that the proto…
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Papanasam
Overview
A cinephile tries to protect his family by hiding a heat-of-the-moment murder committed by his daughter by taking cues from the films he has watched. With the victim the son of a cop, can he get away with it?
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Release date
03/07/2015
Votes
48
Popularity
1.3
Kamal Haasan
Suyambulingam
Gautami Tadimalla
Rani Suyambulingam
Kalabhavan Mani
Constable Perumal
Asha Sarath
IG Geetha Prabhakar
Nivetha Thomas
Selvi Suyambulingam
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
Prabhakar
Esther Anil
Pullimeena Suyambulingam
Roshan Basheer
Varun Prabhakar
Charle
Bus Conductor
Delhi Ganesh
Rani's father
M. S. Bhaskar
Sulaiman Baai
Shanthi Williams
Rani's mother
Vaiyapuri
Hotel Owner
Ilavarasu
Constable Shanmugam
Aruldoss
Sub-Inspector Suresh Babu
Sree Raam
Cheramadurai
Abhishek Vinod
Thangaraj
Original Soundtrack
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> Every act is fair from their own perspective! The title represents a small town where the story takes place. An opportunity to see the old Kamal Haasan. It was like been ages, seen him in this kind of attire, especially Tirunelveli accent was phenomenal. As usual, his performance and expressions stole the show and none others were matched his par in the movie. Nothing wrong to call it was his show. Kind of addicted to 'Yeya En Kottikkaara' song. A typical Tamil song, if you are, you might feel the deep. It was a remake of the Malayalam movie 'Drishyam', which was inspired by the Japane…
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