1991 · drama · crime · gangster
Thalapathi
Directed by Mani Ratnam2h 37m1991
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.
Our read: Thalapathi (1991) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · crime · gangster entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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