1992 · drama · crime · tamil
Thevar Magan
Directed by Bharathan2h 40m1992
London-educated Saktivelu returns to India and wants to open a chain of restaurants in Chennai. His father, however, wishes that he would stay back and help the villagers.
Our read: Thevar Magan (1992) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · crime · tamil entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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