August 16, 1947

Overview

An atrocious British general is in charge of a secluded fictional village in pre-Independence Madras. Spanning in three days, from 14 August to 16 August 1947 and follows the illiterate and oppressed villagers’ lives as they fail to receive the news of India’s Independence due to isolation. A local lout, Param, leads a revolt to free them all.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 7, 2023

Original language

Tamil

Spoken languages

Tamil

Cast

Jason Shah,Bose Venkat,TSR,Revathy Sharma,Pugazh,Richard Ashton,Madhan Bob,Neelima Rani,Gautham Ram Karthik,Madhusudhan Rao

Director

NS. Ponkumar

Writer

NS. Ponkumar

Producer

A. R. Murugadoss,Narsiram Choudhary,Om Prakash Bhatt

Cinematography

Selvakumar SK

Music

Sean Roldan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt21835934