Iruvar

Iruvar

Power....Authority....Position....

1997 · 140 min · ★ 7.5 · History, Drama

A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cinema and Dravidian politics.

Directed by Mani Ratnam · Written by Suhasini Maniratnam

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Mohanlal Anandan
Prakash Raj Tamil Selvam
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Pushpavalli / Kalpana
Gautami Tadimalla Ramani
Revathi Marathagam
Tabu Senthamarai
Nassar Ayya Veluthambi
Kaaka Radhakrishnan Kasi
Major Sundarrajan Police Officer
Rajesh Madhivanan
Delhi Ganesh Nambi
Nizhalgal Ravi Ramani's uncle

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