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Released
2015 · FILM

Papanasam

Directed by
Runtime
181 min
Language
TA
CrimeDramaMystery

Synopsis

A father, a devoted cinephile, attempts to shield his family after his daughter commits a murder in a moment of passion, using strategies and techniques he has learned from the films he admires. As the victim turns out to be the son of a police officer, the man must navigate the dangerous reality of trying to evade justice while drawing inspiration from the fictional worlds he loves.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ayoob KhanShot by Sujith VasudevScored by Ghibran

Box Office

2015 · Box office

Grossed $14.0M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$14.0M

Worldwide gross$14.0M

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