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Released
2013 · FILM

Soodhu Kavvum

A small-time kidnapper with strict rules teams up with three unemployed men for a high-paying job that goes dangerously wrong when they abduct the son of a powerful politician and draw the attention of a ruthless police officer.

“Rules Can't Be Broken”

Directed by
Nalan Kumarasamy
Written by
Srinivas Kavinayam, Srinivasa Kavineyam
Runtime
138 min
Language
TA
ComedyCrimeThriller

Synopsis

Dass specializes in small-time kidnapping and operates under a strict set of personal rules. The most crucial of these is to avoid involvement with influential individuals. Three unemployed young men meet Dass, and the four of them take on a high-paying assignment that directly violates this key rule, leading them to be pursued by a feared police officer.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

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Why a floor?

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Leo John PaulShot by Dinesh KrishnanScored by Santhosh NarayananDesigned by Vijay Adhinathan

Box Office

2013 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 39× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$12.0M

Budget$310K
Worldwide gross$12.0M
break-even (2.5×)

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