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Aaranya Kaandam

Aaranya Kaandam

A page out of the life of a gangster!

20117.52h 6m

Overview

A drama that unfolds between two rival mafia gangs on a single day when a bag of cocaine gets stolen by two innocent people.

Directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja
Written by Thiagarajan Kumararaja
Produced by S.P.B. Charan
Box OfficeBudget: $780KRevenue: $1.0M

Top Cast

Jackie Shroff

Jackie Shroff

Singaperumal

Ravi Krishna

Ravi Krishna

Sappai

Sampath Raj

Sampath Raj

Pasupathy

Yasmin Ponnappa

Yasmin Ponnappa

Subbu

R

Rambo Rajkumar

Gajapathy

Guru Somasundaram

Guru Somasundaram

Kaalayan

Krishnakumar Ramakumar

Krishnakumar Ramakumar

Astrologer

Ajay Raj

Ajay Raj

Chittu

Dhilip Subbarayan

Dhilip Subbarayan

M

Master Vasanth

Kodukkapuli

Themes & Keywords

neo-noir

About Aaranya Kaandam

Aaranya Kaandam is a comedy, action, crime, drama film released in 2011 exploring themes of neo-noir. Directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja, it stars Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj. A drama that unfolds between two rival mafia gangs on a single day when a bag of cocaine gets stolen by two innocent people.

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