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Iruvar

Iruvar

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Overview

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 Mani Ratnam, Suhasini Maniratnam, Vairamuthu
Produced by G. Srinivasan, Mani Ratnam
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Top Cast

Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Anandan

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj

Tamil Selvam

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Pushpavalli / Kalpana

Gautami Tadimalla

Gautami Tadimalla

Ramani

Revathi

Revathi

Marathagam

Tabu

Tabu

Senthamarai

Nassar

Nassar

Ayya Veluthambi

K

Kaaka Radhakrishnan

Kasi

Major Sundarrajan

Major Sundarrajan

Police Officer

Rajesh

Rajesh

Madhivanan

Themes & Keywords

politicsbased on true storyfilmmakingfictional biographyactingactorindian politicslove for cinemadravidian politicsdravidian ideology

About Iruvar

Iruvar is a history, drama film released in 1997 exploring themes of politics, based on true story, filmmaking, fictional biography, acting, actor. Directed by Mani Ratnam, it stars Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. 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.

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