Kadal (2013 film)
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| Directed by | Mani Ratnam |
| Produced by | A. Manohar Prasad Mani Ratnam Suhasini Mani Ratnam Executive Producer Sivakumar Ananth |
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Jeyamohan (Dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Mani Ratnam Jeyamohan |
| Story by | Jeyamohan |
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| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Rajiv Menon |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
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| Distributed by |
Gemini Film Circuit Thirupathi Brothers |
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164 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹500 million (US$7.4 million) |
Kadal (English: The Sea) is a 2013 Indian Tamil crime-drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Mani Ratnam. The film features debutantes Gautham Karthik, son of actor Karthik, and Thulasi Nair, daughter of Radha, in the lead roles, with Arjun Sarja and Aravind Swamy in supporting roles. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman. The film revolves around life of Christian fishermen who instill the fact that how faith can sometimes lead to the triumph of humanity. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Kadali. The film was released worldwide on 1 February 2013 in both the versions.
Bergmans (Arjun Sarja), a brilliant but unruly student, is thrown out of his seminary for committing the sin of the flesh after being caught red-handed by fellow student Sam Fernando (Arvind Swamy). Blaming the good-hearted Sam for his ouster, Bergmans vows revenge and challenges to prove that evil does reign supreme in this world. Sam finishes his education and training and arrives at a village as the new Father of the local church. A local boy named Thomas of this village who is the illegitimate son of a local fisherman Chetty (Ponvannan) has grown up in a rough neighborhood, following the death of his mother and thus being forced to fend for himself.
Father Sam takes the run down church and the skeptical villagers in his stride and soon starts bringing about changes. Through a series of incidents, he also manages to get the unruly Thomas under his control and gets him to learn the tricks of the fishing trade from the villagers. The film fast forwards a few years when Thomas is now all grown up (Gautham Karthik) and is very close to Father Sam who is now a well respected person in the village.
Thomas comes across Bea (short for Beatrice) (Thulasi Nair) when she's running away from her convent school group who had gotten her admitted to hospital. They keep running into each other a few times and Thomas comes to like her presence.
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