Manithan (2016)
April 29, 20162h 26mTA
6.4
14 votes
Overview
A struggling lawyer files a PIL in a hit-and-run case involving a business scion's son hoping that the resulting publicity would be good for his business.
Director
I. Mueenuddin AhmedWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Tamil
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Red Giant Movies
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User Reviews
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6.0Courtroom dramas have become a rarity in Kollywood these days and Manithan, a remake of the Bollywood film Jolly LLB, is a welcome relief in this age of ghosts and guns. The film with a hit-and-run and then the action cuts to Sakthi (Udhayanidhi, convincing), a struggling young lawyer in Pollachi. He is in love with Priya (Hansika, OK-ish) and to convince her father, who's also a lawyer, that he is worthy of her, moves to Chennai to practice at the high court. But he continues to get a break until he files a public interest litigation seeking to reopen the case of Rahul Dewan, the scion of a w…
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