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I AM GOD

Bala
India
 - 2009

For astrological reasons, a superstitious father thinks his son Rudran was born under an evil star and therefore abandoned him in Kasi when he was still a child. Years later, repenting his act he goes with his daughter in search of him. He finds him there but is shocked to learn that he has become an Aghori: an ascetic who spends his life close to death —which is why people fear him and his kind. And he will need all these qualities (bordering on curses) when he comes face-to-face with Thandavan, the ruthless ruler of a band of handicapped beggars.

Bala

Born in Chinnamanur, India, in 1966. He is a filmmaker, screenwriter and producer working in Tamil cinema. In 1999 he made his feature debut with ‘Sethu’, and later he directed ‘Nandha’ (2001) and ‘Son of Ancestors’ (2003). For his fourth feature film, ‘I Am God’ (2009), he received the Golden Lotus Award to the Best Director at the National Film Awards. His filmography also includes ‘Avan Ivan’ (2011), the period drama ‘Vagabond’ (2013), ‘Tharai Thappattai’ (2016), ‘Naachiyaar’ (2018) and ‘Varma’ (2020).

DIRECTOR
Bala
SCREENPLAY
Bala, Jayamohan, Swaroop Sreenivas
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arthur Wilson
EDITOR
Suresh Urs
MUSIC
Ilaiyaraaja
PRODUCTION
Sivasri Sreenivasan
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Vasan Visual Ventures, Pyramid Saimira Group, Speed Movies
CAST
Arya, Pooja Umashankar, ‘Motta’ Rajendran, Singampuli, Krishnamoorthy, Azhagan Tamizhmani, Rajendranath, Bharathi Ranjini
RUNNING TIME
126 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2009
VERSION
O.V. in Tamil subtitled in English and Spanish
COUNTRY
India

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