Munnel

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Sivakumar Lingeswaran as Rudran
• Thurkka Magendran as Vaani

Storyline:

The film’s plot revolves around a Tamil militant called Rudran (Sivakumar Lingeswaran) who returns home from military detention after being released on bail. He was arrested for committing felonies/attrocites against the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and was accused for charges under the section 17 of the Prevention of terrorism Act 1978 and under section 17 of gathering intelligence on the military to carry out ambushes and for not providing information to the government authorities regarding the LTTE actions. He later goes out in search for his missing girlfriend Vaani (Thurkka Magendran) who had disappeared during the Sri Lankan Civil War. He then joins a month-long pilgrimage hoping to meet Vaani.

About Movie:

Munnel is a Sri Lankan Tamil-language drama film, written, directed, and produced by Visakesa Chandrasekaram. The film garnered positive reviews following its screening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

It had its theatrical release in Sri Lanka on 3 November 2023. Munnel is notable for being potentially the first fully home-grown Tamil film in the history of Sri Lankan cinema, with most of the crew comprising native Sri Lankans.