Poster for August 16, 1947

August 16, 1947

2023 · 144 min · Action, Drama

An atrocious British general is in charge of a secluded fictional village in pre-Independence Madras. Spanning in three days, from 14 August to 16 August 1947 and follows the illiterate and oppressed villagers’ lives as they fail to receive the news of India’s Independence due to isolation. A local lout, Param, leads a revolt to free them all.

Director
NS. Ponkumar
Writer
NS. Ponkumar
Released
April 7, 2023
Language
Tamil
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