Sengadal (2011)
1h 40m
Running Time
November 29, 2011Release Date
Plot.
Dhanushkodi, the Indo-Sri Lankan border town, is the crucible wherein History is brewing this concoction of defeated lives and exhausted dreams. Manimekalai, the filmmaker, Soori, a half-wit Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee, Munusamy, the fisherman, Rosemary, the social worker in Jesuit Christian Refugee Services, try hard to retain their sanity in this mad jumble. Their interactions with the dead or living refugees, their skirmishes with the Indian and Sri Lankan States, their personal lives overrun by external events - form the kernel of this narration.
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Cast & Crew.
Leena Manimekalai
Manimekalai / Screenplay / Director / Producer / Story
Antonythasan Jesuthasan
Screenplay / Dialogue
M. Munusamy
Fisherman
S. Nimal
Soori, Tamil Refugee
Rose Mary
Social worker
Sreekar Prasad
Supervising Editor
M. J. Radhakrishnan
Director of Photography
Harikumar Madhavan Nair
Location Sound Recordist
Details.
Release DateNovember 29, 2011
Original Nameசெங்கடல்
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
Wiki.
Sengadal (The Dead Sea) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language independent film written and directed by Leena Manimekalai, who makes her directing debut and stars in the film. Produced by Janaki Sivakumar, the film features cinematography by M. J. Radhakrishnan and editing by Sreekar Prasad. The film was initially banned by the regional centre of the Censor Board, but Appellate Tribunal authorities of the board at New Delhi cleared the film in July 2011 after legal struggle. Sengadal was part of the Indian Panorama at the 42nd International Film Festival of India after the censor board had cleared the film.