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Jagat
Jagat

Jagat

An Ignored Chapter of Malaysian Indians

Genres

CrimeDrama

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Set in the early 1990’s, a critical period in Malaysian Indian history, the story subtly underlines the plight of the Indian Malaysians. Forsaken by the estate owners who had employed them for generations and systematically marginalized, they are forced to move to the cities and survive under harsh circumstances. Left out of the nation’s urbanization and development plans, many live in squatters and work at minimum wage jobs…

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Budget

$67600

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Tamil

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

17 December 2015

Country

Malaysia

Cast

Jibrail Rajhula

Jibrail Rajhula

Mexico

Harvind Raj

Harvind Raj

Appoy

Kuben Mahadevan

Kuben Mahadevan

Maniam

Tinesh Sarathi Krishnan

Tinesh Sarathi Krishnan

Chicago

Marup Mustapah

Marup Mustapah

Da Gou

Aahmuu Thirunyanam

Aahmuu Thirunyanam

Mangai

Perakas Rajaram

Perakas Rajaram

Vadivelan

Senthil Kumaran Muniandy

Senthil Kumaran Muniandy

Bala

Azman Hassan

Azman Hassan

Informer

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