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Kannathil Muthamittal
Kannathil Muthamittal

Kannathil Muthamittal

A Peck on the Cheek.

Genres

DramaWar

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A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Tamil

Runtime

137 mins

Rating

7.6/10

Release Date

14 February 2002

Country

India

Cast

P. S. Keerthana

P. S. Keerthana

Amudha

R. Madhavan

R. Madhavan

Thiruchelvan

Simran

Simran

Indira

Nandita Das

Nandita Das

M.D. Shyama

Delhi Kumar

Delhi Kumar

Ganesan

Suraj

Suraj

Vinayan

Kethan

Kethan

Akhilan

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj

Harold Wickramsinghe

Pasupathy

Pasupathy

Pasupathy

J. D. Chakravarthi

J. D. Chakravarthi

Dileepan

Kamala Krishnaswamy

Kamala Krishnaswamy

Kamala

Bala Singh

Bala Singh

Devanathan

M. S. Bhaskar

M. S. Bhaskar

Shankaralingam

Sashi Kumar

Sashi Kumar

Suicide bomber

Easwari Rao

Easwari Rao

Shyma

Mu Ramaswamy

Mu Ramaswamy

Sundaralingam

Kukku Parameswaran

Kukku Parameswaran

Sundari

Lakshmi Krishnamurthy

Lakshmi Krishnamurthy

Old Lady

Siddharth

Siddharth

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Shefali Chowdhury

Shefali Chowdhury

Refugee (uncredited)

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