Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai

May 1, 2015

2h 39m

★ 6.2

Overview

A revolutionary is sentenced to death for his anti-national activities. And so begins a battle of wits between the prison officer and his comrades, who try to rescues him with the help of the reluctant hangman who has been selected to deliver the punishment.

Genres

Action

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Binary Pictures

UTV Motion Pictures

Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai Trailers

Cast

Balusamy

Arya

Yemalingam

Vijay Sethupathi

Macaulay

Shaam

Kuyili

Karthika Nair

Yemalingam's Mother

Rama

Chellakunjan

Krishnamoorthy

Yaar Kannan

Rahul Thatha

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Cast

Balusamy