Kannathil Muthamittal

Feb 14, 2002

2h 17m

★ 7.6

A Peck on the Cheek.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Madras Talkies

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Cast

Amudha

P. S. Keerthana

Thiruchelvan

R. Madhavan

Indira

Simran

M.D. Shyama

Nandita Das

Ganesan

Delhi Kumar

Vinayan

Suraj

Akhilan

Kethan

Harold Wickramsinghe

Prakash Raj

Pasupathy

Dileepan

J. D. Chakravarthi

Kamala

Kamala Krishnaswamy

Devanathan

Bala Singh

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