Ponmagal Vandhal

May 29, 2020

2h 0m

★ 6.3

Delay in Justice is Injustice

Overview

A resident in Ooty named ‘Petition’ Pethuraj reopens a case from 2004 that involved a serial killer ‘Psycho Jyoti’ who was convicted for the kidnapping and murder. Venba, his daughter and a passionate lawyer, seeks to unveil the truth.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

2D Entertainment

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Cast

Venba

Jyothika

Rajarathinam

R. Parthiban

'Petition' Pethuraj

K. Bhagyaraj

Judge

Prathap Pothan

Karpooram

Pandiarajan

Varadharajan

Thyagarajan

Sakthi Jothi

Vidhya Pradeep

Tea Stall Owner

Crane Manohar

Alexander

Subbu Panchu

Vinodhini Vaidyanathan

Semmalar Annam

Bijili Ramesh

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

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