Knock-Out (1992 film)

Knock-Out
Directed by	B. Lenin
Written by	Devabharathi (dialogues)
Screenplay by	B. Lenin
Story by	B. Lenin
Starring	R. S. Shivaji S. Sathyendra
Cinematography	B. Kannan
Production company	Buddha Pictures
Release date	1992 (1992)
Running time	19 minutes [1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Knock-Out is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language short drama film written and directed by B. Lenin.

Cast

In 1982, a gravedigger buries an unknown man and while clearing his body discovers a gold medal attached to his sacred thread. The corpse is revealed to be that of renown boxer Sanjeevi, who participated in the 1952 Olympics. After many years, a tour guide takes tourists to the memorial made by the government for Sanjeevi, which is inaccurately located and his grave is still exposed. ^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• R. S. Shivaji as a vettiyan ^[2]
• S. Sathyendra as Sanjeevi's corpse ^[4]
• R. Gunasekaran

Accolades

The film won the National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director (non-feature film) and the Islamia Critics Award for Best Short Film at the Cairo International Film Festival. ^{[2] [5]} The film was screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 1995. ^[3]

References

1. "Knock Out". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
2. Saravanan, T. (11 August 2017). "Making the right cut". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
3. "Knock Out". IFFR . Retrieved 6 October 2025.
4. Venkataraman, Lakshmi (23 March 2012). "Meet Mr. Versatile". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
5. "Grand Jury". Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival. Retrieved 6 October 2025.

External links

• Knock-Out at IMDb