Ravana Desam

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Ravana Desam
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byAjay Nuthakki
Produced byLaxmikanth Nadendla
StarringAjay Andrews Nuthakki
Jennifer
Ramesh Babu
Sandesh
CinematographyVK Ramaraj
Edited byKarthik Srinivas
Music bySiva R Nandigam
Release date
  • 14 November 2013 (2013-11-14)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Ravana Desam (transl. The Land of Ravana) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Ajay Nuthakki. The film is based on the refugees missing during the 2009 Sri Lankan civil war. [1] [2]

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Plot

The film begins in Sri Lanka during the civil war between the Sri Lanka Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who are fighting for a separate nation for Tamils. The movie tells the story of refugees who went missing while trying to escape the fighting by crossing the border with illegal boats to Tamil Nadu in India. The film is based on true incidents that happened during the voyage. [3]

Cast

Production

Nuthakki spent almost four years on the film, with two years dedicated to research to get the facts right. Nuthakki stated that: "Even though my film is based on true events, I have built the premise on a very simple theme that humans are still animals and are likely to become extinct soon. What happened in Sri Lanka in 2009 was described by the United Nations as a bloodbath." He said that the time he invested in working on the film was worth it. The cast and crew for the production were on the sea filming for almost 120 days, with many of the actors getting sea sickness. [3]

Reception

The Times of India wrote, "Throughout the film, we constantly wonder what a better filmmaker might have done with this terrific material". [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ravan Desam inspired by 2009 civil war in Sri Lanka". The Times of India . 12 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Kumar, S.R. Ashok (19 October 2013). "Audio Beat: Ravana Desam – In search of an identity". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 Subramanian, Anupama (30 October 2013). "A film on missing refugees". Deccan Chronicle . Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ravana Desam Movie Review". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
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