Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum (2014)

Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum (English: This Too Shall Pass) is a 2014 Indian Tamil tragedy drama film directed by the debutants Anil Krishnan and Srihari Prabaharan. The story, screenplay and dialogue were written by the latter. The film features Shivaji Dev, Shilpa Bhatt and Anusha Varma in the lead roles and is about finding a ray of light amidst a cloud of gloom and depression.

The film was produced by the twin sisters Aruna Guhan and Aparna Guhan under AVM Productions. Filmed by Saleem Bilal and edited by Anil Krishnan, the film features music by Umashankar and lyrics written by Manivannan and Sathyaseelan Rajendran. It is touted to be the first Indian studio-backed film to be made exclusively for the Internet. Made as a direct-to-stream video, the film was released in YouTube on 14 April 2014, which marks the New Year in Tamil calendar.

Synopsis

The film starts off on a tragic note and travels back and forth to then and now. Gautam (Shivaji Dev), a young man in his late twenties, and his fiancée in the U.S., Ramya (Shilpa Bhatt), exchange endearments at midnight little aware of the disaster that is to strike in a few hours. The next morning, he finds out that she has met with an accident and succumbed to her injuries. It isn’t easy for Gautam to come out of the trauma that hits him hard.

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