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78
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7 reviews read · 2 with the critic’s own rating
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A police drama about a low-ranking officer who inadvertently helps frame an innocent PhD student in an illegal custody case; touches on…
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CBFC: U/A
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Bharathy Singaravel · 24 Dec 2021
Singaravel calls Writer a courageous, politically grounded rebuke of hero-cop cinema, praising its unflinching look at caste and police violence… Read it there →
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90
Behindwoods Review Board · 23 Dec 2021
Writer (aka) Writter review Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 90
60
Haricharan Pudipeddi · 24 Dec 2021
Pudipeddi calls Writer one of Tamil cinema's most important films, praising its humanising, anti-heroic take on policing and standout performances… Read it there →
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86
Siddarth Srinivas · 25 Dec 2021
The critic calls Writer a realistic, engrossing procedural drama anchored by a towering Samuthirakani performance, naming it among the year's best… Read it there →
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83
Srinivasa Ramanujam · 24 Dec 2021
Ramanujam finds Writer engaging and true-to-life, praising Samuthirakani's understated performance and the film's realistic police-station… Read it there →
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76
Logesh Balachandran · 24 Dec 2021
Writer Movie Review: An honest attempt that could have been made better Read it there →
Published · 3.0/5
Filmi’s reading 63
60
Sudhir Srinivasan · 24 Dec 2021
Srinivasan admires Writer's characterisation of its weary protagonist and its unusual perspective but finds the film overstuffed with themes and… Read it there →
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58
Ashameera Aiyappan · 24 Dec 2021
Writer movie review: An insightful, unvarnished peek into the police force Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
70
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Synopsis
A writer at a police station gets trapped in an illegal custody case involving an innocent PHD student. With his guilt and regret looming large, can he save the young man?
Credits
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Franklin JacobWriter · Director
Govindh VasanthaMusic
Pratheep KalirajaCinematography
Manigandan SivakumarEditing
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