

Kannathil Muthamittal
2002-02-14 · 137 min · ★ 7.7
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
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- Directors
- Mani Ratnam
- Production companies
- Madras Talkies
- Countries
- India
- Status
- Released
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P. S. KeerthanaAmudha
R. MadhavanThiruchelvan
SimranIndira
Nandita DasM.D. Shyama
Delhi KumarGanesan
Prakash RajHarold Wickramsinghe
PasupathyPasupathy
J. D. ChakravarthiDileepan
Bala SinghDevanathan
M. S. BhaskarShankaralingam
Easwari RaoShyma
Mu RamaswamySundaralingam
Cuckoo ParameswaranSundari
Lakshmi KrishnamurthyOld Lady
SiddharthBus Passenger (uncredited)
Shefali ChowdhuryRefugee (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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