Film
Kannathil Muthamittal
கன்னத்தில் முத்தமிட்டால்
2002
TypeFilm
Year2002
LanguageTamil
DirectorMani Ratnam
CollaboratorsA. R. Rahman,Ravi K. Chandran,Sujatha Rangarajan
About
A nine-year-old adopted Tamil girl, discovering she is adopted, insists on finding her biological mother in war-torn Sri Lanka. Her parents travel with her into an active conflict zone. One of the most emotionally complex films about the Sri Lankan civil war, adoption, and what it means to belong.
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Why This Matters
Kannathil Muthamittal is Mani Ratnam's most tender film — a child's quest that becomes a meditation on identity, belonging, and the human cost of ethnic war. P. S. Keerthana's performance as the child is one of Indian cinema's great child performances. A. R. Rahman's lullaby score still breaks hearts.
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