Neelira (2026)
நீளிரா
Based on the memories of a war child.
A wedding eve in 1988 Sri Lanka turns into a hostage standoff when Indian Army soldiers occupy a family's home overnight.
- Date of release
- 2026-04-03
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Thriller, War
- Director
- Someetharan
Casting
- Naveen Chandra — Captain
- Sananth — Devan 'Castro'
- Kapila Venu — Devaki
- Roopa Koduvayur
- Vidhu — Muthappa
- Sidhu kumaresan — Vasuki
- Vincent Nakul
- Tharmeega Manimaran
- Gajaraj
Interesting facts
Neelira is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language war film written and directed by Someetharan. The film stars an ensemble cast including Naveen Chandra, Sananth, Kapila Venu, Roopa Koduvayur, and Tharmeega Manimaran. Set in Sri Lanka in 1988, the plot features a Sri Lankan Tamil family preparing for a wedding amidst the Sri Lankan civil war, but soon having their home invaded and be held hostage by a group of Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) soldiers.
Production
Neelira marks the feature film directorial debut of Someetharan, a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist and documentary filmmaker. Someetharan stated that the film was inspired by his own lived experiences growing up in a militarised zone in Jaffna. The film was produced by Kaarthikeyan S, Karthik Subbaraj, Rana Daggubati and Kalyan Subramanian under the banners of Stone Bench Studio and Spirit Media.
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