Thamassu (2010)
Thamassu is a journey from violence to humanism. Shankar (Shivaraj Kumar) is a police officer and Shanthi (Padmapriya) is a doctor. They both will marry but soon realize that their ways of thinking is different. Over the course of their confrontations, Shankar begins to question himself and realizes that like terrorists, he also believes in violence. Later how he change himself forms the story.It is a story each one of us goes through. How much of what we think as right, really right? How much of what we do as our duty, really service? Agni Sridhar weaves the story marvellously, touching upon issues of state sponsored religious riots, terrorism and the purity of human relationships which goes beyond all boundaries.
- Date of release
- 2010-06-11
- Genres
- Action
- Director
- Agni Shridhar
Casting
- Shiva Rajkumar — Shankar
- Padmapriya Janakiraman — Shanthi
- Harshika Poonacha
- Sudha Belawadi
- Nassar
- Sudharani
- Jai Jagadish
- Sharath Lohitashwa
- Shobhraj
- Yash — Cameo
Interesting facts
Thamassu (transl. Darkness) is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by journalist Agni Shridhar, starring Shiva Rajkumar and Padmapriya. The movie was released on 11 June 2010 and received extremely positive reviews. The story was inspired by a Hindu-Muslim incident in the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat communal riots.
Production
Thamassu started its shooting at Kanteerava Studios on 23 October 2009. It was shot in and around Bangalore.
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