Jigarthanda

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Jigarthanda

"A Gangster Musical Story"

2014

2h 50m

7.5(67 votes)

Music

Crime

Comedy

Thriller

Overview

A budding director endeavors to research a merciless gangster for making a film on gangsterism. But his secret attempts to conduct the research fail when he gets caught for snooping.

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Cast & Crew

37 members

Acting

Siddharth

Karthik

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Bobby Simha

"Assault" Sethu

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Karunakaran

Oorni

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Lakshmi Menon

Kayal

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Ramachandran Durairaj

Rasu

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Jigarthanda Senthil

Senthil

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Guru Somasundaram

Muthu

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Sangili Murugan

'Petti Kadai' Pazhani

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Adukalam Naren

Sundar

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Ambika

Saraswathi

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Soundara Raja

Ponram

Directing

Senthil Kumaran

Sounder

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Vijay Sethupathi

Himself

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Nassar

Mukil

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Thennavan

Sekar

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Bala Singh

Shanmugam

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Vinodhini Vaidyanathan

Ganga

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Ajay Rathnam

SI Raman

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Rajkumar

Prasath

Sound

Anthony Daasan

Vettu Kumar

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Vijay Muthu

Kasi

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Munnar Ramesh

Sellur Murugan

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Gajaraj

Santhanam

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Delhi Ganesh

Subramani

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Bombay Gnanam

Karthik's Grandmother

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Bagavathi Perumal

Magesh

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Bava Lakshmanan

Secretary

Crew

Baba Baskar

Dance Master

Crew

Billa Jagan

Stunt Master

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Tiger Thangadurai

Show Director

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Abhishek Raaja

Madurai Reporter

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Leo Sivadass

Henchman

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Nalan Kumarasamy

Short Film Director 1

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Karthikeyan

Short Film Director 2

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Sathya Prema

Short Film Director 3

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Vetrimaaran

Self

Acting

Aadukalam Murugadoss

Self

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