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Raavan is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Mani Ratnam released in USA on 18 june 2010 with Abhishek Bachchan
Raavan (2010)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 june 2010
Length 2h10
Directed by Mani Ratnam
OriginInde
Themes Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Musical films, Bollywood
Rating54%
Raavan is a 2010 Indian thriller film directed, written and produced by Mani Ratnam. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Vikram in the lead roles while Govinda, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Priyamani and Tejaswini Kolhapure feature in key supporting roles. This film was the Bollywood debut of Vikram. It was simultaneously released in Tamil as Raavanan with a slightly different cast, which would also be dubbed into Telugu and other regional languages. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was released on 18 June 2010. The film's premiere was held in London on 16 June 2010. The film received negative reviews and was a box-office flop, which was a much different result compared to the tamil version.
Synopsis
The film opens with shots showing Beera Munda (Abhishek Bachchan), a bandit, jumping off a cliff into the water. His gang is busy distracting the police and a few police vehicles are set ablaze.Actors
Abhishek Bachchan
(Beera Munda)
Aishwarya Rai
(Ragini)
Vikram
(Dev Pratap Sharma)
Prithviraj Sukumaran
(Dev Pratap Sharma)
Priyaman
(Jamuni)
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