Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru

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Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru

"Every detail counts."

2016

1h 46m

7.8(91 votes)

Thriller

Action

Crime

Mystery

Overview

A former cop looks back on the case which left him disabled and forced him to quit the force.

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16 members

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Rahman

Deepak

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Ashwin Kumar

Aspiring IPS officer

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Pradeep

Rajan

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Santosh Krishna

Fabian

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Praveen

Mano

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Karthikeyan

Melvin

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Anjana Jayaprakash

Vaishnavi

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Yashika Anand

Shruti

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Kunal Kaushik

Rajiv

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Vinod Varma

Krish

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Bala Hasan

Prem

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Sharath Ravi

Paperboy

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Karthick Naren

Short film Director

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Delhi Ganesh

Krish's Father

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Sivaram Ramanathan

Imaginary Killer (Uncredited)

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Prakash Raghavan

Gautham

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