Panchatanthiram
| Panchatanthiram | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Written by | Story: Kamal Haasan Screenplay: K. S. Ravikumar Kamal Haasan Dialogues: Crazy Mohan |
| Produced by | P. L. Thenappan |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Simran Jayaram Ramya Krishnan Ramesh Aravind Sriman Yugi Sethu |
| Cinematography | Arthur A. Wilson |
| Edited by | Thanigachalam |
| Music by | Deva |
Production company | Sri Rajlakshmi Film (P) Ltd |
| Distributed by | Raaj Kamal Films International |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Panchatanthiram (transl. Five Ruses) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film co-written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The story is written by Kamal Haasan with the dialogues by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Haasan, Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Sriman, Yugi Sethu, Simran and Ramya Krishnan, with Urvashi, Aishwarya, Sanghavi, Vidhya Venkatesh, Devayani and Nagesh in supporting roles. It loosely adapts from the 1998 film Very Bad Things with new elements added to it.
Panchatanthiram released on 28 June 2002 and became a commercial success. Jayaram won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil at the 50th South Filmfare Awards.