A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to save his hot-blooded son?
Acting
Dhanush ages 20 years with just his eyes. Unreal.
Direction
Vetrimaaran makes every frame feel like a threat.
Cinematography
The marshlands become a character—beautiful, suffocating, inescapable.
Director
Vetrimaaran
Dhanush
Sivasaamy
Manju Warrier
Pachaiyammal
Ken Karunaas
Chidambaram
Teejay
Vel Murugan
Pasupathy
Murugesan
Prakash Raj
Venugopal Seshadri
Ammu Abhirami
Mariyammal
Balaji Sakthivel
Inspector
Subramaniam Siva
Murugan
Aadukalam Naren
Vaddakooran
Pawan
Venkatesan
Bala Hasan
Rajesh Narasimman
Tamizh
Kariyan
A. Venkatesh
Viswanathan
Nithish Veera
Pandiyan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real-life caste violence in Tamil Nadu; Vetrimaaran spent months researching marginalized communities in the region.
The title 'Asuran' means 'demon'—but the film asks who the real demons are when the system itself is monstrous.
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