The president of a farmers' association wants to set up a community farming initiative and takes on a big shot, who wants to destroy his plans so that he can start a bio-diesel project on the land.
Acting
Vijay Sethupathi carries 144 minutes of agricultural TED Talks on his shoulders.
Direction
S.P. Jananathan's final film—earnest activist cinema from a committed conscience.
Director
S. P. Jananathan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jananathan was Tamil cinema's most committed leftist filmmaker; this was his eighth and final directorial work, completed posthumously.
The title 'Laabam' means 'profit' in Tamil—ironic given its anti-capitalist farming message and the film's own commercial failure.
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