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Chennai, March 30: Cinematographer-filmmaker Santosh Sivan's Tamil war-drama "Inam", which revolves around a group of orphans during Sri Lankan civil war, will be pulled out of theatres in Tamil Nadu from Monday following protest from Tamil fringe groups.

"Inam" released in cinemas worldwide Friday.

"My love for Tamils has been questioned by some groups. I distributed 'Inam' as a cinema lover and not to hurt the sentiments of my Tamil brothers and make profits. To avoid confusion during election time, we are pulling out 'Inam' from cinemas tomorrow (Monday)," N. Linguswamy, who distributed "Inam", said in a statement.

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Film: "Inam"; Cast: Sugandha Ram, Karan, Saritha and Karunas; Director: Santosh Sivan; Rating: ****

War stories are extremely challenging to narrate without being controversial. But cinematographer-filmmaker Santosh Sivan has crushed that notion to pulp with his film "Inam", a war-drama which explores the lives of a group of orphans during the Sri Lankan civil war.

Without taking sides and not provoking political sentiments, Sivan tells an emotionally arresting tale of human barbarism, hope and survival. Even with a documentary style narrative, mostly slow, "Inam" tugs at your heartstrings and presents the story from two different perspectives to see, pause and ponder.

Rajni (Sugandha Ram), a lone survivor of the.

Chennai, March 29: Following a request from a few Tamil fringe groups, four scenes and one dialogue have been removed from cinematographer-filmmaker Santosh Sivan's Tamil war-drama "Inam", which revolves around a group of teenagers during Sri Lankan civil war.

"Inam" released worldwide Friday.

"We distributed the film because we wanted to showcase the plight of Sri Lankan Tamil during the civil war a few years ago. We screened the film for a few Tamil groups who wanted to ensure we didn't make a propaganda film. They have requested us to remove five scenes (one dialogue) and we have graciously obliged," N. Linguswamy,.

Chennai, March 12: Cinematographer-filmmaker Santosh Shivan's Tamil drama "Inam", about a group of teenagers during the Sri Lankan civil war, will hit the screens March 28.

The official release date was announced Wednesday, a statement from production house Thiruppathi Brothers said.

The makers believe that "Inam" will "make cinema lovers turn back".

Starring Karan, Sugandha Ram, Saritha, Karunas, Shyam Sundar and Soumya Sadanand, "Inam" has already been premiered at last year's Busan International Film Festival and received critical acclaim.

The film will later be released in English as "Ceylon".

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