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Dalam
Promotional poster - Telugu version
Directed by	B. Jeevan Reddy
Written by	Shankar Devaraj
Screenplay by	B. Jeevan Reddy
Story by	B. Jeevan Reddy
Produced by	M. Sumanth Kumar Reddy
Starring	Naveen Chandra Piaa Bajpai Nassar Kishore Abhimanyu Singh
Cinematography	Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Edited by	Madhu G. Reddy
Music by	James Vasanthan
Production company	The Mammoth Media & Entertainment
Release dates	15 August 2013 (2013-08-15) (Telugu) 4 April 2014 (2014-04-04) (Tamil)
Country	India
Languages	Telugu Tamil

Dalam is a 2013 Telugu-Tamil bilingual action thriller film by debutant director B. Jeevan Reddy, a protégé of noted Indian director Ram Gopal Varma. The Telugu version Dalam was produced by M. Sumanth Kumar Reddy under the banner of Mammoth Media & Entertainment and released in the first week of 15 August 2013, while Koottam, the Tamil version, was released in 2014. The film starring Naveen Chandra, Piaa Bajpai, Nassar, Abhimanyu Singh, and Kishore tells the story of a group of former naxals and their struggles against the police and politicians when they start their lives afresh from jail.

Plot

The scene begins in a Naxal-infested area, where a gun battle is ensuing between state policeman and Naxals. In the battle, the Naxals lose many men. They decide to forgo their pursuit of war and hand themselves to the government. During their time in jail, they undergo many tortures, but then one of the jail's seniors offers the Naxals to switch sides to the police and do hit jobs.

Cast

• Naveen Chandra as Abhi
• Kishore as Satruvu
• Piaa Bajpai as Shruthi
• Nassar as JK
• Abhimanyu Singh as Ladda
• Krishnudu as Bhadram
• Subbaraju
• Nagendra Babu
• Saikumar
• Pragathi
• Mahadevan
• Ajay
• Thagubothu Ramesh
• Dhanraj
• Harsha Vardhan
• Chatrapathi Sekhar
• Nathalia Kaur as Item Number

Production

The film began pre-production in early 2012 with Piaa Bajpai in the role of love interest to Naveen Chandra, the male lead in the film. Actors Kishore, Nasser and Saikumar play important roles in the film. James Vasanthan has scored the music. Some scenes were shot twice for both versions while some scenes from the Telugu version were dubbed for the Tamil version.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by James Vasanthan.

Release

The Telugu version of the film released in August 2013 released to average reviews, with a critic noting "it's a decently directed movie, and the story flows neatly for the most part" and that "despite its violent content, the film is not as loud as it is thought-provoking. The film is also suitably intriguing." The Tamil version of the film released in April 2014 with Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express writing that "Koottam has a plot with the potential to turn into a riveting thriller. It would probably have, had the screenplay been more coherent and focused".

References

1. ^ "Dalam movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014.
2. "'Dalam is an intelligent film' - Rediff.com". Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
3. Dalam review fullhyderabad.com Archived 27 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Koottam: Could Have Been a Riveting Thriller". Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

• 2013 films
• Indian multilingual films
• 2013 action thriller films
• Films scored by James Vasanthan
• 2010s Tamil-language films
• 2010s Indian films
• 2010s Telugu-language films
• Films about Naxalism
• Indian action thriller films
• Indian gangster films
• 2013 multilingual films
• 2013 directorial debut films