6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Amarkalam (1999)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.9
Overview
Vasu is a tough street crook who lives at a movie theater. One day while transporting the reels of a new film, he clashes with a music student Mohana. Mohana is the daughter of the Police Commissioner, who Tulsidas an ex-gang leader released from jail has an old grudge against. He tells Vasu to kidnap Mohana for two days in order to ruin the family's honor. While being held captive by Vasu, Mohana falls in love with him after hearing him sing. Vasu rejects her love, but on learning of it, Tulsidas pays him to pretend to be in love with her. By the time Tulsidas learns that his enmity with the police commissioner is false and tells Vasu to stay away from Mohana it is too late, Vasu's love has become real.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Vasu is a tough street crook who lives at a movie theater. One day while transporting the reels of a new film, he clashes with a music student Mohana. Mohana is the daughter of the Police Commissioner, who Tulsidas an ex-gang leader released from jail has an old grudge against. He tells Vasu to kidnap Mohana for two days in order to ruin the family's honor. While being held captive by Vasu, Mohana falls in love with him after hearing him sing. Vasu rejects her love, but on learning of it, Tulsidas pays him to pretend to be in love with her. By the time Tulsidas learns that his enmity with the police commissioner is false and tells Vasu to stay away from Mohana it is too late, Vasu's love has become real.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Right
Primary
Amarkalam is a romantic action drama primarily focused on a gangster's personal transformation through love and sacrifice, with political corruption serving as a plot catalyst rather than a central ideological critique. The film champions individual redemption and emotional connection, leading to a neutral political bias rating.
The film features traditional casting for its regional cinema without any explicit DEI-driven race or gender swaps. Its narrative also maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, focusing on a conventional action-romance plot without incorporating any critical DEI themes.
Secondary
Amarkalam is an action-romance film centered on a heterosexual love story and family drama. There are no discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted within the narrative, leading to a net impact of N/A.
The film focuses on the male protagonist's involvement in action and the central romantic plot. Female characters, including the lead Mohana, are not depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents.
Amarkalam (1999) is an original film and not an adaptation, reboot, or biopic. Its characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there are no pre-existing canonical or historical gender baselines to compare against their on-screen portrayals. Therefore, no gender swaps occur.
Amarkalam (1999) is an original Indian Tamil-language film with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous adaptations. Therefore, no character could have been canonically or historically established as a specific race before this film's production, precluding any race swaps.
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7.3
6.6
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