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Jagat

Jagat

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 17, 2015

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Crime, Drama

User Score

66%

Original Title

ஐகாட்

Production Companies

Skyzen Studios

Director

Shanjhey Kumar Perumal

Budget

$67,600

Description

Set in the early 1990’s, a critical period in Malaysian Indian history, the story subtly underlines the plight of the Indian Malaysians. Forsaken by the estate owners who had employed them for generations and systematically marginalized, they are forced to move to the cities and survive under harsh circumstances. Left out of the nation’s urbanization and development plans, many live in squatters and work at minimum wage jobs…